00:00 The Leadmill is the longest running live music venue and nightclub in Sheffield and was first
00:05 opened in 1980 in a former flour mill which was originally a community centre.
00:10 It initially hosted plays, education and training workshops and live music.
00:15 Over the last 43 years the landmark has hosted live music, comedy nights, theatre productions,
00:20 record fairs, cabaret, drag shows and talks.
00:24 Some of its early gigs included performances by Jimi Hendrix and Small Faces as part of
00:29 the Esquire which was a 1960s club.
00:32 King Charles III, then Prince Charles, visited the Leadmill in 1988 and described it as a
00:37 building well restored.
00:38 In the 1960s the Leadmill became the Sheffield venue of Gatecrasher before launching its
00:43 own house night, Rise, where Sheffield's own Arctic Monkeys sold out in 2005, faster
00:49 than any other band.
00:50 Today we celebrate the Leadmill and what it means to Sheffield.
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