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Daniel Radcliffe stunt double David Holmes calls for better wheelchair access at gigs

NME 05 Dec 2023
... Brixton in London ... at Brixton Academy, an inaccessible venue, just before he blew up ... O2 Academy Brixton was forced to shut its doors following a fatal crowd crush that occurred at an Asake concert back in December 2022 – and is currently going through a rigorous safety overhaul.
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Peter Doig’s Latest Philanthropic Art Move Will Benefit the George Padmore Institute

New York Observer 09 Nov 2023
The work portrays poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, a longstanding influence of Doig’s, mid-performance at one of his reggae-infused spoken word concerts. Peter Doig’s ‘Brixton Ritzy’, 2023.
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Gig security guards have gone through ‘sham training courses’, investigation finds

NME 04 Oct 2023
Artists and industry speak out to save Brixton Academy ... One of the BBC’s other File on 4 programmes had previously reported claims in January 2023 that staff at the O2 Brixton Academ, where a fatal crowd crush that occurred at an Asake concert back in December 2022, regularly took bribes to let in music fans without tickets.
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Brixton Academy can reopen after deadly crowd crush – if it meets 77 conditions

Metro UK 15 Sep 2023
The O2 Academy Brixton had its licence suspended after two people died and several others were injured as a result of a crush during an Asake gig in December 2022 (Picture ... The 02 Brixton Academy can reopen after councillors voted to restore its licence ... Brixton Academy. Met denies wanting to shut down Brixton Academy after deadly crush.
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London venue to reopen nine months after fatal crush

RTE 15 Sep 2023
The 02 Brixton Academy in London - where two people died in a crush last year - can reopen after councillors voted to restore its licence ... Responding to the decision, Brixton Academy said it was "immensely grateful" to the council and would reopen at first with test events ... Second person dies after crush at London concert venue.
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Brixton Academy refuse racial profiling and talk ticketing and improving safety at hearing

NME 11 Sep 2023
“It is unlikely that this committee would see any future plan proposed, either by Academy Group or any other operator, which contains provisions for safety as comprehensive as the current proposal before you.” A concert crowd at London’s O2 Academy Brixton Credit.
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Digga D announces headline show at London’s Royal Albert Hall

NME 30 Aug 2023
Digga D has announced details of a new London headline show at the Royal Albert Hall – find details below. READ MORE. Digga D – ‘Noughty By Nature’ review. the west Londoner’s deepest record yet ... It replaces a planned Brixton Academy concert set for September 5, which was recently cancelled owing to the venue’s continued closure ... It added ... .
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Asake pays tribute to people who died at Brixton Academy concert during return to London

Metro UK 21 Aug 2023
Singer Asake returned to London for his first show since the huge crush at his Brixton Academy concert last year and paid tribute to those who died in the incident ... Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died after attending the concert (Picture ... Asake pays tribute to the Brixton Academy fatal losses after his sold out concert late last year.
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Asake pays tribute to Brixton Academy crush victims at first UK gig since tragedy

NME 21 Aug 2023
Asake has played his first UK concert since the fatal crush at his gig in Brixton last year, and started the show off by paying tribute to the two fans who were killed ... The returning gig took place in the city’s O2 Arena last night (August 20) – a venue which has four times the capacity compared to Brixton.
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Deceased fan’s sister slams Asake’s tribute

Business Day Online 21 Aug 2023
... her criticism over the artist’s recent tribute at his concert held in London.
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Una Healy reveals what co-parenting with ex-husband Ben Foden is really like

Metro UK 21 Aug 2023
Una Healy has given an insight into her co-parenting relationship with Ben Foden following the couple’s divorce (Pictures. Getty). Una Healy has praised her co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband Ben Foden ... Mark R. Milan/GC Images) ... Eamonn M ... More. Trending ... Asake pays tribute to people who died at Brixton Academy concert during return to London.
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At 29, Sahara Longe Has the Art World at Her Feet

Vogue 18 Jun 2023
... equally inspired by the party-loving crowd in Brixton, where her studio is located. “Sometimes I would work really, really late, and I’d be shuffling home, and there would always be concerts at the O2 or people going out on Brixton Road, and I’d see all these people in the lights.
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Plea for help from relatives of those who died after Brixton Academy crush

ITV 15 Jun 2023
Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, died following a crowd crush outside an Asake concert at the O2 Academy Brixton in London Credit ... Wale Ikumelo, 31, brother of Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, who died following a crowd crush outside an Asake concert at the Brixton O2 Academy Credit ... “It should not be that you go to a concert and then die.”.
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Sons of Brixton Academy crush victim ‘realise mum isn’t coming home’

Metro UK 15 Jun 2023
The infant sons of a woman who died in a crowd crush at the O2 Academy Brixton are starting to realise their mother isn’t coming home. Rebecca Ikumelo was just 33 when she died days after ticketless fans tried to get into an Asake concert in December ... ‘It should not be that you go to a concert and then die.’.
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At 28, Sahara Longe Has The Art World At Her Feet

Vogue 11 Jun 2023
... equally inspired by the party-loving crowd in Brixton, where her studio is located. “Sometimes I would work really, really late, and I’d be shuffling home, and there would always be concerts at The O2 or people going out on Brixton Road, and I’d see all these people in the lights.
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