Licensing hearing will decide whether multi-city Electric Group can run venue after serving eviction notice on longstanding leaseholder

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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