Concerts to get louder in 'common sense' changes

Gigs at one of Australia's most famous landmarks are set to get louder.

Along with lifting capacity limits, sound regulation for late-night concerts at the Sydney Opera House's forecourt will be raised to be consistent with settings for daytime gigs.

NSW ministers labelled the tweaks as common sense and said sound restrictions would no longer be determined by residents of the 'Toaster' - the nearby luxury apartment building whose residents have regularly complained about noise.

Notably, the Opera House copped a $15,000 fine after residents complained about the volume of a performance from English band Florence and The Machine in 2015.

"Over the decades it became a Sydney sport to move in next door to a pub and then campaign to close it down," Arts and Night-time Economy Minister John Graham said on Sunday

"We are putting an end to that and the same approach should apply to the world's greatest performance venue.

"The Sydney Opera House is everyone's house and these changes make sure the experience matches the epic setting."

Another infamous incident saw Crowded House frontman Neil Finn mock the complaining residents throughout a run of shows in 2016, including encouraging the crowd to try and wake up the Toaster's most famous occupant, broadcaster Alan Jones.

The state government also lifted the maximum capacity for major events in the forecourt from 6000 to 7000 people.

Event hours were also lifted across all days of the week.

Prominent Australian singer-songwriter Dan Sultan said he found it difficult to sum up how much his own headline shows at the Opera House forecourt meant to him.

"At that time it was the largest crowd for one of my own concerts, that was the best my band had ever sounded and performed, I was at the best place in my life to date with my wife and children in the wings and I was singing and performing better than I'd ever done up to that point," he said.

"It is truly a bucket list show for any artist anywhere in the world."

Other tweaks include letting community facilities like town halls host pop-up events without development applications, and letting commercial buildings and car parks more easily run live music events.