Glastonbury crowd struggle to hear Axl Rose as Guns N' Roses make festival debut

24 June 2023 , 22:17

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Glastonbury crowd struggle to hear Axl Rose as Guns N' Roses make festival debut (Image: Getty Images)

Guns N' Roses ' long awaited debut appearance at Glastonbury has been marred by poor sound quality according to festivalgoers.

The American rockers took the Pyramid Stage as Saturday night's headline act following earlier sets from the likes of Aitch, Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo.

Despite forming in Los Angeles in 1985 and going on to have an illustrious career in the 80s and 90s, the band, which stars vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash and bass player Duff McKagan had never featured at Worthy Farm before.

After reuniting in 2016 following a lengthy split, however, their highly anticipated performance was seemingly dogged by fans' inability to hear 61-year old frontman Axl properly.

Speaking exclusively to Mirror Online, one disappointed attendee revealed the singer had offered an explanation to the crowd for the reasoning behind the poor acoustics.

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Fans watching at home and at the festival itself said they struggled to hear Axl Rose's vocals

"We were sat up the hill for Guns N' Roses and it was a struggle to bear Axl," the attendee began.

"Between songs he appeared to address the sound issues and said 'I can’t walk out further on stage cause when I do I can only hear myself and not the band'."

Those in the crowd later added they "could hear Axl better" after his comment, but throughout the performance there continued to be times the singer "couldn’t be heard over the guitars".

As the band played through their hits including Welcome To The Jungle and Paradise City, fans watching watching on the BBC took to Twitter to vent their frustrations at the quality of their sound.

One complained: "The sound for the Lizzo and Guns and Roses sets at Glastonbury isn't good, the mic levels are too low, can hardly hear them singing. #Glastonbury #glastonbury2023."

Another wrote: "Just switched to check out Guns & Roses... Who the hell is on sound? The mix is dreadful. How to rip great music to pieces. It's embarrassing."

A third added: "Sorry, Guns n Roses at Glastonbury, but the sound is baaaaad! And not even in a good way."

And a fourth declared: "Guns n Roses sound like they came 3rd in a competition to find a Guns n Roses tribute band. #Glastonbury."

Charlotte McIntyre