London’s Brixton Academy will officially be allowed to reopen, as long as the venue complies with “extensive and robust” safety conditions, following a decision from the Lambeth Council.
The Lambeth Council, which presides over the Lambeth borough in which Brixton Academy is located, has required that the cherished venue meet 77 different conditions “designed to promote public safety,” if it is to reopen.
Brixton Academy has been closed since December 2022, after losing its license due to a fatal crowd crush during a performance from the Nigerian artist Asake in which two…