Cockpit closure

Leeds residents and visitors alike have today been saddened by the news that alternative music venue The Cockpit has closed its doors for good. Opened in 1994, the barrier-less venue was a fan favourite and has seen the likes of The White Stripes, Coldplay, The Libertines, Kasabian and Biffy Clyro to name just a few. It was also a regular member of the venues participating in annual music festival Live At Leeds.
It seems the twenty years of mayhem and madness inside those four walls have taken its toll, as the closure has been blamed on the building's "current condition", in a message on the venue's website.
However, we mustn't despair too much as a brand new venue has been promised for 2015, and all scheduled upcoming gigs at The Cockpit have been moved elsewhere. All the info is on their website.

Coming from North Yorkshire, almost all of my gigs (there have been many) are in Leeds, and The Cockpit was definitely my favourite venue. It will be sorely missed by me and the many other (generations of) music fans in and around the area. RIP. 

Written by Molly McGrath