The Trump livestream is unbearable but 372 people are holding on for dear life

This makes it even harder to watch the inaugural concert.
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Sasha Lekach
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The official stream of Donald Trump's inauguration concert has been having serious sound issues. And by issues, we mean, it sounds like someone slowly dying.

Donald Trump's inaugural concert kicked off Thursday with acts such DJ Ravidrums, singer Sam Moore and a whole lot of country music. But anyone trying to get their hit of 3 Doors Down on the official inauguration committee's online stream, has been in for a painful time.

If you'd like to save your ears the agony, let us assure you, the opening acts sound more like car tires screeching to a agonizing halt or listening to a group of high chipmunks scream at each other.

The inauguration channel attempted to fix it, but the problems persisted with choppy noise and the vocals going in and out. After barely 20 minutes the livestream completely stopped, so good luck if you were keen to catch The Frontmen of Country.

Despite the horrendous sound, at one point 372 people were watching the stream. Those are some devoted concert viewers. Here's hoping the sound issues clear up in time for Friday's inauguration.

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Sasha Lekach

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.

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