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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Moore

Sheffield protesters decry ‘hostile takeover’ of Leadmill music venue

Olivia Dean performing at the Leadmill in August 2021
Olivia Dean performing at the Leadmill in August 2021. Eddie Izzard, Blossoms and Kaiser Chiefs have joined the campaign to ‘save the Leadmill’. Photograph: Myles Wright/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

People in Sheffield have protested against what they call a “hostile takeover” of one of the city’s best-known music venues.

About 100 people gathered outside Sheffield town hall on the first of a two-day licensing hearing to decide the future of the Leadmill, which helped launch the careers of Pulp, Arctic Monkeys and Self Esteem.

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