The Santiago Bernabeu stadium, home to soccer club Real Madrid, has placed a moratorium on what it hoped would be a couple of giant music shows a month. This, after neighbors complained of painfully high noise levels in their homes. Real Madrid hopes to soundproof the stadium by the spring but locals say that’s impossible. They’re still fighting to have the shows canceled permanently. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Madrid.
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