Asake pays tribute to Brixton Academy crush victims at return gig

Asake started his archetypal UK gig since 2 radical were killed successful a crush astatine 1 of his concerts with a three-minute tribute video.

Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died successful a assemblage surge extracurricular the O2 Academy Brixton successful December past year.

Afrobeats prima Asake paid tribute to the brace erstwhile helium returned to London connected Sunday night.

The video ended with an entreaty for anyone who had immoderate accusation astir the crush to get successful interaction with police.

Rebecca, 33, and information defender Gaby, 23, were killed successful the crush astatine Asake's archetypal UK gig connected 15 December.

The Met Police probe is inactive ongoing and the southbound London venue has been closed ever since, with its licence nether reappraisal by Lambeth Council.

Officers are besides inactive appealing for accusation and says a 21-year-old pistillate remains successful a captious information successful hospital.

Asake returned for the one-off amusement astatine the O2 Arena, which has a 20,000 capableness and is 4 times bigger than the Brixton venue, connected Sunday night.

He kept fans waiting, arriving connected signifier astir an hr and 20 minutes aboriginal than planned, and started with a three-minute tribute poem to Rebecca and Gaby.

"Up astatine 02:30 reasoning Gaby Hutchinson could beryllium me," the poem read.

"Rest good and beryllium free, remainder successful bid Rebecca, our sister."

Police officers were besides handing retired flyers extracurricular the gig, encouraging witnesses to travel forward.

Rachel Otto was astatine the Brixton gig and returned to spot Asake connected Sunday.

"After going to the Brixton lawsuit that was tragic, I conscionable wanted to travel backmost and spot the creator that I love," she tells BBC Newsbeat.

Rachel knew 1 of the victims and says she had the household connected her caput astatine the concert.

"It's bittersweet," she says.

"It's conscionable a reminder for the household that a beingness was lost."

Rachel hopes what happened successful Brixton volition pb to a alteration successful information astatine gigs.

She says it's "very frustrating to spot that it's inactive taken a agelong clip to for them [police] to reason that investigation".

"I anticipation it's a learning curve for everybody."

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