The O 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 dance hall 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, and 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 benched seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows. Noted performers Aleyna Tilki Alice in Chains Arctic Monkeys Ateez Babymetal Biffy Clyro Big Country Bjorn Again Bon Jovi Built To Spill The B-52's Chance the Rapper Coldplay Conor McGregor Cutting Crew Daði Freyr Danny Wilson David Bowie Day6 Del Amitri Devo DragonForce Drain Gang Eurythmics Franz Ferdinand Fields of The Nephilim Gorillaz Gustavo Cerati Gym Class Heroes Half Man Half Biscuit Hothouse Flowers Hurts INXS It Bites Jack White Jagged Edge James Brown Jamiroquai Jesus Jones Joe Cocker John Martyn John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Justin Timberlake Keane Keith Richards Killing Joke KSI Lenny Kravitz Level 42 Lindemann Lionel Richie Machine Gun Kelly Manic Street Preachers Modest Mouse The Neville Brothers Nelly Furtado New Found Glory Nina Simone Oasis Ozzy Osbourne Pixies The Pogues The Quireboys Robbie Williams Paul Rodgers Prince Pulp Radiohead Rage Against the Machine Ramones Rihanna Robert Plant Rory Gallagher Scooter 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 The Cure (a secret gig with the name 5 Imaginary Boys) Throwing Muses Tokio Hotel Tom Jones The Who The Damned UFO Yungblud Nekfeu References External links Forum Theatre at Cinema Treasures Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden Music venues in London Art Deco architecture in London Tourist attractions in the London Borough