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# Keeping the noise down
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/keeping-the-noise-down/
- Published: 2005-06-25T19:08:21.000Z
- Updated: 2005-06-25T19:08:21.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Misc

[![_41232209_silent_disco_6666bbc.jpg](https://www.lorcandempsey.net/content/images/wordpress/lorcan/_41232209_silent_disco_6666bbc.jpg)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/glastonbury2005/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)A *silent* disco at Glastonbury Festival!

> There was no music coming from the speakers – but the clubbers were all equipped with cordless headphones to let them tune into the music, able to choose between two DJs and control their own volume. \[[BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Glastonbury keeps the noise down](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4621897.stm?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

This is in response to noise complaints from local residents.  
A further twist in the growth of shared individual participation!