Beyoncé & Jay Z Turn Up & Down The Noise

The San Francisco Giants apologized and worked with Live Nation to adjust the sound for Wednesday’s “On The Run” concert at the MLB team’s home venue. Wednesday’s performance marked the second of two nights from the couple and the tour’s last North American stop.   

In addition to dozens of complains logged with San Francisco’s 311 system, Local CBS affiliate KCBS reports that the TV station received its share of calls about the racket wafting through the City By The Bay. Grievances about the “On The Run” show were heard from residents in Bernal Heights, the Outer Mission, Potrero Hill and the Castro district.

“The Beyoncé concert is three miles away, but so loud that I can hear the songs they’re playing clearly,” Veronica Belmont tweeted.

“I could hear the beat. It was fun for a while and then when it was time to put my kid to sleep it was a little much,” said San Francisco resident Nafysa Parpia, according to NBCBayArea.com.

A resident in the Potrero Hill neighborhood noted that the hubbub was so loud that their windows were shaking and they could hear “a lot of cheering and screaming.”

And then there were folks who appreciated hearing the show, dubbed by some as “Freeyoncé.”

“Who needs tickets?! I can hear Beyoncé from my house,” Trace Ronning tweeted, according to a list of tweets compiled by San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate.com.

Oscar Villalon wrote, “Man. I get the feeling Jay Z is going to be PISSED when he finds out how many of us got to hear the concert for free tonight.” He added, “If they’re doing this again tomorrow, I’m getting burritos and beer so I can enjoy this right.”

AT&T Park, which has been home to MLB’s San Francisco Giants since 2000, made sure the noise was turned down Wednesday evening.

“We want to apologize to our neighbors,” San Francisco Giants spokesperson Staci Slaughter said Wednesday, according to KCBS. “As a result of the complaints we got last night, we actually have been working through the night to make adjustments to the sound system so that we’ll avoid a similar situation for tonight’s show.”

KCBS noted that Live Nation and Beyoncé’s team pitched in “to lower the volume and readjust the speakers.”

Wednesday’s show was reportedly “much quieter in comparison,” according to NBCBayArea.com.

SFGate.com talked to Derek Watry, an acoustic engineer and CEO at Wilson Ihrig & Associates in Emeryville, who explained that Tuesday’s show was extra ear-splitting because of unseasonably warm weather and minimal wind.  

“The noise goes up over people’s heads and then lands somewhere else,” Watry said. “Typically, a mile or two away is the sweet spot. That’s a classic inversion layer.”