ABBA played for free - and the teachers reported them!

 As I reported earlier ABBA rented the auditorium of a school for rehearsing for their upcoming 1974/1975 tour (see article here.)
    Now I have found this article about teachers complaining about the loud sound from the auditorium:
"This noise is too much for anyone to stand! These are the words of two teachers at Rudbecksskolan i Sollentuna where ABBA played a few songs for the students of the school.
     ABBA performed for free as a thank you for renting the auditorium. And the sound was loud. 114 db was measured according to the reporting teachers.
     They have now made a complaint to the health administration board. No more than 90 db is allowed and even that shouldn't be allowed indoors according to the teachers. The same rules apply at the youth centers in Sollentuna. The health administration board so far has a very little chance to do anything about it.  The National Board of Health and Welfare are working out guidelines at the moment, says Hans Davidson, the health administrations board's chairman.
     According to the rules from 1972 should noise in dance halls etc not exceed 90 db. Hans Davidsson sees this as a serious matter. This is nothing but serious. It's unreasonable that staff and the kids at our youth centers should be subjects to these high volumes.
      - There are experts that claim that discos where the sound levels have been measured from 90 db - 140 db are seriously risking losing their hearing at the age of 40.
     P.S. ABBA the popgroup is from Vallentuna and the members are Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

Comments

[jes]

hilarious article...today (almost) everyone would be thankful to see and hear abba live at 114db...even if my eardrums would explode i couldnt care less, as long as i could say i saw abba live