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

Outcry as future of Sheffield’s Leadmill music venue thrown into question

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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