- The Sugarmill
The Sugarmill, is a live
music venue andnightclub situated in Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent ,England . The venue was opened in 1995 as The Stage before being renamed in1999 . It launched its main club night, 'Electric' in 1995. Towards the end of 2007 the roof of The Sugarmill was converted (most likely due to the smoking ban) so that it could be opened up to the public, and now has toilets, a bar (with TV), seating and heated lamps.In addition to hosting weekly club nights for
alternative music fans, the venue has played host to bands of national and international fame, includingStereophonics (March 1997),Daft Punk (February 1998),Biffy Clyro ,Razorlight ,Terrorvision ,Napalm Death ,The Libertines ,Hundred Reasons ,King Prawn ,The Damned ,Corrosion of Conformity and Clutch.Other bands that have previously played here that have gone on to be notable:
*36 Crazyfists
*65daysofstatic
*Aiden
* All That Remains
*Biffy Clyro
*Boy Kill Boy
*Bullet for My Valentine
* Converge
*The Cribs
*The Darkness
*DevilDriver
*Dodgy
*Editors
*Enter Shikari
*The Fratellis
*God Forbid
*Hadouken!
*Hard-Fi
*Hatebreed
* Hell Is for Heroes
*Idlewild
*InMe
*Jamie T
*Kate Nash
*Kids In Glass Houses
*The Kooks
*The Maccabees
*Mansun
*Maxïmo Park
*MC Lars
* Mew
*Mindless Self Indulgence
* Muse
* Paper Route
*The Ordinary Boys
*The Rakes
* The Rifles
*SikTh
*Snow Patrol
*The Subways
*Test Icicles
*The Ting Tings
*We Are Scientists External links
* [http://www.thesugarmill.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thesugarmillstoke/ Official Myspace Page]
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