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28th September 2020
11:48am BST

(1C) A person responsible for carrying on a business of a public house, café, restaurant or bar (including a bar in a hotel or members’ club) must, during the emergency period, ensure that no music is played on the premises which exceeds 85db(A) when measured at the source of the music. (1D) Paragraph (1C) does not apply to any performance of live music. (1E) In paragraph (1C), “db(A)” means A-weighted decibels.”.So here are the takeaways, music over 85 decibels is now illegal. For reference, a vacuum cleaner is 70db and an alarm clock is said to be around 80. However, this doesn't apply for some reason to "any performance of live music". Now, perhaps, this has been added to ensure that the arts aren't entirely killed off by coronavirus, or maybe because Jacob Rees-Mogg belts out a cracking rendition of 'Por ti volare' down The Jubilee room after a few too many crème de menthe. In all likelihood though the rule has probably been brought in to avoid too many people shouting over the noise and potentially risking the spread of droplets into the air. In which case, it sort of makes sense.
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