Tue, 21-Oct-2025

O2 Academy to remain closed after Brixton crush, council rules

Brixton crush

Brixton O2 Academy will remain closed for at least three months. The arena won’t reopen before April 16 at the earliest. Earlier, the venue’s license was suspended by the Lambeth licensing subcommittee. Lambeth Council has decided that the Brixton O2 Academy in London will remain closed for at least three months. It occurs after a … Read more

Brixton Academy’s license suspended after deadly crush

Brixton Academy

Crowding curtailed Asake’s Thursday concert short. License suspended “interimally” until January 16. Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died this week. Brixton 02 Academy‘s license has been suspended after it was discovered that worries regarding the entrance doors’ robustness were voiced almost three years before to a concert’s tragic crush. Asake, an afro-pop singer, … Read more

Another women dies amid Asake concert crush at Brixton Academy

Asake concert crush at Brixton Academy

Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, died early Monday morning in a hospital. She was one of the people hired to keep people safe at the event that night. It comes after Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died on Saturday. A second woman has died after being hurt in a crowd at a concert at the Brixton O2 Academy in … Read more