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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

HISTORICAL FACTS: Sheffield music venue the leadmill at centre of closure row | History Defined

Olivia Dean performing at the Leadmill, Sheffield, in August 2021
Olivia Dean performing at the Leadmill in August 2021. The Leadmill opened in 1980 and is Sheffield’s longest-running live music venue. Photograph: Myles Wright/Zuma Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

One of the UK’s leading music venues, which played a pivotal role in the careers of bands including Pulp, Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys, is at the centre of a bitter row over its future. .

The current bosses of the Leadmill in Sheffield have announced that they are being evicted and forced to close the venue, prompting a wave of dismay on social media. But that was firmly rejected by the venue’s landlord, the Brixton-based Electric Group.

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