Security guards patrolled the block around the south London inner city venue and an ambulance and a welfare van were parked outside.
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.
As he joined the small but quick-moving queue of customers who were set to see a Nirvana tribute act, chef Ben Wade, 19, of Ramsgate, Kent, said: “It almost looks like overkill, so I think it is probably going to be quite safe.” About 1,000 people were outside the venue on the night the pair were killed and police found “large-scale disorder” with crowds eventually pushing the doors open.
Sharon Sullivan, 55, an NHS administrator of Morden, south London, said she expected to feel “a bit eery” as she got in to the building and where the fatal crush ocurred.“I am pleased even though I think that what happened was awful and tragic. South London needs venues and this is one of the best ones here.
“They are obviously, with the tribute acts, able to just test what works and what doesn’t. It is a soft launch.”
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