Richard Hawley announces fourth and final show to help support Sheffield Leadmill

nme.com:

Richard Hawley has added a fourth and final date to his forthcoming run of gigs at the Sheffield Leadmill.The singer-songwriter unveiled details of two concerts earlier this week taking place on August 8 and 9 to help the venue after news that is under threat of closure.

The venue then announced a third date due to “phenomenal demand” on August 11.Now, because of “overwhelming demand”, they’ve added a fourth and final show on August 12.

Tickets are available for the show here.The concerts will be Hawley’s first headline shows at the Leadmill since 2005.Due to overwhelming demand, we're delighted to be adding a fourth and final night with @RichardHawley on Friday 12th August.Tickets are on sale now from https://t.co/es0cn3tE85 pic.twitter.com/H7jaUPv4Wr— The Leadmill (@Leadmill) April 14, 2022Last month, the venue told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.Speaking to Yorkshire Post last week, Hawley paid tribute to the venue – recalling how he’s played there “hundreds of times” as a solo artist and during his time with The Longpigs and Treebound Story, before likening it to other iconic gig spaces in the UK.“Basically it’s like our Cavern, it’s our Hacienda,” he said. “The thing about The Leadmill is it caters for human beings, it’s not like a niche thing.

I saw the Stone Roses there – that’s where I met Mani from the Roses and we’ve become lifelong friends.“The breadth (of artists who have appeared there) is staggering, just the nights that I personally have either seen or played, it’s my whole life.