Leadmill
One of Sheffield's biggest gig venues/night clubs. Situated a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations on Leadmill Road.
Gigs here are sometimes over 18 only, so it's worth checking age restrictions on the website before you leave.
Reviewed events
Sigur Rós at Sheffield Leadmill, Wed 02 Oct
Clouds of cannabis infused smoke billow from the crowd, glowing blue and purple as they ascend and loiter amongst the light rigging. Pure white beams shatter and disperse, smashing against rotating disco balls and patterning the walls with a whirlwind of bubbled light. Onstage; a silhouette highlighted with an or»
Ikara Colt, The Loves, Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Sheffield Leadmill, Mon 24 Feb
Twenty past eight. Claire Ingram and Paul Resende – guitarist and vocalist respectively with Ikara Colt – are ready to begin the last song of a frantic half-hour set. But there’s a problem. Dominic Young, the band’s drummer, is slumped over his snare, dripping with an absolutely breathtaking»
Ladytron at Sheffield Leadmill, Mon 24 Mar
Helen Marnie’s playing games. As her dark, mascara-outlined eyes flit over the crowd, they move with a steady purpose. Her eye contact is precious to tonight’s audience, and she’s offering it to us in discriminate, tantalising stanzas. Live, the delightful, cold-heartedness Ladytron offer in recorde»
Spiritualized at Sheffield Leadmill, Fri 12 Sep
Something’s not right here. On stage stands the same band of musicians who blew the roof off Sheffield’s Octagon Centre less than two years ago. After setting such spectacular standards on their last visit, this time they are unrecognisable. It’s just four days since the release of Spiritualized’s latest a»
The Beta Band, The Magnificents at Sheffield Leadmill, Thu 29 Apr
The most original band in Britain return to the live arena...»
The (International) Noise Conspiracy at Sheffield Leadmill, Sun 28 Nov
Following the delightful over-exuberance of The Sound Explosion, five Swedes clad in striking red attire bound onto the makeshift stage in the smaller of the Leadmill’s two rooms.»
The Wonder Stuff at Sheffield Leadmill, Sat 12 Mar
2005 is turning out to be a bit of a second coming for the independent Class of ’88...»
The Coral at Sheffield Leadmill, Wed 20 Apr
Forget Radiohead and their intermittent excursions into tuneless self-parody. Since the demise of The Beta Band, the most excitingly innovative band in the UK at the moment has to be The Coral...»
The Kills, The Long Blondes, Arcade Fire at Sheffield Leadmill, Thu 01 Sep
Classically trained musicians playing rock arrangements is far from conventional, but it's the formula that has made 2005 the year of The Arcade Fire. DiS investigate what must be one of their last 'intimate' shows.»
Five O'Clock Heroes, The Paddingtons, The Dodgems at Sheffield Leadmill, Sat 18 Feb
I'm sorry to be the bearer of such blasphemous news but those forebearers of pop(ular) punk rock, The Paddingtons, are quite frankly one of the most exciting live propositions treading the boards at the minute...»
Wolfmother at Sheffield Leadmill, Fri 21 Apr
Every Wolfmother song has one thing in common: it'll rock your bollocks off. You'll undoubtedly see cleverer bands this year, but you'll struggle to catch something as visceral as this.»
My Latest Novel at Sheffield Leadmill, Tue 16 May
This Glaswegian five-piece have quiet/loud down to a tee with hushed verses and intricate arrangements breaking down into gigantic, cathartic choruses and unabashed shouting matches.»
Emmy the Great at Sheffield Leadmill, Thu 18 May
Sounding like the illegitimate lovechild of Regina Spektor and Bob Dylan, her songs offer a window into an intriguing world where celebrating the life of a deceased friend by pouring champagne on his grave is acceptable behaviour and cutting your hair to be like Patti Smith is the done thing. Let's face it, Emmy The Average just doesn't sound as good, does it?»
The Race at Sheffield Leadmill, Sat 20 May
If it wasn't for this sonic barrage, those huge choruses might put them on a par with Keane in places, and early U2 in others. As it is, it's safe to describe their sound as anthemic in the Coldplay sense of the word but with bigger, harder rocking balls. »
Kubichek!, The Motorettes at Sheffield Leadmill, Sat 08 Jul
At the start of the year, whilst their potential was obvious to see, there was still an element of nervousness about The Motorettes that needed to be shaken off if they were to fulfil that belief...»
Graham Coxon @ Sheffield Leadmil 18.10.06
I'd say Graham Coxon is easily one of contemporary indie's greatest songwriters. Take tonight's set: even though it's packed with stuff from his latest long player Love Travels At Illegal Speeds, each and every tune sounds like it's already an established classic...»
The Decemberists at Sheffield Leadmill, Fri 02 Feb
As strange as it seems now, there was a time when I never thought I'd get on with The Decemberists...»
Slow Club at Sheffield Leadmill, Mon 05 Feb
It's been a while, but I leave tonight feeling genuinely excited about Sheffield music once again...»
Fields at Sheffield Leadmill, Fri 13 Apr
For every 'Song For The Fields' and 'If You Fail We All Fail', there's a 'You Don't Need This Song (To Fix Your Broken Heart)'; songs that never really get going and leave me feeling cold. That's a shame, because at their best Fields have the ability to set my heart on fire...»
The Strange Death of Liberal England, Fury Of The Headteachers at Sheffield Leadmill, Mon 09 Jul
Call me perverse, but I take a certain amount of pleasure from nights like tonight. Nights when the hyped-up, out-of-town touring band gets upstaged by the local support who, against the odds (e.g. little or no sound check, arriving at the venue straight from work) turn in a performance of real quality...»
Be Your Own Pet, Damn Shames at Sheffield Leadmill, Sat 22 Mar
Despite the fact new album Get Awkward has received several lukewarm reviews, DiS had come tonight hoping that some of the initial spark of Be Your Own Pet's live shows that got people interested in the first place remained intact»
Band of Horses at Sheffield Leadmill, Fri 11 Jul
When, exactly, did Band Of Horses get so popular? The last gig here we attended that was this oversubscribed: The Pigeon Detectives»
The Gutter Twins at Sheffield Leadmill, Wed 27 Aug
DiSclaimer: The following is not a formal review. Rather, it is an account of the dialogue that took place between our two writers at the show»
