Brixton academy venue (Brixton Academy)

Member Name: robster113

Product:	Brixton Academy
Date:	08/10/06 (1721 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good sound, good lighting

Disadvantages: It's in brixton, packed

Brixton Academy is one of the most popular venues in the whole of London. It has held the likes of Kasabian, The Killers, Primal Scream, The Raconteurs and so man other great, massive bands. The venue itself has a capacity of 4,921 with 3,760 standing in the stalls area and 1,161 in the seated circle are upstairs. Overall there are 8 bars, four of which are in the stalls are round the sides. All under 14's must be accompanies by an adult and should purchase tickets in the circle, seating area.

I went to the maximo park gig there on friday 6th October. It was my second time at the venue. As you probably know Brixton does not have a very good reputation and after hearing about the mcdonald's shooting the other week i was a bit scared about going. I went by tube and only had a two minute walk to the venue. Brixton didn't seem that bad although when leaving the venue i was offered drugs once outside the tube station.

The venue itself is pretty damn big and has great sound and great lighting which helped to make the great band even better. It was absolutely packed by the time maximo park got on at 9:30pm but i was to be expected. As any other venue, during the gig everyone was a living radiator and you couldn't help sweating like a pig but its all part of the experience anyway.

Overall the venue was quite good but the most important thing about a gig is the band

Summary: A good venue and has held some amazing gigs