Sydney Opera House officials have responded to widespread criticism of the sound quality of last night’s performance by Tame Impala. A large number of attendees, including Sydney band Sticky Fingers, took to social media to call out low sound levels.
As Tone Deaf reported this morning, in a widely read post on their Facebook page Sticky Fingers said Tame Impala’s performance was so quiet “we might as well gone and spooned our grandmothers graves on the other side of the planet”.
At the time of writing, the status had received more than 13,000 likes, almost 200 shares, and hundreds of comments from disappointed punters echoing StiFi’s sentiment, claiming that they could barely even hear the music over the sound of the crowd.
Their appraisal was soon endorsed by countless others on social media, with the Opera House even responding midway through the performance, assuring one dissatisfied punter that they would be turning up the volume.
“I’m at Tame Impala as we speak and let me tell you, SF [Sticky Fingers] are speaking words of wisdom,” one commenter wrote. The criticism carried over onto Twitter, with users using the Opera House’s #SOHmusic hashtag to express their dissatisfaction.
Now, as triple j reports, an Opera House spokesperson has assured punters that volume issues were acknowledged early during last night’s performance and promptly fixed and that tonight’s show will not see a repeat of the same issues.
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“Early in last night’s performance of Tame Impala we identified an issue with low sound levels; this was quickly addressed with the band, and levels were increased by the fourth song,” the spokesperson said.
“We will be undertaking thorough testing of sound levels around all areas of the venue during tonight’s sound check and for all future Forecourt performances.”
Tame Impala are set to return to the stage for another show tonight. Chet Faker played to two sold out audiences over the weekend, while later this week Florence + The Machine will undertake four epic shows there.
