Asake London’s O2 Arena Concert – Asake honours Brixton Academy victims with a tribute video

Africa’s afrobeat sensation, Asake has paid tribute to victims killed in a crowd crush at his concert at O2 Brixton Academy in December, in his first UK gig since the tragedy.

Askae played a two-and-a-half-minute video to a 20,000-strong crowd at the O2 Arena in Greenwich on Sunday on his return to London.

According to a police report, a 21-year-old woman who was seriously injured remains in critical condition in the hospital 8 months after the incident.

Asake’s one-off concert at Greenwich’s O2 Arena was sold-out.

The tribute showed clips of footage from the night of the crush, and a poem by Aina More.

Watch Asake’s Tribute Video

Video credits: Evening Standard (via Daily Motion)

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