{"id":44851,"date":"2023-02-28T15:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheflive.co.uk\/?p=44851"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:34:29","slug":"a-great-sense-of-communion-musician-james-marriott-performs-sold-out-gig-at-leadmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/a-great-sense-of-communion-musician-james-marriott-performs-sold-out-gig-at-leadmill\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A great sense of communion&#8217; Musician James Marriott performs sold out gig at Leadmill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>James Marriott continued his Bitter Tour with his performance at popular Sheffield venue, The Leadmill.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After beginning as a content creator on YouTube and Twitch, James Marriott announced his first UK tour a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for the event sold out within the day of being released, and Marriott announced that the Sheffield date would be the biggest show of the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My first tour sold out! We decided to add another show to celebrate. Let&#39;s have it London. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Grignq23wu\">pic.twitter.com\/Grignq23wu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Marriott (@JamesMarriottYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMarriottYT\/status\/1616526038758035457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few fans who attended the show gave me their reactions to the gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Wallace, 19, from Nottingham, told me: &#8220;It was my third time seeing James live. I had seen him perform at the Lovejoy Halloween gig last year and the night before in Nottingham. I also travelled from Nottingham to see him in Sheffield.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of many dedicated and supportive fans who travelled from all over the country to see their favourite artist perform live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added: &#8220;As a fan the show itself meant quite a lot to me as it meant getting to meet someone who I look up to quite a bit as well as hearing him perform live.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"45008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheflive.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/emily-wallace-photo-of-james-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45008\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Emily Wallace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As for James&#8217; music career, all I can say is that it&#8217;s going great so far and I hope he continues to make music for his fans for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James and his band also performed some covers of songs, including &#8216;Model Buses&#8217; by Lovejoy &#8211; a band which several of James&#8217; fans also adore, and had performed at the Leadmill in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several fans told me of the surreal experience they had at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan Davidson, 19, a university student in Sheffield, said: &#8220;The vibes were immense and you could see how much he enjoyed it and how much people appreciated him and his music.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reception from fans followed onto the next day, and James posted a photo which captivated the highlighted the experiences shared by fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">speechless <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhYMg8ZUSz\">pic.twitter.com\/GhYMg8ZUSz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Marriott (@JamesMarriottYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMarriottYT\/status\/1630145397741047808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Frazer Spooner, who works in Live Promotions at The Leadmill, spoke highly of the artist&#8217;s &#8220;genuine appreciated for an art form&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great time to welcome James to the Leadmill.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on James Marriott&#8217;s music career, Mr Spooner said that James was helping to empower a young fan base to try different avenues of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.sheflive.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/02\/james-marriott-video-3.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Video by Annaleece Longmore. Performance by James Marriott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dedication of attending fans was only emphasised by the queues outside of the venue from 9am, the morning of the gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frazer added: &#8220;The night meant a lot to James and it meant a lot to the fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that it was amazing to see such a diverse group of young fans, some of whom had never attended a gig at an independent music venue before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[The performance] created a great sense of communion for fans&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Spooner spoke on behalf of staff at The Leadmill, saying &#8220;we are all very excited by these internet personalities&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James brings his sold out tour to a close tonight at The Garage in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Marriott continued his Bitter Tour with his performance at popular Sheffield venue, The Leadmill. After beginning as a content creator on YouTube and Twitch, James Marriott announced his first UK tour a few weeks ago. Tickets for the event sold out within the day of being released, and Marriott announced that the Sheffield date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":52697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52698,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44851\/revisions\/52698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}