Brixton Academy
Music venue in London, England
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O2 Academy Brixton (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, or Brixton Academy, is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton.
Opening in 1929 as a cinema, the venue was converted into a discotheque in 1972, then reborn as a concert hall in 1983. It is owned by the Academy Music Group (AMG), and has become one of London's leading music venues, hosting over 50 live albums, and winning the NME Best Venue 12 times since 1994. It has been home to several notable performances, including The Smiths' last gig (December 1986), Leftfield's June 1996 concert which set a decibel record for a live gig at 137db, and Madonna's gig in 2000, which was watched by an online audience of 9 million.
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Brixton
District in the London Borough of Lambeth, in England
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London borough in the United Kingdom
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Little Portugal, London
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Stockwell
Human settlement in England
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St John the Divine, Kennington
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Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
Metropolitan borough of England
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