Noel Gallagher calls it “an epic venue”, Jessie Ware thinks it’s “just like Venice”, and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst proclaimed it “my new favourite spot”. Which glamorous stop on the international music circuit are they talking about? Halifax in West Yorkshire.
In the 18th century, the Piece Hall was the centre of the Yorkshire textile industry, a vast 315-room building constructed around an Italian-inspired courtyard, where hundreds of weavers and merchants would gather to trade pieces of cloth and woollen goods – hence its name.
