O2 Academy Brixton
211 Stockwell Rd
Brixton Academy © Nick Pickles
Venue location
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Address:
O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd
SW9 9SL
- Phone:
0844 477 2000
- Website:
- Transport:
Tube: Brixton
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Map
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O2 Academy Brixton
- 211 Stockwell Rd
SW9 9SL - 0844 477 2000
- www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/
- 51.465374,-0.115181
- 211 Stockwell Rd
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O2 Academy Brixton
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What's on at O2 Academy Brixton
The Specials
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
Now lacking both Jerry Dammers and Neville Staple, but still led by Lynval Golding and Terry Hall on vocals, the 2-Tone ska veterans take to the stage yet again. Although songs like the anti-Thatcherite anthem ‘Ghost Town’ are still tragically relevant...
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Tue May 28
– Wed May 29 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £37.50
The 1975
Indie rock
These Mancunian lads play shimmering, catchy indie rock which leans towards sub-bass and synths, like a funkier take on The Big Pink with U2's The Edge on guitar. They've been phenomenally successful this year, gigging hard and playing increasingly huge...
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Wed May 29
– Sat Jan 11 2014 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £15.50
Megadeth
Categories, Metal
The mighty Megadeth return to London. Enter the timewarp and relive whatever teenage angst you might have been going through when 'Peace Sells... But Who's Buying' came out.
- Thu Jun 6
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £28.50
Jurassic 5
Hip hop
The laid back, daisy age-style hip hop crew reunite for a headline tour. They only broke up in 2007, so we hadn't really even noticed they were gone, but it's nice to have them back nonetheless.
- Thu Jun 13
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Die Antwoord
Hip hop
- Critics' choice
The South African hip hop trio, whose name translates from Afrikaans as The Answer, combine a mixture of trashy electro beats with some gloriously bizarre lyrics. Despite dressing as raving '90s hillbillies, they're a serious troupe who attracted the...
- Sat Jun 22
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £19.50
Frank Ocean
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
This 25-year-old member of LA's brat-rap collective Odd Future is the producer of some stunning, souful R&B. Subtle, forward-thinking digi-bass production meets a haze of lyrics referencing everything from drugs and bisexual bragadoccio to race and queer...
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Tue Jul 9
– Wed Jul 10 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Ke$ha
Categories, Pop and rock
Kesha Rose Sebert is nothing if not an accomplished spin mistress, almost as well known for having broken into Prince's house (she claims), or peeing in a pub sink while being serenaded by Lily Allen, as for her in-yer-face electropop. The Valley Girl's...
- Mon Jul 15
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £25
Wu-Tang Clan
Pop and rock, Hip hop
- Critics' choice
Marking the 20th anniversary of their brilliant, sinister and furious debut album 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)', the acclaimed, impossibly influential and hugely commercial successful Staten Island hip hop collective re-emerge. What with all the solo...
- Fri Jul 26
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Pitbull
Pop
Bringing his pulpy frat-rap and Latin dance-pop, shiny bald head, dodgy goatee and dodgier dance moves to the UK, here's Armando Pérez, better known as 'feat. Pitbull'. He's had more guest verses on top ten hits than hot dinners, making him practically...
- Sat Aug 3
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £32.50
Macklemore And Ryan Lewis
Pop and rock, Hip hop
- Critics' choice
Seattle's biggest rapper/producer duo – not that there's much competition – visit the UK once again. Their debut album was a surprise hit in 2012, topping the iTunes chart out of nowhere, and they scored a UK Number One with single 'Thrift Shop'. They're...
- Mon Sep 9
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, Areas, SW9 9SL
- £21.50
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Pop and rock, Hip hop
- Critics' choice
Seattle's biggest rapper/producer duo – not that there's much competition – visit the UK once again. Their debut album was a surprise hit in 2012, topping the iTunes chart out of nowhere, and they scored a UK Number One with single 'Thrift Shop'. They're...
- Tue Sep 10
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, Areas, SW9 9SL
- £21.50
Babyshambles
Indie rock, Punk and hardcore
Troublesome Pete Doherty and his scuzzy, confessional boho punkers play their first full tour in yonks. Apparently they're recording their third album, so there should be some new material on the cards – assuming Doherty shows up in time for more than...
- Sat Sep 14
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £25
Soundgarden
Alternative rock, Grunge
- Critics' choice
Chris Cornell and his reunited Seattle grunge pioneers visit the capital for the third time in less than two years. Raise your hands and sway as the foursome run through past hits such as 'Black Hole Sun' and 'Pretty Noose', as well as new material from...
- Wed Sep 18
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £38.50
Wiz Khalifa
Pop and rock, Hip hop
US rapper Cameron Jibril Thomaz, whose stage name means 'wisdom successor', brings his stoned hip hop to the UK. His fifth album is due this year, as is a second collaborative album with Snoop Dogg – a level of productivity that's even more impressive...
- Thu Sep 26
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £14
Fat Freddy's Drop
Pop and rock, World, Blues, roots and country, Folk
Dub-reggae seven piece New Zealanders hit London on their world tour.
- Sat Oct 5
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Sleeping With Sirens
Punk and hardcore
Floridian post-hardcore outfit who are over to tout their new record, 'If You Were a Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack'.
- Thu Oct 10
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Bastille
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
Earlier this year, Bastille’s ‘Bad Blood’ became the first Number One debut album by a British band in three years. The group, led by the ‘Eraserhead’-haired Dan Smith, have already supported Emeli Sandé, and they have enough hooks in their storming,...
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Tue Oct 15
– Wed Oct 16 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £18.50
Local Natives
Categories, Pop and rock
The venues keep getting bigger for this Silver Lake five-piece. That's not surprising, though: their soaring, sweetly melodic and slightly mournful alt.pop, which tips its hat to Simon & Garfunkel, Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, is made for big...
- Thu Oct 17
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £17.50
Rudimental
Categories, Pop and rock
Back in 2012, this Zane Lowe- and Annie Mac-touted four-strong Hackney outfit grabbed the number one spot with 'Feel the Love,' a Hammond-driven tune featuring vocalist John Newman that fused jazzy, old-school soul with dubstep. Tonight they play their...
- Fri Oct 18
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £13.20
Jake Bugg
Indie rock, Singer-songwriter, Britpop
- Critics' choice
Retro-tinged but refreshing 18-year-old singer-songwriter Bugg burst from his hometown of Nottingham to the top of the charts in 2012. His brand of indie country-folk adopts a Dylan-esque rasp, but is pitched a little higher and has a necessarily younger...
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Wed Oct 23
– Fri Oct 25 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Warpaint
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
After a meteoric rise in 2011, the LA quartet return to the UK for some more eerily sweet psychedelia and experimental melodrama. They're still playing from their debut album 'The Fool' – think 'A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'-era Siouxsie meets The Breeders...
- Wed Oct 30
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Frightened Rabbit
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
Signed to FatCat and naming 'racquet sports and diseases' as their major influences, the excellent Selkirk quartet headline. Their slightly folk-toned indie pop is soaring and surprisingly robust, given their name. Listen out for tracks from their recently...
- Fri Nov 8
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- Sold Out
Woodkid
Categories, Pop and rock
The musical alias of Yoann Lemoine, the French video director responsible for promos for Katy Perry, Mystery Jets, Drake and more high-fliers, takes centre stage himself. His music is a mix of tender acoustica and harsh industrial/orchestral romps, which...
- Wed Nov 13
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £25
Bonobo
Categories, Pop and rock
Simon Green's Ninja Tune-signed psychedelic breaks project – which sources beats from hip hop, soul and funk – curates and headlines an all-dayer. There'll be support sets by Gilles Peterson, The Invisible, Lukid, Letherette, Bullion and more, a special...
- Sat Nov 23
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £29.50
Imagine Dragons
Categories, Pop and rock
Like their fellow Las Vegans The Killers, Imagine Dragons make impassioned sort-of-indie rock with plenty of synthesizers – but they're actually more like the American Coldplay. It's all there: songs that move from piano balladry to thumping choruses;...
- Mon Nov 25
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £18.50
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