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O2 Forum Kentish Town

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O₂ Forum Kentish Town
Construction

Exterior of the venue (c. 2020)

Former names	Kentish Town Forum Theatre (1934–1963) ABC Kentish Town (1963–1970) Forum Dancehall (1984–1985) Town & Country Club (1985–1993) London Forum (1993–2007) The Forum (2007–2009; 2013–2015) HMV Forum (2009–2013)
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 / 51.5522; -0.1422
Public transit	Kentish Town
Owner	Academy Music Group
Operator	Live Nation
Capacity	2,300
Opened	17 December 1934 (1934-12-17)
Renovated	1983 1993 2007
Closed	1970–1983
Architect	J. Stanley Beard
Website
Venue Website

The O₂ Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England, owned by MAMA & Company and originally built in 1934.

History[edit]

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 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, 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[edit]

2face Idibia

Alice in Chains

Bruce Dickinson

Chance the Rapper

Conor McGregor^[4]

The Cure (a secret gig with the name 5 Imaginary Boys)

Devo^[5]

Franz Ferdinand

Fields of The Nephilim

Gym Class Heroes

Half Man Half Biscuit

Hothouse Flowers

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

Justin Timberlake

Machine Gun Kelly

Manic Street Preachers

The Neville Brothers

New Found Glory

Nina Simone^[6]

Nine Inch Nails

Nothing But Thieves

Robbie Williams

Rage Against the Machine

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Skid Row

Smashing Pumpkins

Sparks (band)^[7]

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1992)

Steve Harley (as a 3-man acoustic set, 2012)

Stiff Little Fingers

Those Damn Crows

References[edit]

^ "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 23 April 2019.

^ Ramsay, Mel (15 July 2017). "So What Exactly Did Conor McGregor Say Off Camera?". LADbible. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

^ Diver, Mike (5 August 2009). "Devo – London Forum". Clash. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

^ "Nine Inch Nails Setlist at the Forum, London". setlist.fm.

^ The Sparks Brothers

^ Harle, Regan (10 August 2021). "Yungblud at the Forum". The Upcoming. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Media related to The Forum, London at Wikimedia Commons
Forum Theatre at Cinema Treasures

v t e Academy Music Group venues
Main venues	O2 Academy Birmingham O2 Academy Bournemouth O2 Academy Bristol O2 Academy Brixton O2 Academy Edinburgh O2 Academy Glasgow O2 Academy Islington O2 Academy Leeds O2 Academy Leicester O2 Academy Liverpool O2 Academy Oxford O2 Academy Sheffield O2 City Hall Newcastle O2 Forum Kentish Town O2 Institute Birmingham O2 Ritz Manchester O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester
Managed venues	Liverpool Guild of Students
Partner venues	O2 Guildhall Southampton O2 Apollo Manchester
Former venues	Arts Club Liverpool Forum Birmingham (O2 Academy Birmingham) NX Newcastle (O2 Academy Newcastle) O2 ABC Glasgow The Old Fire Station Bournemouth

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