What went wrong with Glastonbury's sound system? UK's biggest festival is marred with technical woes that saw Dua Lipa accused of 'miming', Shania Twain appear 'awful' and no one could even hear SZA - so who IS to blame?

Glastonbury Festival has travel nether occurrence aft a slew of artists were deed pinch method problems that near them sounding 'awful'. 

Roughly 210,000 revellers descended connected Somerset's Worthy Farm for nan weekend, while millions were expected to tune successful from location acknowledgment to nan BBC's rolling coverage. 

However, music-lovers were near disappointed this twelvemonth arsenic respective artists struggled pinch method issues that near nan sound seeming distorted. 

On apical of this, artists including Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa and Coldplay person been called retired for allegedly miming. 

Now there's been frenzied guessing crippled arsenic to who is to blasted for nan issues, pinch questions raised arsenic to whether Glastonbury Festival's method squad is astatine responsibility aliases nan BBC for nan broadcast. 

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, fans penned: 'Why is nan sound truthful atrocious connected each azygous spot of Glastonbury that I've watched (apart from nan Sugababes). Is it bad there? Or is it nan TV/BBC mics/sound?';

'Glastonbury is 1 of nan biggest euphony festivals successful nan world, yet their sound engineers can't look to get overmuch correct this year? Bad mics, in-ear show situations, drowned retired vocals. Or is this conscionable nan TV sum from nan BBC?'; 

'After watching nan #BBC #Glastonbury2024 footage complete nan weekend, nan astir important conclusion is that nan sound value wasn't very bully crossed nan board, and genuinely atrocious successful immoderate cases. Question is, was it that bad connected tract arsenic good aliases was this conscionable a tv thing?'

While this year's show seemed to beryllium peculiarly bad, Glastonbury is nary alien to sound issues. 

Last year, headliners Guns N' Roses group was impacted, pinch viewers claiming they 'couldn't hear' vocalist Axl Rose.

In turn, nan set claimed nan BBC was to blame, pinch a connection from their agency revealing they had 'dug deep' into nan problem and discovered location were problems pinch nan broadcast being streamed connected definite TVs, resulting successful mediocre sound quality. 

Meanwhile euphony experts person suggested that mediocre sound value astatine nan show could beryllium nan consequence of utilizing backing tracks. 

Becky Pell, a sound technologist from Oxfordshire who is connected circuit pinch Take That, told The Sunday Times that nan 'vast majority' of popular artists singing live. 

But that it was 'not practical' to person the 16 musicians which would look connected a recorded track, performing connected stage.

Another sound technologist who has toured pinch Blondie, claimed to execute nan aforesaid effect, stars usage other guitarists aliases an orchestra connected a backing way to 'thicken nan sound out' - helping to replicate nan recorded type of nan song.

Vocals whitethorn beryllium added too, but these will beryllium successful summation to live singing - not alternatively of.

On workplace recorded albums, artists often singing aggregate parts aliases furniture their voice, thing that can't beryllium replicated live. 

Some artists for illustration to spell without nan heavy regimented usage of nan tracks, which they declare return nan spontaneity and thrill retired of a unrecorded performance.

They don't usage tacks utilized to thief them support nan tempo, known arsenic click tracks, and alternatively want to fto nan euphony 'breathe', according to 1 66-year-old guitarist who has performed unrecorded pinch David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

But going without immoderate backing way tin beryllium a large gamble, resulting successful a patchier sound and little consistency.

Live euphony fans who person been listening for decades person noticed nan improvements.

When Live Aid was held astatine Wembley successful 1985 nan sound value to nan crowd of 72,000 varied extensively betwixt bands.

One of nan astir striking examples was Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon who painfully grounded connected a precocious statement successful a rendition of A View to a Kill.

A euphony instrumentality described nan quality successful listening to unrecorded euphony betwixt nan 2 eras arsenic 'like comparing a cassette portion to Spotify'.

So who was affected by nan sound issues this year? 

Dua Lipa was nan first to beryllium accused of lip-syncing by those watching sum of nan show connected nan BBC connected Friday night.

One watcher wrote connected X: 'Imagine paying each that money to spell Glastonbury to guidelines location and watch Dua Lipa mime nan opus and not moreover singing it. How bad.'

Another wrote online: 'Dua Lipa delivering a Top of nan Pops mime set'.

A 3rd said: 'Dua Lipa has immoderate decent catchy tunes, but I'm reasonably judge she's articulator syncing. Sounds for illustration a unrecorded vocal, but conscionable not convinced she's singing it unrecorded 'right now'.'

However, she group nan grounds consecutive aft her group and insisted miming is not thing she ever does. 

'I don't mime,' said the Grammy Award-winner arsenic she toasted her header occurrence pinch her character fellow Callum Turner, 34, successful an exclusive barroom astatine nan Worthy Farm show site.

The aforesaid rumor occurred with Coldplay's grounds breaking group connected Saturday night, which saw frontman Chris Martin wow crowds aft he brought connected an aged friend to execute pinch them.

Michael J. Fox arrived connected shape successful his wheelchair to play nan guitar during Fix You and Humankind. 

It was a milestone infinitesimal for nan band, who made history by becoming nan first group to header Glastonbury 5 times, pinch Chris, 47, crediting Michael for being nan 'main reason' they are successful a group.

The British set made their debut astatine nan iconic show successful nan New Bands Tent successful 1999, earlier headlining successful 2002, 2005, 2011, and 2016, and person now made nan grounds for having headlined nan show 5 times.

However, while immoderate went chaotic for nan astonishment historical philharmonic moment, immoderate much cynical viewers person suggested that Chris whitethorn person been miming nan words to his songs, alternatively than singing. 

One wrote: 'Tons of miming and backing tracks being utilized successful this Coldplay performance. Bass subordinate successful threat of being made redundant.'

A 2nd said: 'There's a adjacent magnitude of blagging and miming going connected here... Loads of tracks moving successful nan background.'

While a 3rd commented: 'The group who were giving disconnected astir Taylor Swift's set miming aliases utilizing backing tracks would get a large astonishment if they saw Coldplay's input list.'

Another to person travel nether nan scrutiny of eagle eyed fans is Camila Cabello, who put connected a racy capacity astatine her group connected Saturday.

The singer, 27, who roseate to prominence arsenic a personnel of nan popular woman group Fifth Harmony, sent temperatures soaring arsenic she took to nan shape successful a busty apical and basking pants.

As she took to nan shape successful nan raunchy ensemble, 1 of Camila's backup dancers, who was dressed arsenic an animal, could beryllium seen cooling her down by rubbing an crystal lolly each complete her body. 

The American-Cuban vocalist recovered fame aged conscionable 15 arsenic portion of Fifth Harmony connected The X Factor US, earlier going solo 4 years later.

While viewers' eyes popped retired their sockets astatine nan steamy performance, immoderate couldn't thief but announcement thing off, accusing nan vocalist of miming her songs.

One personification posted connected X: 'Camila Cabello miming her measurement done her set, bully #Glastonbury #Glastonbury2024'.

A 2nd wrote: 'You were s**te you articulator syncing clone - Camilla Cabello'.

There was besides different complaints astir nan value of nan sound, pinch Cyndi Lauper's capacity connected Saturday beset by problems.

Festival goers were near struggling to perceive nan Girls Just Wanna Have Fun singer's vocals arsenic her sound was drowned retired by rumbling bass.

After a fewer songs, Cyndi, 71, performed Rocking Chair and she seemed to struggle pinch her transportation and timing.

The sound issues appeared to person been resolved by nan clip she sewage to her deed I Drove All Night.

But Cyndi faltered again connected her 1984 way Time After Time arsenic she lagged down nan set - suggesting she was having problem pinch her in-ear monitors.

Shania Twain suffered nan aforesaid fate as she took to nan shape connected Sunday. 

The iconic singer, 58, could beryllium seen struggling pinch her receptor portion arsenic she seemed to person problem pinch her transportation and timing.

Shania made a very melodramatic entranceway alongside resistance queens and dancers, earlier quickly uncovering herself beset pinch problems.

Horrified fans rushed to X, formerly Twitter, to slam nan down nan scenes unit arsenic they felt thing but sympathy for Shania's infinitesimal being ruined. 

They wrote: 'Utterly horrific sound operation connected Shania!': 'The sound astatine Glastonbury has been unspeakable connected BBC, Cyndi yesterday and now Shania? Maybe BBC conscionable hates cheery icons': 'Sound is beautiful rubbish for Shania': ''Looks for illustration Shania knows thing is incorrect pinch nan sound'.

Wrapping up a play of sound issues was SZA's header gig connected Sunday night. 

The American hitmaker, 34, performed connected Worthy Farm's iconic Pyramid Stage, but nan show sparked complaints from viewers, who slammed her 'awful' mic problems.

SZA's show besides struggled to tie successful nan immense crowds that were connected show during Coldplay's header slot nan erstwhile evening, arsenic thousands of fans abandoned nan show aft tuning into England's Euro 2024 match.

As SZA kicked disconnected her header slot, viewers were speedy to kick astir her sound problems, pinch immoderate claiming it sounded for illustration she was 'singing into a fan.'

Posts connected X included: 'Why are nan backing singers crystal clear and SZA sounds for illustration she's singing done 1 of these???'

'Me aft hyping SZA up to my mum and dada for months and past her sounding for illustration she's singing into a fan;' 'Fix SZA's mic RIGHT NOW;'

'Is thing incorrect pinch SZA's mic? I can't understand a connection she's saying rn;' 'Who nan hellhole is sabotaging SZA's mic astatine Glastonbury????;'

MailOnline has contacted nan BBC and Glastonbury Festival for comment.