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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

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

Afrobeats musican Asake has paid tribute to victims killed in a crowd crush at a concert of his at O2 Brixton Academy in December, in his first UK gig since the tragedy.

Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, were fatally injured when ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by the Nigerian artist, on December 15.

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