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The O2 Brixton Academy reopened its doors, under a heavy security presence, more than a year after it was forced to close following a deadly crowd crush. Without any fanfare, the doors reopened yesterday (Friday) to concert goers at the south London venue for the first time since the crush which killed two people in December 2022, behind a cordon of dozens of security guards in high-vis jackets. There was a strong presence security presence outside and very few customers in queues to get in the building “it almost looks like overkill”. As he joined the small but quick-moving queue of customers…

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