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Electric Group is granted a shadow licence for The Leadmill

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The Leadmill • 2 min read

Electric Group is granted a shadow licence for The Leadmill

Sheffield City Council has granted the Electric Group a shadow licence for The Leadmill - meaning that it can legally run the venue if and when it evicts the current management team…

Chris Cooke • 25 Sep 2023

Current Leadmill team raise safety concerns about the Electric Group at licensing hearing

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Current Leadmill team raise safety concerns about the Electric Group at licensing hearing

The current operators of The Leadmill in Sheffield have said that their landlord, the Electric Group, "has a fundamental disregard for safety". They made the claim as the city’s council considered a licence application by the landlord, which wants to directly manage the venue.…

Chris Cooke • 19 Sep 2023

Save The Leadmill campaign offering people £40 to join its protest

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Save The Leadmill campaign offering people £40 to join its protest

As the Save The Leadmill campaign plans a protest outside Sheffield Town Hall later this month, the BBC has reported that the venue is offering people £40 to take part…

Chris Cooke • 11 Sep 2023

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Save The Leadmill campaign announces public rally ahead of licensing hearing

The Save The Leadmill campaign has announced that it will hold a public rally outside Sheffield Town Hall to coincide with a meeting of the city council’s licensing committee…

Andy Malt • 06 Sep 2023

Setlist Podcast: YouTube's three principles for music and AI

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Setlist Podcast: YouTube's three principles for music and AI

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss YouTube’s new AI music principles and questions raised about BMI’s decision to become a for-profit enterprise…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 29 Aug 2023

Sheffield City Council says it “cannot directly intervene” in ongoing Leadmill dispute

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Sheffield City Council says it “cannot directly intervene” in ongoing Leadmill dispute

The leader of Sheffield City Council has said that, while he understands the “the strength of feeling” among supporters of…

Chris Cooke • 23 Aug 2023

Save The Leadmill campaign ramps up ahead of September licensing committee meeting

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Save The Leadmill campaign ramps up ahead of September licensing committee meeting

The ongoing Save The Leadmill campaign has moved up a gear, with the venue’s existing management saying that their…

Chris Cooke • 27 Jul 2023

The Leadmill • 2 min read

Leadmill management petition for suspension of Section 25 of Landlord And Tenant Act as dispute with landlord continues

The management team at Sheffield venue The Leadmill have set up a petition following the news that they are being…

Chris Cooke • 14 Apr 2022

The Leadmill • 4 min read

Dispute over the future of Sheffield’s The Leadmill rages on

The war of words continues between the current management team and the landlord at Sheffield venue The Leadmill, following the…

Chris Cooke • 04 Apr 2022

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Sheffield Leadmill landlord says building will remain a music venue, despite eviction notice

Sheffield’s The Leadmill music venue has announced that it has been served an eviction notice by its landlord, giving…

Andy Malt • 01 Apr 2022