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Guy Ritchie's pub is being monitored after receiving noise complaints
Guy Ritchie's pub is being monitored after receiving noise complaints
Guy Ritchie's pub is being monitored after receiving noise complaints.
The Punch Bowl, located in London's exclusive Mayfair district, has been
branded too raucous by furious residents living near the drinking
establishment.
Westminster council has decided to install equipment to monitor the sound
levels and Guy could even lose his license to serve alcohol if it is found
to be too noisy.
A council spokesman said: "Managers at the pub are aware of this activity
and it will take two weeks to complete."
A microphone and sound-monitoring equipment has been installed in an
upstairs apartment next to The Punch Bowl after the council received 37
complaints.
Guy regularly holds late-night lock-ins - when he allows customers to remain
in the pub after closing time - and books live Irish folk bands to perform
at the venue.
A source said: "The neighbours are fed up with the racket, which sometimes
goes on into the early hours."
The 'Sherlock Holmes' director has attempted to appease people who live
nearby by insisting drinkers move inside the pub by 9pm and employing staff
to work on the door to deal with troublesome revellers.
The Punch Bowl has become a regular haunt for a string of celebrities,
including Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr., Justin Timberlake and Jude
Law.
Guy bought the business in March 2008 with his then-wife Madonna. The
40-year-old filmmaker kept the pub in the divorce settlement.
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