Brixton Academy to reopen in April

List of 77 conditions appear to to have been met

Brixton Academy is to reopen in April.

The famous music venue has been shut since a fatal crowd crush at an Asake gig in December 2022 left one audience member and one security worker dead.

It was given a lengthy list of conditions by Lambeth Council after a two day hearing into the venue’s future, that would need to met before the venue could reopen.

The hearing was told that the UK was missing out on entire tours, with acts unable to finance nationwide jaunts without a large scale London date to ‘anchor’ them. Mazin Tappuni, who represents acts including Sam Fender and Lewis Capaldi, also said Hammersmith Apollo – the only similar sized venue in London – was now practically impossible to book due to over demand.

It seems Lambeth is now satisfied the 77 conditions have been met by owners AMG and its website is advertising shows from April 19 onwards. The BBC also reported that the venue would be reopen.