O2 Forum Kentish Town

The O$2$ Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England, owned by MAMA & Company 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. 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.

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.

The venue has standing downstairs and benches seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.

Noted performers

 * 2face Idibia
 * Aleyna Tilki
 * Alice in Chains
 * Anitta
 * Anthrax
 * 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
 * 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
 * Devo
 * 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
 * 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
 * Lowlife (band)
 * Machine Gun Kelly
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Modest Mouse
 * Nekfeu
 * The Neville Brothers
 * Nelly Furtado
 * New Found Glory
 * Nina Simone
 * 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)
 * Soundgarden
 * Steve Earle
 * Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1992)
 * Steve Harley (as a 3-man acoustic set, 2012)
 * Stiff Little Fingers
 * Subcarpati
 * Suede
 * The Stranglers
 * Those Damn Crows
 * Throwing Muses
 * Tokio Hotel
 * Tom Jones
 * The Who
 * UFO
 * Yungblud