Top Scottish Venue Closes
The View's spiritual home shuts
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Dundee's award winning music venue The Doghouse has shut its doors, amid claims of mounting debts.
The Doghouse has become one of Scotland's top venues in recent times, hosting recent shows by Cage The Elephant, The Dodos and more. The venue was transformed from an empty shell into a vibrant operation by owner Sarah Hill, with The Doghouse winning multiple awards with its eclectic booking policy and commitment to up and coming acts.
The venue reached national prominence courtesy of local group The View. Back when the band were a struggling unsigned act, fresh from school, The Doghouse allowed the band to rehearse in a spare room.
The band have played many secret shows there and have remained close to the staff. A collage for their Top 3 single 'Same Jeans' included a flyer from one of their dates at The Doghouse.
The venue was shut by administrators Begbies Traynor, who immediately changed the locks. The Doghouse has continued to act as a successful rehearsal room, with local groups forced to hurriedly retrieve their equipment.
Speaking to The Courier newspaper, a council spokesman said, “Dundee City Council was granted a sequestration order against the publican at the Doghouse at Dundee Sheriff Court on February 17.
“More than £10,000 of unpaid non-domestic rates are currently owed to the council.”
Owners dispute these claims, arguing that the levels of debt are much lower than when they came into possession of the venue.
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WHAT!?!?!?! Easily the
WHAT!?!?!?!
Easily the greatest venue in Dundee, will be missed.
What about the gigs coming up?
Goldie lookin' chain and the rumble strips are due to play this weekend, sadly not together.
To correct you, it was far
To correct you, it was far from a shell when Sarah Hill took over - immediately prior to her starting there, it was a busy music venue, also called the Doghouse, and had recently had thousands of pounds worth of soundproofed doors and windows installed to pacify the complaining student neighbours. Unfortunately, the beer prices charged by the brewery who owned the building were too high for the licensee at the time to make any profit.
Interesting that The View are reported to be "furious" at its closure "over such a small amount of money."
Maybe, since they admit it was that venue which gave them their big break (and countless hours of free rehearsal,) they might assist with the "small amount" of outstanding rates.
Will be interesting to see what happens, if anything.
This is so so bad, is this
This is so so bad, is this the effect of global crisis, big establishment closes. Part of the homebuyer tax credit extension was an unemployment extension. Due to the recession, many people have run out of their unemployment benefits, and Congress has generously decided to utilize an unemployment extension for workers that have lost their jobs. However, for those of you worrying about even more taxes funding it – it isn't. Instead, the extension is being covered by employer taxes, just as unemployment insurance already is. Well, unless you own a business and have to pay employees – in that case you can worry. However, for the rest of us, rest assured that the unemployment extension won't cause you to go into any further tax debt because of enhanced unemployment benefits.