Poor sound quality irks music fans at World Cup ceremony

Jennifer Lopez took to the stage to sing the official FIFA song "We Are One", looking on fine form for 44. But while those inside the stadium were able to enjoy her singing, the experience of many at home was hampered by "appalling" sound quality, which left the voices of Lopez and fellow singers Pitbull, the US rapper, and Claudia Leitte, a Brazilian pop star, sounding faint and "tinny". A source at ITV, which broadcast the ceremony in Britain, said that it had "no control" over audio levels because a single feed was distributed around the world, Kazinform has learnt from Arab News. An ITV spokesman said: "The sound problem that regrettably caused some disruption to viewers was caused by a technical issue with the host broadcaster, which provides the coverage of all the action at this year's World Cup."