O2 Academy Brixton: Which concerts face cancellation as venue’s licence temporarily suspended after fatal crowd crush?

After the crowd crush incident which killed two, Lambeth Council’s licensing sub-committee has imposed a temporary suspension on the permit of the South London Venue since December 22. The council has mandated the venue be shut until January 16.

On December 15, Gaby Hutchinson, 23, a security guard and Rebecca Ikumelo age 33 and a mother of two were significantly injured while trying to enter the venue with 3000 people for a performance by Asake, a Nigerian artist at The Brixton O2 Academy. Later, both Gaby and Rebecca died in hospital. According to Rolling stone, there were many people who got injured in this incident, among them, a 21-year-old too fell prey to the mishap and is still hospitalised.

The Nigerian Artist Asake has also shared his condolences on Twitter following the crowd crush incident and configuring the reason for the disaster.




Lambeth Councillors shared their views in an open letter by explaining how they are looking into the matter and how sorry they are about what the people had to go through. They vowed to review and take required actions.

FAQs:

1. What should the venue owners do while facing such circumstances?
   The venue owners should keep a gatekeeper who will check the inflow of people at the event.
2. Where is O2 Academy Brixton?
   A mid-sized music venue, Brixton Academy is situated in South West London's Lambeth neighbourhood.