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Sheffield has a growing cultural reputation. 7.2% of Sheffield's working population are employed in the creative industries, well above the national average of 4%.[1] The music scene has produced many music acts during the last 25 years. It is also home to the largest theatre complex outside of London. The council has attempted to build upon these foundations with the creation of the Cultural Industries Quarter. For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...
The Cultural Industries Quarter is a district in the city centre of Sheffield, England. ...
Popular Music
Sheffield has been the home of several well known bands and musicians, with an unusually large number of synth pop and other electronic outfits hailing from there. These include the Human League, Heaven 17, the Thompson Twins, Wavestar and the more industrially inclined Cabaret Voltaire. This electronic tradition has continued: techno label Warp Records was a central pillar of the Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass scene of the early 1990s, and has gone on to become one of Britain's oldest and best-loved dance music labels. Moloko and Autechre, one of the leading lights of so-called intelligent dance music, are also based in Sheffield. The city is also home to Gatecrasher, one of the most popular nightclubs in the north of England (although the club is currently closed after a fire in 2007). Sheffield also plays host to Razor Stiletto the north's biggest electro pop night and home to many successful local bands. Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ...
For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ...
The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977, who, after several changes in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s and a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ...
Heaven 17 are an English synthpop band originating in Sheffield in the early 1980s. ...
The Thompson Twins were an English New Wave/pop band normally associated with the 1980s. ...
Wavestar is a British New Age Music Synthesizer band. ...
Cabaret Voltaire was a British music group from Sheffield, England. ...
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ...
Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ...
Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass or Yorkshire Techno was a short-lived and very localised musical movement centred on the northern English cities of Bradford & Leeds in West Yorkshire and Sheffield in South Yorkshire in 1989-1991. ...
Moloko is an electronic/pop group from Sheffield, England, consisting of RóisÃn Murphy and Mark Brydon. ...
Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown (born c. ...
Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre of electronic music derived from dance music of the 1980s and early 1990s which puts an emphasis on novel processing and sequencing. ...
Gatecrasher may mean: Gatecrasher (person), someone who enters an event without a ticket or invitation. ...
Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a Gatecrasher dance music event in Sheffield, England A nightclub (or night club or club) is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...
Sheffield has also seen the birth of Pulp, Babybird, Speedy, Def Leppard, Joe Cocker, The Longpigs, and the free improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. 1998 Mercury Music Prize award winners Gomez are also connected to Sheffield as some of the founding members went to Sheffield Hallam University together. The immensely successful Arctic Monkeys are currently Sheffield's biggest musical export, and have helped lead the way for chart hits for fellow Sheffield bands Milburn, Reverend and the Makers, Little Man Tate and The Long Blondes. Other successful Sheffield bands include math rock band 65daysofstatic, glam-punk band Pink Grease, and quirky songsmith Stoney. Sheffield was home to the world renowned Lindsay string quartet, who retired from the stage in June 2005. Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ...
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Speedy is the name of two DC Comics superheroes, both of whom have served as teenaged sidekicks for the Green Arrow (a. ...
Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ...
Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of popular songs. ...
The Longpigs were one of the more memorable bands who rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s, comprising Crispin Hunt (vocals), Richard Hawley (guitar), Simon Stafford (bass) and former Cabaret Voltaire member Dee Boyle (drums). ...
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s) involved; in many cases the musicians make an active effort to avoiding overt references to recognizable musical genres. ...
Derek Bailey pictured at the Vortex Club, Stoke Newington, 1991. ...
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Mercury Music Prize, now officially known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize, is a music award given annually for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. ...
Gomez is an English indie rock band from Southport, England. ...
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. ...
Arctic Monkeys are a Mercury Prize winning, English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ...
Milburn is an indie rock band from Sheffield, England that consists of Joe Carnall, Louis Carnall, Tom Rowley, and Joe Green. ...
Reverend and The Makers are an Indie Funk Electro band based in Sheffield, England and signed to Wall of Sound. ...
Little Man Tate are a four-piece indie band from Sheffield, England and formed in 2005. ...
The Long Blondes are a 5-piece English indie rock band from Sheffield. ...
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65daysofstatic (also known by the abbreviations 65dos and 65days) are an instrumental math rock and post-rock band from Sheffield, England. ...
The Pink Grease are a five-piece rock group from Sheffield, England. ...
Stoney (born Mark Stoney circa 1980) is a British musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. ...
The Lindsay Quartet (or The Lindsays) is a British string quartet. ...
The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...
Sheffield also has a small urban music scene. This consists of R'n'B, UK Hiphop, Grime and Speed Garage. It is home to artists such as NoXcuse, Hoodz Underground, The Red Eye Knights and Constant Creation, it is part of the Yorkshire Hip Hop scene. The Speed Garage scene has surfaced in Sheffield with a unique modern sound compared to older speed garage. Born from the nightclub Niche, the music has various other terms such as Bassline House or Niche itself, but was born in Sheffield and has now spread out to other cities in the United Kingdom. It varies differently from other cities Soulful Vocal UK Garage, and the beats are not two step.
The city's ties with music were acknowledged in 1999, when the National Centre for Popular Music, a museum dedicated to the subject of popular music was opened. It was not as successful as was hoped, however, and later evolved to become a live music venue, then in February 2005 the unusual steel-covered building would become the students' union for Sheffield Hallam University. The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England for contemporary music and culture that was built largely with contributions from the National Lottery. ...
The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ...
Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ...
A students union, student government, student leadership, student council, or students association is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ...
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. ...
The three main music venues are the Sheffield Arena, the City Hall and Leadmill for smaller acts. Other live music venues in the city include the Corporation, the Boardwalk, the University of Sheffield, The Plug, and the Studio Theatre at the Crucible Theatre. Smaller venues supporting the local scene include Under The Boardwalk, The Grapes, D 'n' R and The Cricketers, The Earl, The Harley and The Howard. The legendary Classic Rock Bar is now sadly demolished. The arena in ice hockey mode The Hallam FM Arena, originally named the Sheffield Arena, is an arena hosting concerts and sporting events in Sheffield in England. ...
Sheffield City Hall is a building containing several venues, ranging from auditoria to a ballroom, in Sheffield, England. ...
The Leadmill is a live music venue and nightclub in Sheffield, lying on the south east edge of the city centre. ...
The Corporation is a nightclub in Sheffield, England. ...
The Boardwalk is a bar/nightclub based on the corner of Snig Hill and Bank Street, Sheffield. ...
The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ...
The Crucible Theatre, located in the city centre of Sheffield, England is known for being a producing theatre, meaning shows are designed and rehearsed in-house. ...
The Grapes is a public house and music venue on Trippett Lane in Sheffield City Centre. ...
Classical Music Sheffield is unusual for a city of its size in having no resident professional orchestra, but there are a number of amateur local orchestras including the Hallam Sinfonia, Sheffield Symphony Orchestra, the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra. There are also many choirs within Sheffield including The University of Sheffield Singers' Society, Hallam Choral Society, Sheffield Bach Society and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. The Lindsay Quartet were based in Sheffield, and their members continue to be actively involved in the city's musical activities. The Concert Pianist Mark Gasser was born there, though he now lives in Australia. However he recently returned to perform with City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra. Music in the Round, which started off as an annual festival of chamber music has grown to be a year-round series of performances and tours. The Sheffield Music Academy is an organisation for development of young musical talent across the region.Sheffield Music School provides chamber music coaching to sixty young musicians from across the city. The Hallam Sinfonia is an amateur orchestra based in Sheffield, England. ...
The Sheffield Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Sheffield, England. ...
Sheffield Chamber Orchestra is a small classical orchestra based in Sheffield, England. ...
The Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra is an amateur symphonic orchestra based in Sheffield, England. ...
The City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra is an orchestra in Sheffield, England. ...
The Lindsay Quartet (or The Lindsays) is a British string quartet. ...
Mark Gasser (born 1972 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire)[1] is a British Concert pianist. ...
The City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra is an orchestra in Sheffield, England. ...
Cultural Industries Quarter The Cultural Industries Quarter has been established in the surrounding area of the Red Tape Studios. Other facilities include the National Centre for Popular Music, now used as a student union, the Leadmill nightclub and Sheffield Science Park. The Showroom Cinema shows independent and foreign films. The Showroom Cinema is an independent arthouse cinema in Sheffield, England. ...
Attractions - See also: Listed buildings in Sheffield
Tudor Square is the largest theatre complex outside London. It has two major theatres, the Lyceum Theatre and the Crucible Theatre as well as the smaller Studio Theatre. Other theatres include the Montgomery, Lantern and Merlin Theatres. There are four major art galleries, the modern Millennium Galleries, Graves Art Gallery and the Site Gallery which specialises in multimedia. The Mappin Gallery is currently undergoing refurbishment. Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust that runs all the galleries except Site is part of the Tate partnership programme. There are about 1,000 listed buildings in Sheffield (including the whole of the Sheffield postal district). ...
The Lyceum is a 1068-seat theatre in the City of Sheffield, England. ...
The Crucible Theatre, located in the city centre of Sheffield, England is known for being a producing theatre, meaning shows are designed and rehearsed in-house. ...
Broadway Theatre Center The Broadway Theatre Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, houses two distinct theatres and is host to a dynamic collaboration of theatre companies. ...
This article is about Lantern Theatre in Sheffield (England). ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...
The Millennium Galleries is a new gallery opened in Sheffield City Centre located near the city library, Sheffield Hallam University, the citys theatre complex and the new Heart of the City complex. ...
The Graves Art Gallery is in the centre of Sheffield above the Central Library and close to the Millennium Galleries. ...
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The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ...
The city also has a number of other attractions such as the Sheffield Winter Gardens and the Peace Gardens. The Botanical Gardens currently undergoing a £6.7 million pound restoration. There is also a city farm at Heeley City Farm and a second animal collection in Graves Park that is open to the public. The city also has several museums, including the Sheffield City Museum, the Kelham Island Museum, the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel. Victoria Quays is also a popular canalside leisure and office quarter. Sheffield Winter Gardens // The Sheffield Winter Gardens is one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years, and the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe. ...
Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the city of Sheffield in the north of England. ...
The Glass Houses, Sheffield Botanical Gardens The Sheffield Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens situated off Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, England, with 5,000 species of plant in 19 acres (77,000 m²) of land. ...
Graves Park ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ...
The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ...
The Sheffield City Museum and Mappin Art Gallery were contained within one building, one mile west of the centre of Sheffield, England, edged to one side by parkland and surrounded by Sheffield University. ...
The Kelham Island Industrial Museum occupies the site of a former steelworks on an island in the River Don in Sheffield, England. ...
Sheffield Fire and Police Museum is a museum in Sheffield, England. ...
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet in Sheffield, England is a steel working site with a very long history. ...
Shepherd Wheel is a working museum in a former water-powered grinding workshop situated on the River Porter to the south-west of the City of Sheffield, England. ...
Victoria Quays (formerly Sheffield Canal Basin) is a large canal basin in Sheffield, England. ...
Media and film The films The Full Monty, Threads, and Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? were based in the city (indeed, Threads depicted it being destroyed in a thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union!). F.I.S.T. also included several scenes filmed in Sheffield. Actor Sean Bean is from Sheffield and starred in When Saturday Comes, a film based upon his beloved Sheffield United Football Club. Monty Python's travelling Michael Palin hails from the blue and white half of the city. Sheffield's daily newspaper is the Sheffield Star, complemented by the weekly Sheffield Telegraph. The BBC's Radio Sheffield, and the independent Hallam FM and sister station Magic AM broadcast to the city. This article is about the film. ...
Threads is a 1984 BBC television docudrama depicting the effects of a nuclear war on the United Kingdom and its aftermath. ...
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? is a film written by Ben Steiner, directed by Peter Hewitt and released in 1999. ...
F.I.S.T. is a 1978 movie directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sylvester Stallone. ...
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. ...
When Saturday Comes is a film starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd. ...
Sheffield Star is a newspaper of the city Sheffield, England. ...
Sheffield Telegraph is Sheffields weekly newspaper, there is also the Sheffield Star daily newspaper. ...
For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...
BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. ...
Hallam FM, formerly known as Radio Hallam, is a Sheffield-based Independent Local Radio station. ...
Magic AM is a commercial local radio station in South Yorkshire owned by Magic Radio as part of the EMAP group. ...
Festivals Open Up Sheffield is an annual event over the first two weekends in May where local visual artists and fine craft workers invite the public to their studios and other venues. The Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the UK's leading documentary festival, has been run annually since 1994. Grin up North is a two week comedy festival in October. Summer Sounds is a yearly two day world music event. A commercial art show held in Sheffield usually on the first weekend in July every year at the Octagon Centre centre in the City. ...
Many times, the term art is used to refer to the visual arts. ...
For other uses, see Craft (disambiguation). ...
The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ...
The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...
Universities Sheffield has two universities, the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. The two combined bring 45,000 students to the city every year, including many from the Far East. As a result of its large student population, Sheffield has many bars, cafes, clubs and shops as well as student housing to accommodate them. The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ...
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. ...
The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ...
The University of Sheffield is stretched over a large area to the west of the city centre. It is among the most respected of the Red Brick universities. It owns the Arts Tower which is currently the tallest building in Sheffield and the tallest university building in the UK. Sheffield Hallam University is also highly respected among New Universities. It is based on a large campus in the city centre. Both universities have extensive links with local industry and the English Institute for Sport. Red Brick is a name given originally to the six civic British universities that were founded in the industrial cities of England in the Victorian era and achieved university status before World War II. The civic university movement started in 1851 with Owens College, Manchester (now the University of Manchester...
The Arts Tower is a building in Sheffield, England that is part of the University of Sheffield. ...
In the United Kingdom, the term New University has two meanings regarding British universities. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also - Art in Sheffield
- Public houses in Sheffield
Outside of London, Sheffield has the largest population of amateur, working and professional visual artists in the UK. Notable artists linked with Sheffield include John Ruskin, the Designers Republic and Kid Acne. ...
This is a list of a selection of notable pubs in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ...
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