Updated 26 March 2002, 19.52

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They reached 130 decibels - that's the loudest recorded in the history of pop - when Gareth was singing at the Sheffield Arena over the weekend.

The sound the fans made is almost as loud as standing 40 feet away from a supersonic jet!

Louder than Beatles fans

It is thought that their screams could have been even louder than the fans of The Beatles in the 1960s.

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!"

The screams for Pop Idol winner Will Young reached 120 decibels, eight decibels less than the noise made by Hear'Say fans last September.

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