Bands voice dismay at ‘devastating news’ but landlord says it will continue to operate as music venue

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 row over whether it will close.

News that the Leadmill in Sheffield might be shutting brought a wave of dismay on social media but was on Friday firmly rejected by the venue’s landlord, the Brixton-based Electric Group.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Investigation into Jersey’s gas system as seven missing people named after blast

Nine people are believed dead after explosion destroyed block of flats in…

‘A disgrace’: Ratcliffe reads riot act after visiting Manchester United facilities

Chief of football operations rails at ‘high degree of untidiness’ IT department…

National Hurricane Center

Hurricane

Woman who lied about grooming gang guilty of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been trafficked by Asian gang and…