O2 Forum Kentish Town
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The O2 Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England, owned by Live Nation Entertainment and originally built in 1934.
History
The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the cinema was closed, the venue re-opened as an Irish dance hall. In the 1980s, it changed directions from a bingo hall, to a dance hall and then to a live music venue under the name Town & Country Club.[1] In 1993, Mean Fiddler Music Group purchased the venue and renamed it the London Forum. The final show at the T&C was Van Morrison on 21 March 1993.[2] From 2009 to 2013 the venue was named the HMV Forum.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2007, MAMA & Company purchased the Forum from Mean Fiddler and spent £1.5 million on renovations, increasing the capacity to 2,300. In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation, and re-branded as O2 Forum Kentish Town as part of the O2 Academy Group.[3]
The venue has standing downstairs and benches seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.
Noted performers
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- AJR
- 2face Idibia
- Aleyna Tilki
- Alice in Chains
- Anitta
- Anthrax
- Apiwat Ueathavornsuk
- Arctic Monkeys
- Ateez
- Babymetal
- Bad Gyal
- Biffy Clyro
- Big Country
- Björk (played her first solo concert in 1993)
- Bjorn Again
- Bon Jovi
- Billy Bragg
- Bruce Dickinson
- Built To Spill
- The B-52's
- Chance the Rapper
- Coldplay
- Conor McGregor[4]
- The Corrs
- The Creatures
- The Cure (a secret gig with the name 5 Imaginary Boys)
- Cutting Crew
- Daði Freyr
- The Damned
- Danny Wilson
- Danzig
- David Bowie
- Day6
- Debbie McGee
- Del Amitri
- Dendera
- Devo[5]
- Dio
- DragonForce
- Drain Gang
- Elisa
- Eurythmics
- Franz Ferdinand
- Fields of The Nephilim
- Fugazi
- Gorillaz
- Gustavo Cerati
- Gym Class Heroes
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Hothouse Flowers
- Hurts
- INXS
- It Bites
- Jack Garratt
- Jack White
- Jagged Edge
- James Brown
- Jamiroquai
- Jesus Jones
- Jet
- Joe Cocker
- John Martyn
- John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
- Joshua Bassett
- Justin Timberlake
- Keane
- Keith Richards
- Killing Joke
- KSI
- Lacuna Coil
- Lenny Kravitz
- Level 42
- Lindemann
- Lionel Richie
- Lovejoy (band)
- Lowlife (band)
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Manic Street Preachers
- Modern Baseball
- Modest Mouse
- Nekfeu
- The Neville Brothers
- Nelly Furtado
- New Found Glory
- Nina Simone[6]
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nothing But Thieves
- Oasis
- Odd Eye Circle
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Paul Rodgers
- Pixies
- PJ Harvey
- The Pogues
- Prince
- Pulp
- The Quireboys
- Reneé Rapp
- Robbie Williams
- Radiohead
- Rage Against the Machine
- Ramones
- Rihanna
- Robert Plant
- RØRY
- Rory Gallagher
- Scooter
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Skid Row
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Snow Patrol
- Sparks (band)[7]
- Soundgarden
- Steve Earle
- Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1992)
- Steve Harley (as a 3-man acoustic set, 2012)
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Subcarpati
- Suede[8]
- The Stranglers
- Those Damn Crows
- Throwing Muses
- Tokio Hotel
- Tom Jones
- Tom Meighan
- The Who
- Underworld
- UFO
- Yungblud[9]
References
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External links
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- Forum Theatre at Cinema Treasures
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