Leona Lewis – Hackney Citizen

Stars pay tribute to Hackney Empire as historic theatre celebrates 120th anniversary

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 3 December 2021 at 11:30

Venue to launch line-up for landmark year with cake-cutting ceremony led by Clive Rowe

Foreign music students face deportation in visa row

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 9 April 2013 at 22:16

Immigration crackdown means students at music college attended by Leona Lewis may have to leave UK midway through their courses

BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 June 2012 at 21:04

The star-studded line-up included Jay-Z, Rihanna and Hackney-grown talents Leona Lewis, Professor Green and Rudimental

Leona Lewis and Plan B launch Academy to inspire Hackney teenagers

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 May 2012 at 08:08

With controversy surrounding the BBC’s free festival next month at Hackney Marshes, the Hackney Citizen speaks exclusively with the celebrities who are helping teenagers in the community, as well as joining in on the fun

Leona Lewis: the Hackney heroine has given Simon Cowell a lesson in taste

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 3 September 2011 at 08:37

Collide singer talks epic spook-pop, riots and dodging Whitney style ballads with Sylvia Patterson

Leona Lewis – interview

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 23 May 2011 at 23:26

With a ‘more uptempo’, ‘darker’ album due out later this year, the superstar singer talks about what’s next

BBC Radio 1 announces Olympics music festival in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 23 May 2011 at 21:58

Two days, 100,000 people and six stages on Hackney Marshes, 23-24 June 2012