Bad news for those who had tickets on Friday for DJ Nosedrip in the Brussels techno club Fuse. The performance has just been cancelled, along with the other events for the next two weeks. After a complaint from a local resident, Brussels Environment gave an immediate order to limit the noise level of the music to a maximum of 95 decibels. Moreover, from now on the club has to close at 2 o’clock in the morning.
That regime is unlivable, according to the club, which has been running for almost thirty years. She lodged an objection against the measures with the Brussels Environmental College, but the ruling is not expected until January 25. “Until then we will keep the doors closed, because it is impossible to run a club under the current circumstances,” said marketing manager Vincent Schmitt. The morning. “We can only hope that the government will come around.”
The closure follows an accumulation of complaints from a local resident who bought a house in the area a few years ago. According to the operators, a number of major insulation works have been carried out since then. A compromise would also have been negotiated. But they could not settle the dispute.
On weekends, there are normally about eighty people working in the Fuse. “If we had to close permanently, it would not only mean a blow to them, but also to the music world and to the whole of Brussels,” said Schmitt.
Of #Fuse must live. It is a monument that has taught our capital a lot. I will do everything I can to reopen it as soon as possible.
— Philippe Close (@PhilippeClose) January 12, 2023
Meanwhile, various politicians also reacted to the temporary closure of Fuse. Brussels mayor Philippe Close (PS) says on Twitter that he will do everything he can to reopen the ‘monument’ Fuse as soon as possible, and Brussels environment minister Alain Maron (Ecolo) says that the government is working on a solution. Yesterday there would even have been a solution, but the neighbor in question decided not to withdraw his complaint.
