Four people in critical condition following suspected crush at Asake Brixton show

16 December 2022, 10:02 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

(News)

A suspected crowd crush while people were attempting to enter London's O2 Academy Brixton to see Asake last night (15 December) has resulted in eight people being hospitalised, with four in a critical condition.

Police were called to the venue at 9:35pm GMT last night (15 December) while responding to reports of a large number of people attempting to force their way into the venue. Police said they "found a number of people with injuries believed to have been caused by crushing."

Asake was forced to cancel his concert just 10 minutes after appearing on stage, and told the crowd, "They said outside is fucked up already. So we have to end the show. I don’t know why. It’s not me."

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— Milez (@MilezGrey) December 16, 2022

Multiple posts on social media claim that many people turned up without tickets, or with fake tickets.

Last Sunday (11 December), Asake shared a post reiterating that people shouldn't attend his O2 Academy Brixton shows "if you do not have a valid ticket."

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— ASAKE (@asakemusik) December 11, 2022

Lambeth police revealed on Twitter earlier today (16 December) that "Detectives from Specialist Crime are investigating" the incident.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, added, "My thoughts are with all those affected by the awful incident in Brixton last night. Eight people were taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition. An urgent investigation is already underway. I remain in close contact with the Met Commissioner & emergency services."

Four people remain in a critical condition following an incident last night at the O2 Academy in #Brixton

Detectives from Specialist Crime are investigating

Please see further details and police appeal for witnesses and mobile phone footagehttps://t.co/Eec3H3g5UL
— Lambeth Police | Central South BCU (@LambethMPS) December 16, 2022

My thoughts are with all those affected by the awful incident in Brixton last night.

Eight people were taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition.

An urgent investigation is already underway. I remain in close contact with the Met Commissioner & emergency services.
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) December 16, 2022

Commander Ade Adelekan, Met Police Gold Commander, said, "A police investigation has been launched, and it will be as thorough and as forensic as necessary to establish exactly what happened last night. The scene will be examined by specialist officers, CCTV will be viewed, every witness that we can make contact with will be spoken to and all other lines of enquiry will be followed."