No Oakenfold in Milan
News and updates keep coming from Milan, where rock concerts at the San Siro stadiums are heavily targeted by continuos shifts in local codes and regulations that try to settle disputes and controversies coming from people living nearby the stadium.
The situation is constantly evolving since the announcement on June 12, when Live Nation Italy manager Roberto De Luca decided to put the whole list of Live Nation events for this summer in Milan “on hold” until the results of the meeting held by local authorities were made public.
One week later, the Depeche Mode concert is taking place tonight, and this will be a major test because the band will be forced to play at a reduced level of 78 db.
De Luca has called for a special permission to raise the level up to 80 db – which they consider technically satisfactory – for the next U2 and Madonna concerts,
and said that it’s getting virtually impossible to work on the concerts because of an increasing “atmosphere of terror” around the events.
Anyway, the ongoin dispute already made an illustrious victim. Paul Oakenfold will not be Madonna’s opening act for the Milan concert anymore, because he is not considered a live performer and therefore it will not be considered as part of the show. De Luca said today he was forced to hire two supporter groups that will perform live before Madonna takes the stage, although he did not reveal who they are.
You can check out the original article on the online website of Corriere della Sera.