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"When gangsters hustled me, I showed no fear because I was unaware of what was going on": What happens when you buy one of the UK's most iconic venues for £1

A new play tells the story of Simon Parkes, the entrepreneur who turned Brixton Academy into one of the nation's most-loved live venues

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Brixton Academy music venue must meet 77 conditions to reopen, council rules

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy cleared to reopen nine months after fatal crush

The south London music venue can continue operating so long as it meets 77 ‘extensive and robust new conditions’.

The Independent UK

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Brixton Academy: Met says it wants new operator to run venue after crush deaths

Gaby Hutchinson and Rebecca Ikumelo died in a crush at a gig by singer Asake

Evening Standard

More than 100,000 sign petition to ‘save’ Brixton O2 Academy

Scotland Yard has called for the music venue to lose its licence to operate over the fatal crush at an Asake gig in December

Evening Standard

Is it lights out for Brixton Academy?

From The Clash to Rihanna, the legendary venue has hosted them all. Then tragedy struck and it closed. Shannon Mahanty looks at whether it will remain shut forever

Evening Standard

A petition to save Brixton Academy has amassed 12 thousand signatures in two days

The petition follows the Met Police's call for Brixton Academy's permanent closure following the crowd crush that resulted in two deaths in December

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Watch: Brixton Academy security guards ‘took bribes to let in hundreds more fans

Security guards at Brixton Academy regularly took bribes to let people into shows without tickets, a whistleblower has claimed. Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crush at the venue in December. They were at the Academy for a gig by Afro…

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy security guards ‘took bribes to let in hundreds more fans’

Whistleblower tells BBC’s File on Four some members of his team would allow ‘a couple of hundred’ extra people into venues in exchange for money

Evening Standard

Brixton businesses ‘worried’ as O2 Academy licence suspension hits takings

Cafes and restaurants say business has been hit by temporary closure of venue.

The Independent UK

Brixton O2 Academy will remain shut while police investigate crush

The London venue had its licence suspended after the surge, during a show by Asake, left two people dead

The Guardian - UK

First look inside NX Newcastle as music venue prepares for all-action opening weekend

NX Newcastle brings new life to former 02 Academy in Westgate Road following a £2.7m refurbishment

Chronicle Live

11 stars who performed in Dublin’s Academy over the years

Did you get to go to any of these gigs?

Dublin Live

Who is Ben Doak? Former Celtic sensation has impressed since joining Liverpool

EXCLUSIVE: Scotland under-17s coach Brian McLaughlin speaks to the ECHO's Keifer MacDonald about Ben Doak's exponential rise through the ranks of Scottish football ahead of his move to Liverpool earlier this summer

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4am club night plans for former O2 Academy could be 'final straw' for Newcastle city centre neighbours

A council hearing will be held next week after complaints from residents that plans to keep new venue NX Newcastle open longer than the Academy were "utterly abhorrent"

Daily Record

Bathgate Procession organisers forced to defend themselves in new "slave trade" row

One local said the imagery of the Old Academy should also be dropped

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool seal place in another final as midfielder sends first-team reminder

Liverpool have earned a place in the Lancashire Senior Cup final after the U23s beat Blackpool 4-1 at the Academy on Monday

Daily Mirror

Fury as school installs locked gates which stops pupils from using toilets during class

Hundred of Hoo Academy in Kent have been blasted for imposing the draconian measures as parents claim their children are not drinking to avoid having to go to the loo

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