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Gig Review: The Vaccines at Rock City
Thu 15 Feb 2024What better to do on a Wednesday evening in February, but to head to a sold out Rock City to see The Vaccines? Faye Stacey did just that...
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Gig Review: Malevolence at Rescue Rooms
Thu 15 Feb 2024Arguably Britain’s best hardcore band, Sheffield’s Malevolence have been paving a trail for themselves that seems to be nearly impossible to miss, although why would you want to?
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Gig Review: Mickey Callisto at The Chameleon
Tue 13 Feb 2024For anyone who caught Mickey Callisto at The Bodega as part of Dot-to-Dot last year, it was obvious he was destined for superstardom. The Sunderland-born, Liverpool-based synth-pop sensation commanded the stage with the voice and presence of a young Freddie Mercury, instantly standing out as an exceptional talent just waiting to be discovered. So, when it was announced he was returning to Nottingham as part of his first headline tour, we just had to go along to see if word was getting out…
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Gig Review: Enter Shikari at Motorpoint Arena
Tue 13 Feb 2024Enter Shikari burst into life in the Motorpoint Arena earlier this month, for a night that combined vibrant visuals, sweaty bodies and pumping bass in the most spectacular way...
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Music Reviews: February 2024
Tue 13 Feb 2024This month, we review music from Louis Croft, Molly, Alfie Wallace, Cheap Dirty Horse, Serena Jasmine, LYVIA, Charity Stow, Tom Shawcroft and Betsey B...
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Film Review: The Iron Claw
Mon 12 Feb 2024The Iron Claw will pin you into emotional submission despite its weak script…
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Gig Review: As Everything Unfolds at Rescue Rooms
Mon 12 Feb 2024As Everything Unfolds came to Nottingham to show the crowd what their headline tour is all about…
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Event Review: Ruby Tuesdays at The Pelican Club
Sat 10 Feb 2024Infectiously charming, intimate and joyful, Ruby Tuesdays at The Pelican is a must see by all. If you want to be greeted with a smile and be made to feel at home from the very moment you step in, all while watching a group of masterful musicians play infectiously, then Ruby Tuesdays is the place to be…
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Gig Review: Bombay Bicycle Club at Rock City
Sat 10 Feb 2024Indie heroes Bombay Bicycle Clubs are without a doubt one of the country’s best festival bands. With a collection of songs that radiate warmth, positivity and a joyous collage of sounds and styles, their live performances are tailor-made for sun-kissed stages as you party in a field with your friends. The question is – can they do it on a cold, wet Tuesday night in Stok…er, Nottingham? We went along to Rock City to find out…
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Food Review: Big Apple Hot Dog Specials at Pizza Punks
Fri 09 Feb 2024It's National Pizza Day! So we went down to Pizza Punks to try their newly collaborated, limited edition ‘Classic Dawg’ and ‘Vegan Dawg’ pizzas with ‘Big Apple Hot Dogs’, to see if they truly were a Super Bowl hit.
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Theatre Review: Bluey's Big Play at Theatre Royal
Fri 09 Feb 2024The celebrated Australian cartoon canine family now have their own stage show. But how will the charms of Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, Chilli and co transfer over from the small screen to the big stage?
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Gig Review: Nell Mescal at The Bodega
Mon 05 Feb 2024Upcoming singer-songwriter from Kildare, Nell Mescal graced the stage of Nottingham’s Bodega…
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Comedy Review: Vittorio Angelone at Just the Tonic
Mon 05 Feb 2024Northern Ireland's wunderkind Vittorio Angelone gigs at Just the Tonic Comedy Club...
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Film Review: All of Us Strangers
Mon 05 Feb 2024We look at Andrew Haigh’s most recent work which explores love and grief through queer experiences...
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Gig Review: Luke Morley at Rescue Rooms
Sat 03 Feb 2024Kevin Stanley watched Luke Morley perform his Songs from the Blue Room, alongside his band Dean Howard (Cats in Space), Sam Tanner (keyboard player on Thunder’s most recent UK tour) and drummer Dave McCluskey (The Union, The Quireboys)…
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Festival Review: Beat The Streets 2024
Sat 03 Feb 2024DHP Family’s Beat The Streets saw huge crowds gather to enjoy a full day of live music on Sunday, with tens of thousands of pounds expected to be added to the fundraising total for Framework from this year’s event. Here are the LeftLion music team’s thoughts on the 2024 edition of the festival…
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Gig Review: Bloodworm at Jamcafe
Fri 02 Feb 2024Local post-punk trio Bloodworm round out the January blues with a sold-out Jamcafé show...
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Gig Review: To Kill A King at Rescue Rooms
Thu 01 Feb 2024It was a bitterly cold evening but nothing was gonna stop the folks of Nottingham from attending this show at Rescue Rooms...
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Theatre Review: Once Upon a Bridge at Lace Market Theatre
Thu 01 Feb 2024Ian Kingsbury reviews Once upon A Bridge at the Lace Market Theatre...
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Review: Müllraum at The Lord Roberts Basement
Thu 01 Feb 2024Beneath the streets of Nottingham lie many secrets. We have all heard of the labyrinthian networks of secret caves, places where our ancestors ate, worshipped and presumably also celebrated. It seems fitting therefore that the pilot event for brand new Techno party “MÜLLRAUM” would take place in a hallowed, subterranean space. A Nottingham tradition…
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Theatre Review: Noises Off at Theatre Royal
Thu 01 Feb 2024A play production descends into award winning comedy chaos...
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Book Review: It Hurts Every Time by LP Mills
Thu 01 Feb 2024As low-level dystopia becomes a hazard in our day-to-day lives, local author LP Mills offers us a full dose in his new cyberpunk mystery novel...
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Food Review: Rudy's Pizza
Tue 30 Jan 2024You may be thinking, ‘doesn’t Nottingham have enough pizza restaurants already?’ - but when we got invited to Rudy’s, the latest pizza joint in town, we simply couldn’t say no…
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Gig Review: Haiku Hands at Rock City Beta
Tue 30 Jan 2024The last time Australian electro-pop trio Haiku Hands played in Nottingham, they stole the show at Dot-to-Dot Festival back in 2018, thanks to their infectious, unmatched energy. Now back performing in our city six years later and with their new aptly-titled album Pleasure Beast in tow, we went along to check out their current live show...
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