Preface – June 10th, 2023. 7 months on from this original article, Muddys Music Cafe owner has sacked and banned over 3/4ths of the original staff who were there pre-November of 2022. There is a new article, with a central section written by a DJ who was a long-time friend of the owner of Muddys Music Cafe who was ultimately stabbed in the back by that same owner. You can find the article here… https://www.3girlsinsl.co.uk/the-desolation-of-muddys-music-cafe/ now on to the original article below…
It’s no secret, the three of us were regulars at Muddys Music Cafe for the better part of two years, and the past year on a permanent basis. The blog and the Flickr for the Angels are full of references to Muddy’s Music Cafe. Staff from my own job (It’s Lia typing this) at The Guardian (yes, that’s where I work) popped into muddys regularly during the UK working hours.
All three of us were happy at Muddys. Yes, the rules were strict, probably a touch too strict, but they were strict for a reason, to keep the place family-friendly. We would spend hours at Muddys, sometimes clocking in 10 to 12 hours dancing nonstop, it kept the DJ’s company, seeing our faces there regularly, and it brought in new people via the blog posts and images we popped up on our Flickr.
All that came to an abrupt end today…
Sometime during the evening of Sunday, November 20th, Bridget Hammill banned us after reading a private IM conversation that went on between myself and one of her ex-members of staff.
The convo was a simple one, Bridget Hammill had banned a friend of a host for…wait for it…dancing on the bar. Yes, you read that right. Dancing on the bar. There are no rules against dancing on the bar, no hints from the hosts that is frowned upon. I commented that it was insane to ban people from dancing on the bar, and that conversation made its way to Bridget.
What followed was an unhinged rant to the point that I think she actually has mental health issues that are starting to surface. The rant ended with Bridget saying she was going to “Inform Patch Linden” about…something, I don’t know what the unhinged “Christian” was going to inform Patch about exactly, but she’s going to inform him anyway. Bridget Hammill is also a thief. Yes, you read that right…THEIF**. The Angels were renting a shop in her Plaza, we have not received a refund for the time left in the shop, she kept the money for herself.
There have been rumors, lots of rumors, about something dark and unfriendly occurring in the background of Muddys. DJ’s who are there one week, are gone the next. Long-time hosts who get sacked for unknown reasons. Multitudes of regulars, some who tipped the club a LOT, banned. Things have been getting steadily worse in Muddys for the past 5 months.
Now, we get banned from Muddys Music Cafe, and in the midst of all of this, I have been hearing from a growing number of DJ’s that they are unhappy with some “issues” that have been cropping up in Muddys over the past 5 to 6 months and are on the verge of quitting to go work at Schooners, Big Daddys or the multitude of other places that have one thing different to them compared to muddys….
…their owner isn’t power-mad.
The Angels will find a new regular place to go to. In the meantime, however, if you are a DJ, stay away from Muddys, i have a feeling there is going to be a mass exodus of staff from that place after the new year.
On the news of hearing this, Lizzy was basically in tears. This won’t matter to Bridget though, who hides behind her Christianity whilst being a power-mad mini-dictator in her own little dominion. She will realize soon though…Muddys isn’t the only game in town anymore.
** *Update Nov 22nd: The refund of the remaining rent happened. Also, comments are locked to people I follow due to a number of fake accounts that have started commenting with comments like “Die of cancer” or “the lot of you should jump in front of an oncoming train”. All images taken at Muddys have also been removed unless its a showcase image, in which case references to muddys has been removed
*Update Nov 23rd: Got a message from TWO separate people after reading the blog, apparently they were warned to put on “PG clothing”. They were wearing nonsplit, half thigh length skirts. When asked what was wrong, they were told they had no underwear on. Only way that would have been known is if the host looked up the skirts…wow…just…wow.
*Update Nov 23rd (Part 2): Both Liza and Fenella got copy and paste messages from Bridget saying that they are not banned from Muddys and trying to entice them back to the club. In the words of Fen “She’s such a good manipulator and gaslighter, Nixon would be proud of her…”. Sorry Bridget, you ban one of us, you’ve essentially banned us all.
*Update Dec 2nd: Read the comments down below or on the blog. Former staff of Muddy’s have started speaking out about Bridget “I’m a Christian” Hammill’s ill-treatment of staff who were unwell, and general mistreatment of staff who work in other clubs. She is far from a Christian in her actions against DJ’s and hosts who helped put her club on the map.
*Update Dec 28th: It is now confirmed that Bridget “I’m a Christian, honest” Hammill is sacking staff who want to work in a competing new club, has requested staff to “report” my blog and flickr (to who is the question). It also transpires that over half her staff may have possibly quit. Bridget Hammill, the psychotic cult leader of club owners…
