Reading and Leeds Festivals organiser Melvin Benn has blamed the weather conditions for the poor sound during key sets at last weekend’s event

BBC News reports that Benn has said: "The council set exactly the same level that they always set, but due to the weather this year, the sound stayed low.”

He explained: “the sound hit those decibel readings much, much earlier than normal, resulting in the sound being recorded at much louder volumes offsite than normal. So we were obligated by the council to turn our levels down.

"The local council set levels by which sound can't be above and this is measured next to residential properties nearby to the site."