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Oct 13, 2009 9:58 pm US/Central
U2 Fans Slam Acoustics At Cowboys Stadium
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The U2 'claw' at Cowboys Stadium
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The reviews for last night's U2 concert are in and it appears opinions are based on where you were seated. Many fans, who sat above the 200 level at Cowboys Stadium, say the acoustics were awful.
Last night's concert is the latest at the new Cowboys Stadium to raise such complaints and now many are vowing never to see another show there.
It was really a tale of two shows. Fans on the lower level say the sound quality was excellent. But those who filled the upper deck had a much different opinion.
David and Amanda Chaney, along with their friend Scott Gilley, left the show after only four songs. "Two, three songs into it people started leaving by the droves," David explained. "The acoustics were horrible. It sounded like, for lack of a better expression, Charlie Brown's teacher talking to us. We couldn't understand anything. We couldn't tell one song from the next."
The fans were among those sitting in the 400 level and claim all they could hear was garbled noise. "But you could also hear the echoing off the ceiling and the wall. At some points it was just coming from all directions and you just really couldn't make out what song was being played," Scott Gilley said.
The three U2 fans spent $100 each on their tickets and spent Tuesday trying to get their money back, but had no luck.
For fans who sat on the lower levels, the reviews are good. But for those who braved the upper decks, their complaints are duly noted in blogs and newspaper comment sections across North Texas. The sound debate even caught the attention of USA Today, which posted an article on its web site.
Most upper deck fans were not kind, including Ticket radio host Corby Davidson who attended last night's show. Davidson and co-host Mike Rhyner blasted the acoustics at the new Cowboys Stadium over their KTCK AM afternoon radio show "The Hardline".
Fans have also criticized the sound at previous shows which has raised serious concerns about whether the new stadium is fit for concerts.
Dallas Cowboys representative Brett Daniels said stadium
engineers work with sound technicians for every performance. Daniels says there's not much else they can do, since different artists have different sound requirements.
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