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Real Madrid Says Bernabéu Noise Case Over Taylor Swift and Karol G Concerts Has Been Dismissed
Real Madrid says a Madrid appeals court dismissed the Bernabéu noise case tied to Taylor Swift and Karol G concerts.
Real Madrid says a Madrid appeals court has thrown out the criminal noise case tied to concerts at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, including major shows by Taylor Swift and Karol G.
On Wednesday, May 13, the club said the Provincial Court of Madrid had issued a ruling that “definitively ending the criminal process” that began in 2024 after a complaint from residents in the Chamartín neighborhood. In its statement, the club said the court found that neither José Ángel Sánchez Periáñez, Real Madrid’s general director and board member, nor Real Madrid Estadio S. L. were responsible for any criminal offense connected to the concerts.
“Real Madrid expresses its satisfaction with this judicial resolution, which confirms the absolutely unfounded and instrumental nature of the complaint,” the club said in its Wednesday announcement.
The Bernabéu has long been Real Madrid’s home ground, but recent renovations were meant to turn it into a major live music venue as well. That plan was tested in the summer of 2024, when the stadium hosted Swift’s Eras Tour and Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito Tour among a run of large-scale concerts.
By September 2024, Real Madrid had suspended all concerts over concerns about sound levels from the stadium. Around the same time, a Madrid judge accepted a criminal noise complaint filed by the residents’ group Asociación Perjudicados por el Bernabéu, according to the New York Times.
The case then moved through a lengthy investigation that included court testimony from Sánchez. The Times reported that in October 2024 he said any noise issues were the responsibility of concert promoters, not the stadium.
In January, Judge Monica Aguirre de la Cuesta completed her investigation and said the case should go to trial over evidence of a possible “crime against the environment, in its form of noise pollution,” according to the Times. Real Madrid appealed, and the club now says the higher Provincial Court has dismissed the criminal case altogether.
According to Real Madrid, the court ruled that this kind of environmental code issue did not justify a criminal proceeding. The club also said the court agreed that concert promoters are responsible “for ensuring compliance with the decibel limits for ambient sound transmission.”
A representative for the court did not immediately respond to a request for the ruling. Asociación Perjudicados por el Bernabéu also did not immediately return Billboard’s request for comment.
It remains unclear when concerts will resume at the stadium. Bernabéu has been undergoing further construction, including soundproofing, and Real Madrid said last year that the work was expected to be finished in 2026.
