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Blue Rodeo Show Begets New Noise Policy

by Jarrett Martineau | April 17, 2008 at 10:19 am

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Not that I don't feel bad for the staff's ringing eardrums, but there is something rather amusing about a Blue Rodeo show in PEI being the cause for a venue to have to review its noise policy.

I mean, it's Blue Rodeo. On Prince Edward Island.

Following staff complaints that the sound level at a recent Blue Rodeo show at Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts might have damaged their hearing, the centre is working out a policy for loud concerts.
Chief operating officer Mike Cochrane was backstage during the Blue Rodeo show, and acknowledges it was loud, but he can't say how loud because the centre doesn't measure sound levels. Some staff wore ear protection for the concert, while others were spelled off occasionally to give their ears a break.