{"id":53293,"date":"2024-03-04T12:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T12:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=53293"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T12:13:07","slug":"brixton-academy-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/brixton-academy-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton Academy to reopen following deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The O2 venue in North London is set to reopen its doors on 19 April after it a deadly crush killed two people in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were killed at the venue when fans without tickets attempted to force their way in to a Asake concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The venue will host a host of tribute acts upon its reopening, including Nirvana UK, The Smyths and Definitely Mightbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TDQb18v8w\">pic.twitter.com\/9TDQb18v8w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; O2 Academy Brixton (@O2AcademyBrix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2AcademyBrix\/status\/1764582530030719013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The O2 venue in North London is set to reopen its doors on 19 April after it a deadly crush killed two people in December 2022. 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