‘I quit my job to turn an unloved building into one of the North’s top music venues’

When Nicky Chance-Thompson first visited the Piece Hall in Halifax, it was in a 'terrible state of disrepair'. Today it's the town's 'golden goose' welcoming some of the biggest names in music


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