- The Leadmill
The Leadmill is a
live music venue andnightclub in Leadmill Road,Sheffield ,England lying on the south east edge of the city centre. It opened in 1980, in what despite its name was a formerflour mill . [ [http://www.leadmill.co.uk/db/history.html LEADMILL - History ] ] This coincided with the rise of several Sheffield bands, including theHuman League , Cabaret Voltaire,Heaven 17 and ABC.Notable early events included a
pantomime directed byJarvis Cocker in 1982 andThe Housemartins deciding to queue for their own gig, but being turned away by bouncers in 1984. [ [http://www.leadmill.co.uk/db/history2.html LEADMILL - History ] ]The venue has also been voted favourite live music venue by readers of the
NME on several occasions.Fact|date=February 2007The venue has recently hosted many gigs by bands such as
Milburn ,Coldplay ,Snow Patrol , Killers,Enter Shikari ,Klaxons ,The Coral ,Kids In Glass Houses ,Elliot Minor ,One Night Only ,The Audition ,The Maccabees and Sheffield's ownArctic Monkeys who in 2005 sold out the Leadmill in a quicker time than any other band, [ [http://www.leadmill.co.uk/db/history6.html Leadmill history] ] well before they released "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ".The Libertines played a five band bill in 2002, supported byParva , who would later come back to headline asKaiser Chiefs . In the same way, in 2003Hot Hot Heat were supported by Franz Ferdinand before they came back to headline.References
External links
* [http://www.leadmill.co.uk/ Leadmill website]
[http://www.webexpressguide.com/sheffield/directory-listing.php?id=402 Leadmill History - Managers View]
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