HMV Forum Reviews

Great sound, view and atmosphere. Love this place for gigs.

Went there to see Daniel Sloss , great show , seating is like church seats
And was really cold ,even Daniel made comments lol

Went to see Donell Jones and Jon b.. wow I loved Donell Jones before I love him even more than I did now

A really unique venue. I recently attended a show there and was quite impressed by the aesthetics of the building. It s sound quality was acceptable and the staff were fairly helpful.

Great venue, shame that Live Nation have a load of reserved seats full of uninterested people on their phones throughout the gig

Sound was awesome and the atmosphere inside was fun cant wait to see another band here

Helpful staff (I need a walking cane for mobility). Good acoustics.

Great staff although took a while for the smoking area to be available and no smoking in the venue allowed. Recommend standing

Really good venue. Only downside is the queues for the bar!

A wonderful venue for live music. Recently saw Alien Ant Farm and Soil, the venue certainly brought out the best in these two bands performances. The location isn't too difficult to get to. However the area is so so. The missing star is More

Got in quickly via O2 priority queue, free item at cloakroom and 2 for 1 on soft drinks via the O2 priority app. Saw Stereophonics and Ash, excellent view of the stage, glad we got there early as it got very busy very quickly behind us!!!

Nice music venue, good sound, good staff, plenty of room to have a decent concert.

Sound quality is terrible, and the layout is odd. Other than that, it's a well-run venue - security is not too obnoxious, the place is spacious and they put on good shows.

I think if they got some sound engineers in to figure out how to rework the acoustics (and they filled in the floor flat so they could get rid of the weird steps and railing in the middle) it could be a four or five star place.

Extremely hott and no aircondition, and you have no choice to buy a drink from the bar, because you are strip from taking in anything

It should be a good place watch plays from o2 forum Kentish town

Great theatre in N London easy access by national rail/tube or bus.

great little venue keeping music alive. and real ale in bottles

Great venue, good view of the stage all around especially the balcony area. Although there was some confusion about the very upper part but all in all a great venue!

Really good venue with really varied and less heard of bands. Definitely worth keeping an eye on if you're into punk or metal. Although they host lots of other genres. The booze selection is limited and pricey but no more so than any other London venue.

Great live music venue. Very helpful staff. Beautiful interior with large stage and front barrier. Not too large though, so still feels 'intimate'. Helpful tip: make use of an O2 sim as you get 'priority entrance' which goes in before everyone else!

No Aircon on one of the hottest days of the year. Absolute sweatbox.

great concert hall good soft bench type seating upstairs.

Good venue. Not too big not too small. Easy to get to from the Kentish Town tube stop.

Great venue, relatively frequent visitor, only small issue is glacial bar service, one assumes they make money from drinks sales so it would be a good idea to sell as much as possible, incentivise the staff maybe?

Top level staff, placement in the heart of London ... A great concert hall!
Do not hesitate to take a look if an artist you love comes!

Cool venue to see a gig. Make sure to look up at the ceiling.

Pretty decent, but unless you are on the stage, the farther you are the worst you are able to see what is happening on stage

Great place, good sound system, clean, and a Security staff is friendly and helpful just like the Bar staff. How the Security staff handle stage diving is 10 star !!!! Well done guys !!!

Its a nice place but the seats upstairs are quite uncomfortable

The venue is cold and the wait to get in for disabled people was very poor. Told we would get in at 6.45pm and finally got in at gone 7. Very poor assistance at the door. Inside wad better

Beet doesn't cost the world land the security are wankers but all in all a good place

The O2 plays host to a lot of events. It's in the heart of Kentish Town it has great transport links.

Good venue. Nightmare with smoking area. Beer overpriced

I was in The Forum on Lacuna Coil concert on Nov 1 2014.
The show featured also Devilment and Motionless in White bands.
Despite musicians are not novice and did all the best for the show, I couldn't really enjoy the music because of terrible sound. Even known songs were quite difficult to recognise. What can I say about unknown songs? It was just loud noise and nothing else. Definitely there were improper speakers in use.
As a result: I won't be able to convince myself of attending this place again. And I'd not recommend this to anyone.

Great Live gig venue, plenty of space, good drinks selection albeit at usual London inflated prices. Classic interior decoration is awesome too. The Dead South gig was awesome be of the best I've been to in a long time.

As most venues in London, drinks are overpriced, but its a good-sized venue too see popular indie bands and chic-acts

Been going on and off for the past 35 years. Nice size venue that's not too impersonal. Long main bar saving area that copes with the numbers adequately. Door staff seem friendly enough.

Good bar service, but absolutely no food so if you're hungry make sure you eat before entering!

Fairly good mid-size London music venue. Sound is good and you can see the stage from most parts of the venue. The 2 bars either side of the venue get quite crowded (although they're bigger than the bars in the Brixton academy) so best getting a drink whilst the band is on than between bands.

Good venue and easy to find. Drink prices are overpriced but better than places like Wembley and the 02

Have never quite liked this venue. The sound always feels a bit muddy and the bar is an awkward place.

Great venue. It's like the O2 Brixton but better, in my humble opinion. Great pub just around the corner to wait out for your gig. The acoustics are a little mushy but I think that's because we went to see The Avalanches. The guys working there were chatty and friendly. Great night out.

No ventilation and no air conditioning in the venue

I'm disabled and they were really kind and supportive.

I went to see ATEEZ and it was so good! The balcony was a lot closer to the stage than I thought so that's a bonus. I honestly loved it. Although the bass on the speakers were too harsh. I couldn't hear half of the rapping or singing, so if they could have sorted out the sound system it would have been perfect

The venue is not bad but the sound was just awful. Don't think I will be back unless they work on better sound.

Decent place pretty safe and secure big enough for good gigs

Decent venue, one staff member didn't know where the stairs were though...

Why, oh why do so many of my favourite bands always have to play this atrocious venue?! Worst security you will find in London and most of the time terrible sound quality. Beware heading out for a quick cigarette towards the end, they won't even let you back in for the last few songs! Bouncers also confiscated a mate's laptop from his backpack for no good reason and became aggressive when he politely enquired as to the reason why.

Event was amazing - Kane Brown was superb

Venue was the worst I've ever visited. O2 Clearly being greedy and over selling the venue.

This means that people were left standing and sitting on the stairs after arguing with the useless security staff.

Waiting outside in a queue that goes down an alleyway in the rain with ticket touts aggressively trying to buy and sell tickets.

Doors opened at 7pm and if you're not in the building by 7.30, you're not getting a seat that you paid for and your either standing or sitting on the stairs.

Event didn't even start until 9pm, so your are forced to sit for upto 2hrs protecting your seat, if you leave it you lose it.

It's also boiling hot, lots of people removing layers as we're all sweating like mad.

Awful venue and would never revisit, just glad Kane Brown is amazing.

Great venue. Lively art deco building and great for concerts

Overall, I think it was a lovely place for a concert I attended. The only let-down was the toilet facilities; they definitely need a face-lift

Famous old venue. No seats in Stalls and bench cushion seating in the Balcony.

Amazing venue with a hell of a history! A throwback to a London that s hard to find now days.