Brixton Academy to reopen following review

Academy Music Group (AMG) will reopen Brixton Academy for a series of test events, after having its license reinstated subject to 77 new safety conditions. The decision comes following a two-day licensing review of the 5,000-capacity London venue earlier this week.

Academy Music Group (AMG) will reopen Brixton Academy for a series of test events, after having its license reinstated subject to 77 new safety conditions.

The decision comes following a two-day licensing review of the 5,000-capacity London venue earlier this week.

In a statement published on Friday (16 Sept.), councillor Fred Cowell, chair of Lambeth Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee, wrote: “we have come to the conclusion that we do, now, have confidence that AMG can operate the Academy safely and any failures in the past…do not require…

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