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LCD Soundsystem to hold eight-show residency in London

Electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem will return to London in June to play eight shows at O2 Academy Brixton.

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O2 Academy Brixton to reopen 16 months after deadly crowd crush killed two people

Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were killed in the tragedy

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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Metropolitan Police apply for O2 Academy Brixton to be closed for good

The police have asked Lambeth Council to revoke the venue’s licence after a crowd crush in December left two people dead.

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy crush came after security guards 'took bribes' to let in ticketless fans

A security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy where two women died in a crush outside a gig by Afro-pop star Asake has said some would allow 'a couple of hundred' extra people into venues in exchange for bribe money

Daily Mirror

O2 Academy Brixton has licence suspended for three months after deadly crush

The decision was made after security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally hurt when fans tried to enter an Asake gig.

The Independent UK

Inside crowd 'carnage' at O2 Academy Brixton as hero worker describes 'incensed' stampede

Mark, not their real name, was working at the O2 Academy in Brixton, South London on Thursday night for the Asake concert - he said the tragedy started when about 300 people ran towards the venue

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Witnesses to Brixton concert crush say many fans outside had tickets

One concertgoer claims security guards ‘kettled’ fans into a confined space outside Asake gig

The Guardian - UK

Tributes to 'dedicated' mum-of-two killed in crush at Asake gig

Rebecca Ikulemo died following the incident outside O2 Academy Brixton

Manchester Evening News

Woman who died after crowd crush outside O2 Academy Brixton was mother of two

Rebecca Ikumelo’s family paid tribute to the 33-year-old after her death on Saturday.

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