Is Glastonbury stars’ use of backing tracks the reason they are all being accused of miming? Dave Grohl and Taylor Swift clashed over the practice and now it could be reason for BBC viewers’ sound quality complaints

Is Glastonbury stars’ use of backing tracks the reason they are all being accused of miming? Dave Grohl and Taylor Swift clashed over the practice and now it could be reason for BBC viewers’ sound quality complaints

Glastonbury has been at the centre of a lip-syncing storm this weekend after stars including Dua Lipa were accused of miming their performances.

Fans have taken aim at artists including Camila Cabello and Coldplay‘s Chris Martin for allegedly not singing their lyrics live on stage at the world-famous festival.

Music lovers took to social media in their droves to comment about the issue, with one posting: ‘Does anyone actually sing at festivals anymore? It’s all miming I swear.’

The BBC, which is broadcasting the festival, has been on the receiving end of a number of complaints from fans who have complained about the sound issues.

But music experts have now revealed the problem could be caused by the use of backing tracks.

Glastonbury has been at the centre of a lip-syncing storm this weekend after stars including Dua Lipa were accused of miming their performances

Dua Lipa at Glastonbury: Viewers claim she isn’t singing live

Grohl said on stage: ‘We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few f***ing errors as well. That’s because we actually play live’

Earlier this month Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Taylor Swift clashed over the accusation that Swift was not singing live – a claim she swiftly rejected.

‘We like to call our tour the Errors Tour,’ said Grohl on stage.

‘We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few f***ing errors as well. That’s because we actually play live.’

The next night Swift made sure to loudly thank her band ‘who’s playing live for you for three and a half hours’.

The pressure of playing to 90,000 fans at Wembley like Swift or 200,000 at Worthy Farm for Glastonbury requires sound engineering on a large scale.

Becky Pell, a sound engineer from Oxfordshire who is on tour with Take That, told The Sunday Times that the ‘vast majority’ of pop artists sing live.