The stay company for Weapons N’ Roses has blamed the BBC for poor sound high quality throughout he band’s Glastonbury set.

The ’80s rock icons took to the stage as headliners on Saturday (June 24) and delivered a mammoth 24-song setlist comprising fan favourites ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ and ‘Candy Little one O’ Mine’.

For some followers watching the set at dwelling, nevertheless, the footage was rife with technical points, particularly regarding the vocals of singer Axl Rose.

Taking to social media to complain concerning the sound high quality all through the set, which reportedly noticed the singer’s vocals dip out and in all through the set, the problem appeared unique to distant viewers, with no viewers members at Worthy Farm seeming to expertise the identical points.

“The sound High quality for #GunsNRoses at #glastonbury2023 on #BBC is totally horrendous, can hardly make out the Vocals or Guitar riff! Kind it out lads!!!” wrote one Twitter person in the course of the set.

One other agreed, including: “The actual fact the sound high quality is healthier when recorded in your telephone than it was on the telly highlights the place the fault of the TV protection lays and it’s not with @gunsnroses.”

The sound High quality for #GunsNRoses at #glastonbury2023 on #BBC is totally horrendous, can hardly make out the Vocals or Guitar riff!
Kind it out lads!!!

— FarDreamer101 (@Fardreamer101) June 24, 2023

The actual fact the sound high quality is healthier when recorded in your telephone than it was on the telly highlights the place the fault of the TV protection lays and it’s not with @gunsnroses

— Lee Dopson (@LeeDopson) June 28, 2023

What’s mistaken with the sound high quality we are able to barely hear him sing over the music #GunsNRoses

— suemarie (@suebaggy) June 24, 2023

Attempting to look at @gunsnroses from Glastonbury, however what the hell is with the horrible sound high quality?

— findis89 (@thecrayolakid89) June 25, 2023

Now, a spokesperson from the company representing Weapons N’ Roses has positioned the blame on the BBC and said that the sound points weren’t brought on by the band.

“Axl was in high type final night time. Now we have dug deep into the matter, and it seems the published had points being performed on sure TVs like UHDs,” the replace learn (by way of Wales On-line). “This was an unlucky problem that the combo performed by these TVs sounded so poorly; nevertheless, it was not the band’s fault however the BBC’s.”

Elsewhere within the set, Slash and co. launched some covers from UK bands into their set together with a rendition of U.Ok. Subs’ ‘Down On The Farm’, Wings’ ‘Reside And Let Die’ and The Stooges’ ‘T.V. Eye’.

In addition they had a visitor look from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl who had carried out on the identical stage the night time earlier than underneath moniker The Churnups.

In a three-star overview, NME praised the band for delivering considered one of their strongest units in recent times at Glastonbury. Nonetheless, it was highlighted how a big portion of the group failed to attach absolutely with the band, particularly after the controversy surrounding their set.

“To any G’N’R fan, the Glasto set undoubtedly marks one of many strongest units that the rock veterans have given in recent times,” the overview learn. “Sadly, that is considerably misplaced on the Glastonbury crowd, as Weapons N’ Roses’ sultry, whiskey-chugging, in-your-face model of rock felt misplaced when delivered on the hippie nucleus of the world.

“For essentially the most half, nearly all of the setlist goes unrecognised by the viewers, and momentum solely actually gathers for a handful of songs of their 24-song set.”

Different headliners for the 2023 instalment of the competition included Sheffield rockers Arctic Monkeys, who carried out on Friday (June 23) and Elton John, who performed the ultimate date of his farewell tour on Sunday (June 25).

See NME‘s most magical moments from Glastonbury 2023 right here, with all our information, critiques, interviews, images and extra right here. You too can relive all of the motion because it occurred from our Glastonbury’s liveblogs for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The dates for Glastonbury 2024 have additionally been introduced. See how you can get tickets to Glasto 2024 right here, and all of subsequent 12 months’s rumoured headliners right here.