O2 Forum Kentish Town

Coordinates: 51°33′08″N 0°08′32″W / 51.5522°N 0.1422°W

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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) HMV Forum (2009–2013) The Forum (2013–2015)
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 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 2009-2013 the venue was named the HMV Forum.^{[citation needed]}

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

AJR
2face Idibia
Aleyna Tilki
Alice in Chains
Anitta
Anthrax
Apiwat Ueathavornsuk
Arctic Monkeys
Ateez
Babymetal
Bad Gyal
Biffy Clyro
Big Country
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
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^{[disambiguation needed]}
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
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
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
The Who
UFO
Yungblud^[9]

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 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
^ https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/kingmaker-suede ^{[bare URL]}
^ 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

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

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