Pop Idol fans beat noise record at Sheffield gig
Gareth Gates' fans at a Sheffield concert have screamed their way into the record books.
They reached 130 decibels when the Bradford singer was performing at the Sheffield Arena's Pop Idol concert.
This makes them the loudest recorded fans in the history of pop.
The sound is almost as loud as standing 40 feet away from a supersonic jet.
The screams for Will Young reached 120 decibels - eight decibels less than the noise made by fans of Hear'Say last September.
And both sets of Pop Idol fans topped the decibel-readings for former chart idols Take That, Boyzone and Bros.
Gareth told The Sheffield Star: "It was great to come home to Yorkshire and all I can say is wow to the sound. It almost bent my spikes back!"
