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MUSICIANS and gig goers fighting to save Oxford city centre’s last remaining real gig venue from being turned into student flats have launched a bid to preserve the building as a community asset. Owners of The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, have submitted an application to Oxford City Council for permission to close its first floor concert venue and convert it into apartments. The venue has hosted rock, pop, jazz, metal, dance, acoustic and folk shows for 20 years in its current form, and as a performance space for many years before that. It has played host to many of the city’s bands...

MUSIC lovers have reacted with dismay at "devastating" plans to close Oxford city centre's last real gig venue and turn it into student flats. Owners of The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, have submitted an application to Oxford City Council for permission to close its first floor concert venue and convert it, and the floor above, into apartments. Over the past 20 years, The Wheatsheaf has hosted some of the biggest bands to have emerged from the city – including Supergrass, Stornoway and Foals, who played their first gig there. The intimate venue is home to a wide variety of gig nights ...