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Sound and wind problems at Benicassim

By | Published on Monday 20 July 2009

Oasis seem to be followed around by sound problems at the moment, don’t they? The latest Oasis gig to be hindered by bad sound was their set at this weekend’s Benicassim festival. Noel Gallagher wrote on his blog this weekend that his band’s set at the Spanish festival last Thursday was basically a waste of time because of sound issues. Though he seems impressed with the festival’s audience.

Noel: “Benicassim. What a fuckin’ waste of time! The problem was… wait for it… yes! The fuckin’ PA. It blew twice! And the monitor system blew twice! It’s becoming a joke. And not a very funny one. If it wasn’t for those bloody kids it would’ve been a disaster. I really can’t say enough about the crowd. Unbelievable behaviour. Special mention to the topless birds – what a welcome sight that was!”

As previously reported, the first of Oasis’s big homecoming shows in Manchester last month was severely hindered by sound problems, while there were some sound issues at one of their more recent shows at Wembley Stadium too.

Oasis’s dodgy sound wasn’t the only technical problem at the Benicassim festival. While this weekend’s festivals in the UK had to tolerate their fair share of rain fall, in Spain it was the wind that caused problems. Some smaller stages were closed, some campers relocated to a near by leisure centre, and the Kings Of Leon’s Friday night headline set was cancelled because of the gales that kept blowing across the site. Organisers hoped to reschedule the Kings for later in the weekend, but alas they were due in Switzerland for another gig so didn’t get to play.

Lily Allen also pulled out of the festival, though I think that was due to ill-health and not as a result of her stage, or Allen herself, being blown away.



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