Qualla: The Leadmill https://qualla.com/the-leadmill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/z/the-leadmill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: The Leadmill https://qualla.com/the-leadmill The Leadmill: Introduction https://qualla.com/the-leadmill/ Photo credit Neil Theasby, CC BY 2.5. The last song ever played over the speakers at the Leadmill was not Arctic Monkeys, who had sold out the venue faster than any band before them in 2005. It was not Pulp, who had unveiled the venue's PRS for Music Heritage Award there in a live BBC 6 Music broadcast. It was not even the headliner that final night, Miles Kane. It was Frank Sinatra's 'My Way', closing 45 years of theatre, drag, comedy, pantomime and live music in a converted flour mill on the southeast edge of Sheffield city centre. The Leadmill shut its doors for the last time on 27 June 2025. The building remains. Whatever opens there next will not be the same place.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/z/the-leadmill-wp/gcqz-the-leadmill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full The Leadmill: Born in 1980 https://qualla.com/the-leadmill/ Photo credit SUFCboy, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Leadmill opened in 1980 inside a Victorian flour mill on Leadmill Road - a building that already had musical history. The upper floors had housed the Esquire, a 1960s club where a young Jimi Hendrix and the Small Faces had played. The new venue began life as a community centr...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/z/the-leadmill-wp/gcqz-the-leadmill-born-in-1980.mp3 0:06 2 full The Leadmill: Prince Charles Visits, the Royals Approve https://qualla.com/the-leadmill/ Photo credit Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1988, Prince Charles came to look around. His remarks, recorded at the time, are worth preserving: "It houses a theatre, live music venue, educational and training centre, not to mention a restaurant, bar, nightclub, and, they say, it makes a profit!" His Royal Highness's amus...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/z/the-leadmill-wp/gcqz-the-leadmill-prince-charles-visits-the-royals-approve.mp3 0:06 3 full The Leadmill: Loo Roll and Lockdown https://qualla.com/the-leadmill/ Photo credit 6tee-zeven, CC BY 2.0. When COVID arrived in March 2020 and Britain locked down, the Leadmill could not open. The staff did what the staff had always done: improvised. They bought 2,000 toilet rolls wholesale and sold them at cost when a corner shop nearby started charging £1 each - four for £1.83 was ...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/z/the-leadmill-wp/gcqz-the-leadmill-loo-roll-and-lockdown.mp3 0:06 4 full The Leadmill: The Eviction and the Goodbye https://qualla.com/the-leadmill/ Photo credit SUFCboy, Public domain. On 31 March 2022 the Leadmill announced that its landlords, the Electric Group - operators of music venues in London, Bristol and Newcastle - had served an eviction notice. The Electric Group said they would continue running a music venue at the site. The Leadmill management said...

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