Brixton O2 Academy to stay shut for three months after fatal crowd crush

Academy Music Group (AMG), which owns the O2, said on Saturday that it had “reflected deeply” on the incident, and its Brixton venue would remain closed regardless of the licensing decision in two days.

The O2 Academy Brixton is to remain shut for three months after the death of two people at a gig (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

The O2 Academy Brixton has said it will remain shut for a further three months following a crowd crush which killed two people at the venue.

Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally hurt when fans without tickets tried to enter a show by Nigerian artist Asake at the south London site on December 15.