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BBC News
02-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Sheffield's Leadmill club announces farewell event after 45 years
Sheffield's longest running live music venue and nightclub has announced the date of its final event before it Leadmill, which opened in 1980, will host a farewell party on 28 June, after the operators of the city centre venue lost their recent appeal against Court of Appeal ruling brought an end to years of dispute between The Leadmill Ltd and Electric Group, which bought the building in a post on social media, club managers said the night would be a celebration of four decades of "unforgettable nights and historic gigs" at "our iconic home". CEO of Electric Group, Dominic Madden, previously said purchasing the freehold for The Leadmill in 2017 had saved it from being redeveloped into flats."We didn't want that to happen, so we stepped in to buy it and save it – something the leaseholder was not prepared to do," he said at the Electric Group, which runs existing venues in London, Bristol and Newcastle, now intends to run the venue as a "slightly more polished version".However, the venue's current management called the change of ownership a "hostile takeover" and an "extermination" of the club's hard-won reputation. Following last month's ruling, the venue said the decision felt "like a betrayal of the cultural fabric of our city" and would mean the loss of over 70 said while it would "miss our home", the closure would not mean the end and assured ticket holders for future events that gigs would be relocated to other venues in Sheffield."The Leadmill has always been more than a building and that is something that you just can't buy," Sunday's social media post read."It's the people, the spirit and the stories that have made it what it is. Wherever we go, we'll be taking that with us."Based near Sheffield's main railway station, the venue has hosted some of the biggest names in music such as Pulp, Coldplay, The Stone Roses and Oasis. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
18-04-2025
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- BBC News
Sheffield Council confirms it is owed £10,000 by The Leadmill
Sheffield City Council has said it is owed £10,000 in unpaid legal costs by the tenants of music venue The costs were awarded by a judge in November after The Leadmill Ltd lost its appeal against the council's decision to grant a shadow premises licence to the owner of the building, MVL Properties.A spokesperson for the local authority said it was "in correspondence with The Leadmill to ensure full and prompt payment", which is more than four weeks BBC has approached The Leadmill for comment. In 2017, the much-loved venue was bought by Electric Group, which served an eviction notice on tenants The Leadmill Ltd in Group has said it plans to run the venue itself and won a recent legal battle to take control of the building after a three-year September 2023 Electric Group's parent company, MVL Properties 2017 Ltd, was granted a shadow licence by the a shadow licence would mean they could operate the venue themselves in the event The Leadmill's licence came to an Leadmill, whose sole director is Phil Mills, appealed against the council's decision, but this was rejected by district judge Tim a result, Judge Spruce awarded costs against The Leadmill, ordering them to pay £10,000 to Sheffield City Council and £18,000 to MVL Properties.A spokesperson for MVL Properties said the money owed to them had been council said the deadline for its payment was 18 month the tenants of The Leadmill applied for permission to appeal against a judge's decision to evict Court of Appeal said a judge was yet to decide on the it opened in 1980 the venue has hosted performances from some of the biggest names in music, including Coldplay, Oasis, and Arctic Monkeys. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Yahoo
17-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Council rejects bid to demolish part of venue
A planning application to demolish parts of Sheffield's Leadmill music venue has been rejected by the city council. Phillip Mills, director of The Leadmill Ltd, stated in planning documents that demolishing a toilet block and infill works bordering Suffolk Road would "return the building to pre-leasing condition". The officer who recommended the proposed demolition be rejected described it as "purposeless" and without public benefit. The building's landlord, Electric Group, has been in dispute with its tenants since it served an eviction notice in 2022, planning to run the business itself. Mr Mills previously said he would "gut" the venue if forced to leave. Breaking up the continuous building frontage would be "to the detriment of the strength and character of the building line", the planning officer's report stated. It said: "In the event [the applicant's] lease is terminated, they wish to return the building complex to the condition it was in prior to the lease being taken up. "In this instance the proposal will result in the loss of facilities for a music venue/nightclub with no appreciable public benefits. "Essentially the demolition seems purposeless." Without sufficient benefits and justification, the "less than substantial" harm caused would not be acceptable, it added. MVL Properties, owned by Electric Group, had filed a counter application in the event that the demolition did take place, which was also rejected. The Leadmill Ltd has been contacted for comment. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here. Leadmill owner says refurb estimate is 'illogical'
