Fatalities and critical injuries at Asake concert crush at the Brixton Academy
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ddraig
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Rhoda Dakar
Brixton Academy saved from permanent closure!! I sat in the public part of the council meeting on Tuesday and was pleased with Lambeth Council’s positivity towards reopening. The Met kept saying...
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teuchter
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Rhoda Dakar
Brixton Academy saved from permanent closure!! I sat in the public part of the council meeting on Tuesday and was pleased with Lambeth Council’s positivity towards reopening. The Met kept saying...
Seems too easy to blame everything on the police, for failing to respond to a situation that seems to have been generated by the way the venue was managed.
jimbarkanoodle
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From what I gather the Police did respond and restored order that security had unfortunately lost, having to push back pricks who still wanted to rush into the venue whilst people lay dying on the floor just inside the doors. Then of course there were cries of Police brutality because they pushed a few people off the steps away from the venue. I could imagine the outcry if The Police had acted earlier by cancelling the event and clearing the crowds. It seems damned if they do and damned if they don't in such an extraordinary scenario.
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Gramsci
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Rhoda Dakar
Brixton Academy saved from permanent closure!! I sat in the public part of the council meeting on Tuesday and was pleased with Lambeth Council’s positivity towards reopening. The Met kept saying...
Comments appear to be blaming the crowed outside for the deaths.
Little criticism of AMG
Some saying at few concerts they attended the place was over crowded.
And police were slow to act.
Overcrowding suggests to many tickets or people getting in without tickets at previous events.
Not sure I'm happy with view it was just the crowds fault. And implication that this licensing condition exonerates AMG. It doesn't. As licencing committee made clear this is separate decision to criminal investigation.
People posting on this Facebook are mixing up two different things.
Gig safety fears after trainee stewards helped to cheat
Fraudulent training for security staff employed to keep people safe has been uncovered by the BBC.
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Concerning
The Met has finally issued photos of 13 people they want to identify. Perhaps this signifies that they've finished analysing all the video?
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AFAICS the Voice and the Mirror are the only papers to publish the photos Brixton Academy Crush: Police appeal to identify 13 persons
Images issued of people cops want to speak to over O2 Brixton Academy crush I'm surprised that the rest of the press haven't done it. Isn't it still a big story?
The Met statement also says "A 22-year-old woman who was injured at the event remains in hospital in a very serious condition."
UPDATED: Images of nine people re Brixton crush investigation
Over the last 20 months, 100s of hours of CCTV have been examined and more than 500 witness statements have been taken.
news.met.police.uk
AFAICS the Voice and the Mirror are the only papers to publish the photos Brixton Academy Crush: Police appeal to identify 13 persons
Images issued of people cops want to speak to over O2 Brixton Academy crush I'm surprised that the rest of the press haven't done it. Isn't it still a big story?
The Met statement also says "A 22-year-old woman who was injured at the event remains in hospital in a very serious condition."
jimbarkanoodle
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I think it means they have identified the dickheads who stormed the doors and whipped up the chaos that led to 2 people dying. Hopefully they are held to account.The Met has finally issued photos of 13 people they want to identify. Perhaps this signifies that they've finished analysing all the video?
UPDATED: Images of nine people re Brixton crush investigation
Over the last 20 months, 100s of hours of CCTV have been examined and more than 500 witness statements have been taken.
AFAICS the Voice and the Mirror are the only papers to publish the photos Brixton Academy Crush: Police appeal to identify 13 persons
Images issued of people cops want to speak to over O2 Brixton Academy crush I'm surprised that the rest of the press haven't done it. Isn't it still a big story?
The Met statement also says "A 22-year-old woman who was injured at the event remains in hospital in a very serious condition."
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hiraethified
The third victim is still in hospital in a 'very serious condition.' That's shocking.
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hiraethified
Finally reopening O2 Academy Brixton to finally reopen on Friday,19th April 2024
sparkybird
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Tickets upstairs 55 each, presale fees 8.90 each ticket and then 2.95 booking fee.
jimbarkanoodle
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So they have divided up the balcony into tiers, where you pay more to be in specific spots? Surely not.
sparkybird
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I suspect that one condition of reopening was that seats upstairs have to be allocated. Which is fine by me, too old to be downstairs these days!
I think you're correct
About being too old?
AverageJoe
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Nine Inch Nails there a few years ago was over £70 a ticket. I think the price is somewhat determined by the artist.
I couldn't go because there was a train strike that day and ended up giving my tickets to someone on here.
I couldn't go because there was a train strike that day and ended up giving my tickets to someone on here.
felonius monk
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The Academy reopens tomorrow with a couple of tribute acts, so a bit of a soft launch to test new safety procedures one hopes. Acts are slowly being added in with Arcade Fire and Kamasi Washington just announced.
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hiraethified
Local bars/restaurants etc are breathing a huge sigh of life as the income from gig-goers is much needed.
I assume that these tribute bands won't be playing to a full house (I'm guessing just the downstairs part)?
felonius monk
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On the website tickets are on sale for upstairs too.
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hiraethified
Blimey. I'll never fully get how these tribute bands get to be so massive sometimes, playing bigger venues than the acts they're copying.
jimbarkanoodle
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I guess you cant see Nirvana or Oasis anymore, and even if you could it wouldn't cost £13 a ticket!
skyscraper101
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There are some bands where I'd genuinely rather see the tribute act now, even if the real thing is still going.
It's cheaper, you get all the hits without the guff and the 'new material' nobody is there for, plus you don't have to endure some stadium experience with terrible sound.
It's cheaper, you get all the hits without the guff and the 'new material' nobody is there for, plus you don't have to endure some stadium experience with terrible sound.
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hiraethified
I do get the appeal - although the huge size of the gigs baffles me - but the one time I saw a Smiths tribute band I felt, well, embarrassed.
People were shouting "Morrissey" for the encore. Eek.
felonius monk
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Exactly. Some are really good and you'll never get to see the originals- Bjorn Again, The Australian Pink Floyd for example. Rick Astley's Smiths gig at Glastonbury was great.
skyscraper101
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I've seen Guns 2 Roses a few times and they are easily a more enjoyable and cheaper night out than paying through the nose to watch the original band play at <insert mega stadium here> for £££s.
You also don't have to endure any of the new material
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hiraethified
Yeah but that's a bit different seeing as it was the merging of two established acts for a fun show.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Saw a large bunch of branded young security people arriving there yesterday, probably for an induction before the big day.
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