O2 Academy Brixton
Brixton
Brixton Academy © Nick Pickles
Venue details
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Address:
O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd
SW9 9SL
- Venue phone:
0844 477 2000
- Venue 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
What's on at O2 Academy Brixton
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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Fri Sep 20
– Sat Jan 11 2014 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £15.50
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
Basement Jaxx
House music
- Critics' choice
Do you know where your head's at? If so, South London's finest are back to help you lose it all over again. The Brixton duo are releasing their first album since 2009's 'Zephyr' later this year, and have already booked in shows to drop the new material....
- Fri Dec 6
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £30
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
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
Crystal Fighters
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
The talented bunch from London and Navarre, Spain who know how to provide a good groove, offer raved-up folktronica and minimal electro-pop, veering from Fischerspooner-style euphoria to Animal Collective-toned delicacy and eight-bit techno. Tonight they...
- Fri Nov 22
- 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
Disclosure
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
Raised in Reigate and now based in south London, Disclosure are the scarily young Lawrence brothers, Guy and Howard. They've been making forward-thinking dance music since 2010 but made a big breakout dent with their garage/house remix of Jessie Ware's...
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Thu Nov 28
– Fri Nov 29 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £22
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
- £27.50
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
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
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Pop and rock, Noise, drone and ambient
- Critics' choice
Montreal's finest ambient, experimental post-rock collective were long feared defunct, but in 2010 they got back together after a seven-year hiatus. A typically avant-garde new album, '’Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!' came out last year, meaning that...
- Thu Nov 21
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £25
Gogol Bordello
Punk and hardcore, Folk
- Critics' choice
Described as 'Joe Strummer with a gypsy twist', Gogol Bordello's Ukrainian-born frontman Eugene Hutz leads his misfit collection of New York-based refugees out on stage in London. They offer an unmissable brand of Balkan punk rock, complete with fiddles,...
- Fri Dec 13
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £21
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;...
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Mon Nov 25
– Tue Nov 26 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £18.50
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
Jimmy Eat World
Pop, Punk and hardcore
- Critics' choice
Arizona's premier commercial emo-core combo offer their usual catchy mix of upbeat pop-punk and alt rock balladry. They'll be belting out new material from 'Damage', their eighth album, and the classics: 'Bleed American', 'Pain' and, of course, 'The ...
- Tue Nov 19
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £20
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
HEVY FEST: Killswitch Engage + more
Metal, Punk and hardcore
The annual moshers' ball, usually held in Kent, moves indoors and shrinks to a single day due to licensing issues at the planned festival site. A few bands booked for this year's outdoor event, including one of the two Black Flag line-ups currently touring,...
- Sun Aug 4
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £28
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
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...
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Mon Sep 9
– Tue Sep 10 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
Miles Kane
Categories, Pop and rock
- Critics' choice
The former frontman of The Rascals, and the other half of The Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys, returns after a successful debut album for second helpings of accomplished, retro-leaning pop rock. His new record is called 'Don't Forget...
- Fri Oct 11
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £19
Motörhead
Categories, Pop and rock
'Killed By Death', 'Ace Of Spades', 'Bomber' – they're all gold-plated classics. Motörhead still rock faster, heavier and at more thrillingly deafening volume than most bands half their age. Respect.
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Sat Nov 16
– Sun Nov 17 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £34
Papa Roach
Metal, Grunge
The triple-platinum nu-metal titans bring their bellowing brand of emotionally bruised post-grunge back to the capital in support of their electronically-leaning latest album, 'The Connection'. Learn all the lyrics to 'Last Resort' before you head down,...
- Tue Dec 10
- O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £22.50
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
Placebo
Alternative rock
- Critics' choice
Almost two decades since they formed, Brian Molko and his glam-grunge-pop troupe are still churning out the tunes. They now have seven albums to pick from when they play live, and tend to go for fan favourites rather than indulging those who've just come...
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Mon Dec 16
– Tue Dec 17 - O2 Academy Brixton 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL
- £29.50
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