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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

London music venue Brixton Academy to reopen with Nirvana and Smiths tribute acts

Brixton Academy Nirvana Smiths Asake Gabrielle Hutchinson Afrobeats
The exterior of O2 Academy Brixton on the morning after the Asake show in December 2022 – the street is empty and there are metal barriers around the venue
Two people were killed in a crowd crush at the Brixton Academy in December 2022 after a show by the Afrobeats star Asake was cancelled. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press/PA Images

Brixton Academy is to reopen for the first time since it closed in December 2022 after a fatal crowd crush resulted in two deaths.

Tribute acts for Nirvana and the Smiths will perform at the O2 venue on 19 April, followed by tribute acts for Oasis and the Foo Fighters on 26 April.

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