Sixteen months after it was mothballed following a fatal crush during a concert by Nigerian afrobeat star Asake, Brixton Academy reopened its doors last night. In December 2022, 23-year-old security guard Gaby Hutchinson and 33-year-old concertgoer Rebecca Ikumelo were killed due to a stampede at the entrance, with overcrowding, duplicate tickets and lax security blamed. Lambeth Council permitted the Academy to re-open once it had met 77 “extensive and robust” new safety conditions.
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Watch as the Britain’s Got Talent judges take centre stage in AI form as part of a bizarre audition. Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli watch on stunned as singing group RASK AI use technology to make their famous faces sing The Greatest Showman in Saturday’s upcoming episode. The transformation sees Simon in the role of ringmaster to lead the other judges in a rendition of the title track from the 2017 musical.