R.E.M. in Hyde Park this evening was…allright. Similar problems to the RHCP last year. The sound is shit, it’s as simple as that. I was far back, I could see ok but the sound just faded in and out. At many times you could carry on a normal conversation. The setlist was excellent and we had special guest Patti Smith for E-Bow The Letter but the sound throughout was terrible. That’s the last Hyde Park gig I go to that isn’t Gold Circle.