The beat will go on at the Hyde Park Hotel after owner Australian Leisure and Hospitality yesterday reversed its decision to pull the plug on live amplified music at the end of the month.

ALH State manager Colin Gourdis said that pressure from the local music industry, State Government and patrons had forced the backflip but added that the hotel faced a “long, drawn-out process” to resolve sound attenuation issues.

The “overwhelming” volume of support for keeping live bands playing at the Hyde Park Hotel had caught ALH by surprise, he said.

– The West Article