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    Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards - The Side Effects Tour

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    Thursday, August 6, 2026

    9:00 PM

    Mercury Lounge

    New York, NY

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards brings The Side Effects Tour to Mercury Lounge, presenting a guitar-driven set that favors tight dynamics and clear song structure. The project, which has built its reputation on club bills and touring lineups and counts roughly 24,000 Spotify followers, appears alongside Friend of a Friend and Karma and the Killjoys, both active on the same indie club circuit.

    About The Side Effects Tour

    The Side Effects Tour arrives at Mercury Lounge as a live Rock/Pop bill built around shifting ensembles and tight, song-forward sets. Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards, Friend of a Friend, and Karma and the Killjoys share the stage, each working within familiar forms while stressing different edges of the genre. No specific NYC premiere history is publicly established for this tour, but its placement in the Lower East Side club circuit situates it in a long-running pipeline for new touring acts. The most telling moments tend to come in the handoffs between bands, when contrasts do the storytelling.

    About the Artists

    Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards

    Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards

    Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards is a rock/pop artist currently bringing The Side Effects Tour through New York City’s Mercury Lounge. Emerging on Spotify (36/100) with around 24K followers, the project has built a working reputation through club bills and touring lineups.

    Friend of a Friend

    Friend of a Friend

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    Karma and the Killjoys

    Karma and the Killjoys

    Karma and the Killjoys is a rock/pop artist appearing on New York City bills, including sets at Mercury Lounge. With an emerging Spotify footprint (popularity 32/100; around 4K followers), the project is still building its audience in public rooms rather than large-scale cycles.