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O2 Academy Brixton faces indefinite closure following fatal crowd crush

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Asake gig on December 15, 2022 tried and were able to force their way in to the show, leading to overcrowding and the gig being cancelled half way through.

Rebecca Ikumelo, aged 33 and Gaby Hutchinson, 23 died in the following days. A third attendee, aged 21, remains in hospital in a critical condition.After O2 Academy Brixton’s licence was temporarily suspended until January 16, Lambeth Council said that it would meet again on that date to discuss the future of the venue.Before the meeting, a spokesperson for venue’s operator AMG said that it would stay closed voluntarily until April while investigations continue.

The meeting then saw the announcement that the venue’s licence would be suspended for three months also.Since then, a host of artists have moved gigs from Brixton to other gig venues across London.In a fresh submission on April 17, the Metropolitan Police said it had “lost confidence” in  AMG and urged Lambeth Council to revoke the licence completely.A spokesperson for the force confirmed the move and told BBC News: “On Monday 16 January, the licence of the Brixton O2 Academy was suspended for three months.

On 14 April, the Met Police submitted an application for a review of premises licence to Lambeth Council and will be seeking a revocation of the licence.

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