Fabric closed: “A dangerous, disastrous decision”

The UK music industry has reacted with sadness and fury to the revocation of the iconic club's licence for a "culture of drug use" it "appears incapable of controlling"

Clubbers at Fabriclive on 22 July © Sarah Ginn

Fabric, arguably Britain’s best-known nightclub, is to close after having its licence revoked by Islington Borough Council.

The north London council’s decision, passed after a six-hour debate by ‘Licensing Sub-Committee A’ last night, found a “culture of drug use” exists at the 2,500-capacity superclub which “security appears incapable of controlling”.

The latest licensing review was triggered by the deaths of two 18-year-old clubgoers, on 25 June and 6 August, who had taken MDMA they purchased inside the club. The…

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