More than a year after a fatal crush killed two people at the O2 Brixton Academy, the south London gig venue is gearing up for a carefully managed reopening this weekend, with a long list of robust safety guidelines now in place.
In December 2022, security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were both killed when a crowd of people without tickets attempted to force their way into a concert by the Afrobeats star Asake. The venue has remained shut ever since, and quite right, too.
