Mike Skinner caused a stir at London nightclub 'Tiger Tiger' last night when he complained that the music was "dangerously loud". Fresh from a silver medal at the National Cross last weekend, the Blackheath and Bromley star was out with pals celebrating a new five year deal with the club rumoured to be worth in excess of £5m. Having initially been turned away from the swanky hot spot at 6:30pm - the club was not yet open - it is believed that the group went for a decaffeinated coffee before returning shortly after 9pm, just an hour before Skinner was aiming to be in bed.
The night then turned sour for 31 year-old when he berated the club's manager for playing music "so loud, it was probably heard in America" and demanded some heavy duty earplugs before going back on the dance floor. Sadly, things went from bad to worse when he spotted that one of the fire exit signs was not fully illuminated. "Mike was really upset about the whole thing" said an observer "he told the bar staff that what they were doing was tantamount to reckless endangerment and demanded that the police be called".
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that officers had attended the scene to investigate "a noise violation" but had to explain to a baffled Skinner that no rules had been breached and complaints could not be taken seriously from people inside the club. "By this stage it had reached 10pm and Mike was very tired" continued our source "he pledged to take up the matter at a more reasonable time, but was shocked to discover that the club would remain open past 11pm".
Skinner made himself unavailable to comment this morning, but his club have confirmed that he will be visiting an audiologist first thing on Monday morning.