Wetherspoons bans playing music or calls on phone speakers after customers driven ‘nuts’

Chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin labelled the pubs as ‘an oasis of tranquillity and contemplation’

Chain tells customers to ‘pipe down’ and use earphones instead, calling its venues ‘an oasis of tranquillity’ The pub chain Wetherspoons has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after growing complaints about the noise. The company announced it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, sayin

Wetherspoons BANS customers playing music or taking phone calls on loudspeaker  GB News

Luke Alsford | News Reporter Published August 17, 2026 10:20pm Updated August 17, 2026 10:20pm Wetherspoons has received a flood of complaints from customers over the loud noise (Picture: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock) Wetherspoons has barred customers from playing music or taking phone calls on loudspeakers in hopes of

Chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin is ‘kindly asking phone users to pipe down’.

Chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin is ‘kindly asking phone users to pipe down’.

Wetherspoons bans playing music or calls on phone loudspeaker  The Times