4 Critically Injured After Hundreds of Gatecrashers Try to Get in to Afrobeats Gig in London

Singer Asake called off concert after 10 minutes on stage over crush outside

Brixton's O2 Academy is cordoned by police off in London, on Dec. 16, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Four people are critically ill in hospital after being crushed when thousands of ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by a Nigerian singer at the O2 Academy in Brixton in south London on Thursday night.

Afrobeats singer Asake had been on stage for 10 minutes when he was informed of the trouble and he told the crowd: “They say it’s [expletive] outside already. So we have to end the show. I don’t know why. It’s not me.”