O2 Forum Kentish Town
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Former names | Kentish Town Forum Theatre (1934–63) ABC Kentish Town (1963–70) Forum Dancehall (1984–85) Town & Country Club (1985–93) London Forum (1993–2007) The Forum (2007–09; (2013–15) HMV Forum (2009–13) |
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Address | 9-17 Highgate Rd London, England NW5 1JY |
Location | Kentish Town |
Coordinates | 51°33′08″N 0°08′32″W / 51.5522°N 0.1422°W |
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Owner | Academy Music Group |
Operator | Live Nation |
Capacity | 2,300 |
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Opened | 17 December 1934 |
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Closed |
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Architect | J. Stanley Beard |
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Venue Website |
The O2 Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England owned by MAMA & Company. 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.
History
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.[1] In 1993, Mean Fiddler purchased the venue and renamed it the London Forum. The final show at the T&C was Van Morrison on 21 March 1993.[2]
In 2007, MAMA & Company purchased the Forum from Mean Fiddler and spent £1.5 million on renovations, and 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 benched seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.
Noted performers
- Aleyna Tilki
- Arctic Monkeys
- Babymetal
- Bon Jovi
- Big Country
- The B-52's
- Chance the Rapper
- Coldplay
- Cutting Crew
- Danny Wilson
- David Bowie
- Del Amitri
- Eurythmics
- Franz Ferdinand
- Gym Class Heroes
- Hothouse Flowers
- Hurts
- INXS
- Jack White
- James Brown
- Jamiroquai
- Justin Timberlake
- Keane
- Killing Joke
- Lenny Kravitz
- Lionel Richie
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Modest Mouse
- The Neville Brothers
- Nina Simone
- Oasis
- Pixies
- The Pogues
- Robbie Williams
- Paul Rodgers
- Prince
- Radiohead
- Rihanna
- Scooter
- Snow Patrol
- Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (as a 3-man acoustic set)
- Tokio Hotel
- Tom Jones
- The Who
- The Damned
- UFO
- Nekfeu
References
- ^ "The mourning after: RIP the T&C? North London's best-loved concert venue is set to close in March". The Independent. 17 December 1992. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ White, Jim (24 March 1993). "My old man said follow the Van: Jim White sees Van Morrison mark the end of an era at the Town & Country Club, London". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "LIVE NATION RE-BRANDS 3 EX-MAMA VENUES AS 'O2' IN THE UK". Nusic Business Worldwide. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019.
External links
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- Forum Theatre at Cinema Treasures