The O Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town,

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owned by

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, 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 dance hall then to a live music venue under the name Town & Country Club. In 1993,

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purchased the venue and renamed it the London Forum. The final show at the T&C was

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on 21 March 1993. In 2007, MAMA & Company purchased the Forum from

and spent £1.5 million on renovations, and increasing the capacity to 2,300. In 2015, the venue was acquired by

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, and re-branded as O₂ Forum Kentish Town, as part of the O₂ Academy Group. The venue has standing downstairs and benched seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.

Noted performers

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* Alice in Chains * Arctic Monkeys * Ateez * Babymetal * Biffy Clyro * Big Country *

Bjorn Again Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian languages , Scandinavian male ...

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* Built To Spill *

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* Coldplay * Conor McGregor * Cutting Crew *

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* Danny Wilson *

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* Day6 * Del Amitri * Devo * DragonForce * Drain Gang * Eurythmics * Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand * Fields of The Nephilim * Gorillaz * Gustavo Cerati * Gym Class Heroes * Half Man Half Biscuit * Hothouse Flowers * Hurts * INXS * It Bites * Jack White * Jagged Edge (British band), Jagged Edge * James Brown * Jamiroquai * Jesus Jones * Joe Cocker * John Martyn * Justin Timberlake * Keane (band), Keane * Keith Richards * Killing Joke * KSI * Lenny Kravitz * Level 42 * Lindemann (band), Lindemann * Lionel Richie * Machine Gun Kelly (musician), Machine Gun Kelly * Modest Mouse * The Neville Brothers * Nelly Furtado * New Found Glory * Nina Simone * Oasis (band), Oasis * Ozzy Osbourne * Pixies (band), Pixies * The Pogues * The Quireboys * Robbie Williams * Paul Rodgers * Prince (musician), Prince * Pulp (band), Pulp * Radiohead * Rage Against the Machine * Ramones * Rihanna * Robert Plant * Scooter (band), Scooter * Skid Row * Smashing Pumpkins * Snow Patrol * Sparks (band) * Soundgarden * Steve Earle * Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1992) * Steve Harley (as a 3-man acoustic set, 2012) * Stiff Little Fingers * The Cure (a secret gig with the name 5 Imaginary Boys) * Throwing Muses * Tokio Hotel * Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones * The Who * The Damned (band), The Damned * UFO (band), UFO * Yungblud * Nekfeu

References

External links

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at Cinema Treasures {{Authority control Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden Music venues in London Art Deco architecture in London Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Camden Buildings and structures completed in 1934 Event venues established in 1934 1934 establishments in England Kentish Town