Incident at Brixton O2 Academy led to two deaths, left one in critical condition and many needing hospital care
The evening should have been a thrilling one for fans of Asake, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter and breakout star of 2022. Yet it ended in horror, as a crush outside Brixton O2 Academy last week caused the death of two people, left a third person in a critical condition and several others needing hospital care.
To begin with, the incident was blamed on hundreds of people who turned up without tickets. When the gig was stopped after just two songs, a man came on stage to announce: “We have stopped the show because they breached the door. You have got 3,000 people have broken the door outside.”
