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Johnny & the Raindrops legendary Christmas gig!

Gig review: Love with Johnny Echols at Rescue Rooms

Cited as a major influence on rock luminaries including Led Zeppelin, The Doors, REM and Primal Scream, Love just might be the most important band you’ve never heard of. LeftLion stopped by Rescue Rooms for a night of psychedelic wonder, and much more besides. Support came from Midnight Rodeo and Bye & Bye...

LOVE with Johnny Echols

Johnny Marr

Johnny and the Raindrops

Johnny and the Raindrops

Johnny & the Raindrops Gig for Kids & Families

Johnny and the Raindrops

Johnny & the Raindrops legendary Christmas gig!

Johnny Dowd

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

LOVE with Johnny Echols

What Do Johnny Vegas, Ricky Gervais, Ross Nobel and Stewart Lee Really Think of Just The Tonic Owner Darrel Martin?

Nottingham’s longest-running comedy club Just the Tonic is back with a brand new residency at Metronome. To celebrate, we’ve delved deep into the LeftLion archives to let owner Darrell Martin know what some of Britain’s most famous comedians really think of him and his club...

Out Of Time: Johnny Cash's Hallucinogenic Trip to Nottingham

Everyone and their Nan can name at least one Johnny Cash song. But did you know that a drug-induced hallucination in Nottingham might have saved his life? 

Live Music Review: Johnny and the Raindrops at The Polish Eagle Club

After entertaining families for ten years, Johnny and the Raindrops celebrated by playing a packed-out show at The Polish Eagle Club in Sherwood. Our writer Adrian Shaw went along to join in on all the fun...

Notts Kids Band Johnny and the Raindrops Turn Ten

Johnny and the Raindrops have been on the Nottingham music scene for yonks. Ten years this September, to be precise. But rather than dropping drum 'n' bass to goggle-eyed twenty-somethings down Brickworks, or titillating silver tabs with jazz in dimly-lit bars, the band cater to the city's musical nippers. We sat down with founder, musical director and long-time little-fish-shape thrower Liam Maloy...

Interview: Johnny Crump

Johnny Crump is a turntablist-stroke-producer-stroke-artist who be flexing his considerable skills live at our Gunpowder, Treason and Pot night at Nottingham Contemporary this November…

Interview: Nick Parkhouse

Frustrated by the narrowing of the eighties pop canon to the Wham-Spands-Duran triumvirate, Nottingham writer Nick Parkhouse has published 101 Forgotten Pop Hits of the 1980s...

Interview: Sticky

"Your body is a temple. But it’s the only temple where you have to wear your trainers"

Interview: Johnny Vegas

"There was a night in Nottingham where I was singing in a wheelie bin, being passed around the tables like pass the parcel"

Interview: Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas played at Just The Tonic this weekend. Last time he was in Nottingham we interviewed him...

Johnny Pusztai Butcher