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This is great, glad it's finally happened.
Over the years there's been a load of places in Newcastle that have been there for years, some new flats get built, and some dickhead complains to the council and won't let it drop until the place is shut down.
Aye, happened in Aberdeen too.
An independent basement gig venue, with a standard old man pub on the ground floor, been there for years without issue. Right in the city centre so no expectation of peace and quiet, pubs and shops all over that street. Gigs finished at 11pm normally as well so not like it was a club playing music until 3am.
Then someone moved into a flat nearby. Made a noise complaint, kept pushing the council about it despite public backlash, got the gig venue shut down because they couldn't afford £80,000 for extra insulation, and then the cunt moved out and left to another city.
Aberdeen lost a brilliant independent venue that hosted the small obscure bands that other venues often wouldn't, and then a month later the pub shut down too.
RIP Downstairs and The Malt Mill