Dublin Spice Girls PA is “Terrible”

Bit of a bonus then if no-one could hear the vocals.

Funny thing is that the sound for Jess Glynne on the same system was brilliant so not a system fault happening, they have probably got one of these new "Hi Tech" soundguys on FOH duty who has not got a clue with the standard required.

Last time Spice Girls toured it was probably a XL4 with Flashlight / KF850 Eira. Then people expected the same quality this time round.

Out of masochistic interest (my girls have long grown out of liking them and they are playing near where I live in Sunderland in a short while) I watched some of the vids shot by spectators at the Dublin gig and it was interesting to hear the PA system was at times fine but would then became almost inaudible - even at the front of stage - and it seems most of the sound seemed to be coming from either the front fills or even off stage. Also, the sound up in the gods was awful and muted so some blame could be directed at problems with the delays of which there seemed to be sufficient for the size/shape of the venue. It was somewhat reminiscent of some of the strange TV concert broadcasts I have watched where on one, say, HD channel a dodgy or monitor mix seems to be audible - the vocals that could be heard here seemed to have an unprocessed quality rather like a basic monitor mix -  and on, say, the low def sound seems to be right on. I haven't read any reports as to whether anyone got roasted or had their nuts torn off for the problem so I'm assuming it was a true technical hitch possibly with some routing or distribution equipment. I wouldn't have been happy if I had been at a gig where the sound was that bad and I can imagine the promoters were none too happy either with all the bad press the show got.

Just watched a vid from the Cardiff concert - seems the reports were correct. Vocals almost inaudible and no real power in the PA just a bass mush. Glad I wasn't there (on several levels!)


Edited by jazomir - 28 May 2019 at 10:21am

@ Jazomir....i see what you mean, that really is awful, i cant make out a word of the vocals.

I wonder if the PA is also bad for Jess Glynne  would be interested to get some clips taken from the same place in the arena for both artists, to compare support/main acts