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Why did O2 Academy Brixton close and when will it reopen?

Commonly known as the Brixton Academy, the venue has remained closed since a tragic incident

Evening Standard

Fate of Brixton O2 Academy to be decided next month after crowd crush

Councillors set to decide future of Brixton O2 Academy on September 11 and 12

Evening Standard

Two men injured after another homophobic attack in south London

Couple, one of whom will be left with a scar, assaulted in Brixton six days after stabbing of two gay men in Clapham

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Couple victims of homophobic attack as they returned from UK Black Pride

‘The experience was horrible. I was in shock and so confused what happened,’ victim Michael Smith said

Evening Standard

Cyclist taken to hospital after being hit by fire engine on 999 call in Brixton

The victim, thought to be in his 50s, was rushed to hospital with a head injury

Evening Standard

Chishuru: Famed West African restaurant reveals opening date for new site

Chishuru won countless plaudits after launching in Brixton in 2020, but closed last October

Evening Standard

Asake pays tribute to Brixton Academy crowd crush victims with poem at concert at London’s O2 Arena

He played a two-and-a-half minute video to a 20,000-strong crowd at the O2 Arena in Greenwich on Sunday on his return to the capital

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Asake review – Afropop beacon mistimes underwhelming London return after Brixton tragedy

Arriving 90 minutes late, Asake seems frustrated during his too-safe set, which included a tribute to the two people killed at his last show in the capital

The Guardian - UK

Teenager who stabbed 16-year-old boy in Tube knife fight at Brixton station jailed for six years

The victim refused to cooperate with the British Transport Police investigation

Evening Standard

Oktoberfest 2023: Electric Brixton to host its first-ever beer-fuelled Bavaraian knees-up

Up to 2,100 revellers a night are expected to descend upon SW2 for the new Oktoberfest party

Evening Standard

Woman injured after being struck by motorbike near McDonald’s in Brixton

A woman has been rushed to hospital after being struck by a motorbike in a busy south London high street.

Evening Standard

Liberté, egalité, solidarité: The night four "mean Frenchy bitches" lit up London with Brutal Pop, discothèque-noir and punk rock fire

SUN shines while heading up a new, noisy French revolution in Brixton

Metal Hammer

How Brixton battled a billionaire — and won

When an office block threatened to change the face of Brixton forever, locals protested. Josh Barrie reports on the fight to save the soul of SW9

Evening Standard

Skin: ‘I get bored if things aren’t hard’

The singer, 55, talks about headlining Glastonbury, getting an OBE and having itchy feet

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Texan billionaire DJ’s controversial 20-storey Brixton tower plan scrapped

A controversial 20-storey tower proposed for Brixton by a billionaire Texan DJ has been scrapped after a years-long community campaign against the project.

Evening Standard

En Root: South London’s first plant-based pub to become permanent after summer pop-up

En Root is emerging as one of South London’s foremost dining destinations, with spaces now in Brixton, Clapham, and Peckham

The Guardian - UK

Bird on the wire nest on Electric Avenue?

Letters: Brixton new-build | Derek Malcolm tributes | Stonehenge trees instead of tunnel | Send her Victorias | Chelsea on the cheap

Evening Standard

OPINION - London will become a dystopia of gated living if we fail to build houses

The first place I lived in London as an adult was the Ralph West Halls of Residence, on Albert Bridge Road, opposite Battersea Park. I was 17, it was the height of punk, and I lived just a spit from King’s Road in Chelsea. Since then I’ve lived in most…

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Sufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head by Alex Wheatle review – triumph over adversity

In a searing account of early trauma at the hands of social services and the police, the award-winning writer finds joy and empowerment in his love of music

The Conversation

Reclaiming Windrush Square: why urban development projects need to heed local voices

Windrush Square is a vibrant public plaza at the heart of Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. It was first named in 1998 in commemoration of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, which docked in Essex in 1948, carrying 1,027 passengers, at least 500 of whom were from the…

Louder

Hawkwind detail mammoth eleven-disc Space Ritual box set

Hawkwind will release a 50th anniversary box set of Space Ritual in September

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Questions need answering before O2 Academy Brixton is reopened

Mayor Sadiq Khan said the O2 Academy Brixton’s future as a music venue was a ‘secondary’ issue, compared with the police investigation into what happened on the night

Daily Record

Young sons of Brixton Academy crush victim 'starting to realise mum isn't coming home'

Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died days after being hurt when ticketless fans tried to get into a show in December.

The Independent UK

Plea for help from relatives of those who died after Brixton Academy crush

Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Penney says a criminal investigation is being conducted involving a range of potential offences.

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy crush: Corporate manslaughter probe launched as family reveals agony of children who lost mother

Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died after ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December

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