Warpaint at Brixton Academy - Placing Shadows Review

Nice place. Security were friendly and helpful, sound was so loud it made my sister feel unwell, but that's a good thing!

Fantastic venue! The beer is a bit hit and miss though, almost like the pipes aren't cleaned regularly.

Brilliant sound in the actual venue

The total experience was awful, awful staff. Rude people towards disabled. Never want to go back in my life

Great venue to watch your favorite band with really good acoustics. Just takes a long time to get your drinks.

Great venue. Not been here in ages, but nice to be able to see the stage without all the cigarette smoke.

Very good venue with too floors and they are both inclined.

Great music venue, lost count of how many bands i have seen here

Amazing venue. Security could be a little more polite but i understand the job can get irritating after asking the same thing in one day

Went to see Rex Orange County November 2019. Fantastic concert, acoustics were brilliant, can't help but love this place.

This place is huge and really benefits from the sloped floor, making it easier to see even if you are far back. Plenty of bars to pick from, and toilets although they are not as clearly sign posted. Staff did well to keep the queues moving

It is a safe palce with good security. It has excellent view of the band and the sceen.

Nice venue and in the middle of the action, however second time here and not great accoustics both times. May be that we were at the front and it's a relatively small venue so the speakers are high. Also, can be be quite hard to drive to/park if out of London from the north. Best to use train/tube if possible (although most concerts finish around 10 30 and tube gets you back to London too late for northbound trains so watch out).

The sound is always great , only downside is it's hotter than hell in summer months . No air conditioning

The best south london music venue. For real gig goers. Dont forget to buy your downstairs standing ticket though! Amazing venue, amazing history the place. All the best musicians have played here. When you arrive go the bar on the middle atrium to get your first drinks as it is usually the quietest.

No heating at all inside yesterday , we went to see The Neighbourhood

Amazing venue - have been there on a few concerts and the atmosphere is really great. Probably my favourite venue in London!

Great venue that is close to anyrhing you would ever want to eat or drink

Great concert with Rise Against "Wolves" tour along with Sleeping With Sirens and Pear.

Been coming to this beauty since 1994...gets better every year

Great venue well organised and very helpful staff. Floor in the stalls area is slightly inclined which makes standing there for a long time a little uncomfortable but worth it on this occasion.

Within Temptation were amazing and this was a great venue in which to see them

The venue lacks space on exit and the sound quality was poor at best

Great venue, horrifically rude staff. Treated like human cattle in the queue for Miku Expo, with snappy and incredibly rude security when finally inside. Never coming here for a concert again.

Lovely building, staff, but too many phones that block your view. Phones need to be banned at concerts. And speakers were too loud that my ears were ringing afterwards.

Fantastic show by Skunk Anansie, but I've never seen the Academy that packed! Usually you can get a bit of breathing room up the back by the bars, but it was wall to wall with people, and most of the time couldn't see a thing!
Was still a great gig and brilliant atmosphere!

Brilliant venue. So far I've been here twice, once for halestorm and avatar, the second for trixie Mattel. It's a huge venue with its theatrical stage, rising ceiling and upper level seating only adding to performances and sound when you're there.
Staff are really helpful and friendly, and the venue is very safe and easy to navigate.
There's an easy bus route to the venue no matter where you're staying. Nandos right outside if you arrive early, as well as pubs and bars down the road.
Sometimes queues for events can go right round the block for the O2 brixton, but it's an easy travel to the place so always aim to get there early if you can.

You will stick to the carpet but went to see Good Charlotte and had a great night

Seen bvb and mason there and it's my favourite venue so convenient and we'll mapped out and bar at back

Another great place for great gigs. This academy is perfect to enjoy an "intimate" concert of your favourite band since it is not too small but definitely not big. I really had some of my best gigs here!

Fantastic venue, great atmosphere and fantastic gig every time I've been.

Amazing atmosphere both in the standing section and in the upstairs section

Brixton, no explanation necessary. One of the best and most iconic venues in the country.

Used to be a great venue, now the bass is just nauseating. No disabled toilets either.

Amazing venue for live music, the floor is bowled....so no matter where you stand, you can see the stage!

Charged me for an insurance I clearly indicated I didn t want. I expect a full refund and compensation for my time lost.

Great venue, the sloping floor becomes a problem after a while

Great venue, even if gigs are not sold out its not too crowded.

Probably my favourite place to watch a band now the Astoria has closed. Good atmosphere, lovely details in the decor retained from a bygone era, decent sound and the sloped floor means you don't have to worry about your view getting blocked by the tall people in front of you. Unless they're taking photos with an ipad.

Amazing venue
Probably the best venue in UK

Wieldy, friendly venue. Standing downstairs in the stalls, yet has a fairly steeply-raked floor so you get a good view from further back.

Some decent places to eat nearby. Beware the bars in the foyer are very limited, but the ones inside the stalls and circles have a much bigger range.

Handy for Brixton tube and the Victoria line, but also a 10 15 min walk from Stockwell and the Northern. If you're travelling from the south, consider parking at Morden tube.

Really nice, really accommodating for disabilities as well

Sound system just can't compete with other modern venues as the bass just bounces around the hollow floors and high ceilings and the mids non existent. 3 tiny bars on ground floor with just 2 people serving on each need to be scrapped and replaced with much larger serving areas.

Small but nice venue staff were pretty good one of the better venues in London

Amazing place to see a band
Helpful staff & good acoustics
Only down side is that seeing the stage properly whilst in the balcony can be difficult

Good experience when went to the concert, easy to find, great sound nothing to complaint

Went to see perfect circle with my boyfriend tonight and honestly I don't think I will ever go to this venue again. The band was amazing but my god the staff horrible!! Iv never been spoken to so badly by staff in my life. Bar staff too busy chatting to serve and don't get me started on the women at the door checking tickets. What a bunch of horrible people

Love that it used to be a cinema, the slanted floor means you can see from anywhere.

Most excellent venue for live music. Great staff too

Nice place, great gigs, but the sound quality is always terrible if you aren't stood right in the centre :/

Only issue i had with this was that staff were pretty rude.

Had such an amazing time. Great venue amazing stage the standing area was nice and leveled so people can see the stage clearly no matter where you were and acoustic of the place were 10/10

Always an amazing place for gigs. The setting is beautiful and getting there is easy. Unfortunately last time we were there (Bowie celebration) the sound was really poor.

Love this venue. Sloped floor so you always have a good view. Queues move quickly getting in too and for the toilets.

Good venue, very much enjoyed Jimmy Carr's new show

A bit run-down, but a great venue nonetheless. The most obvious observation was the raked floor -- clever considering everyone gets a great view of the stage...but prepare for an achey back at the end of the show from resisting the urge to tip over for 2 hours! As per most venues, the washrooms were too small, but the Academy is about MUSIC, not the loo! The sound was fantastic -- my friends and I enjoyed a great show there.

Iconic legendary venue. A place to see the best gigs of your life.

Came here to see the composers. Door staff weren't particularly friendly, also to my shock no snacks or refreshments sold at the venue. Tried to go back out to purchase snacks elsewhere but was told there is a policy of once out cannot come back in. Went out regardless and luckily a friendly and reasonable member of the door staff let me back in. Would suggest this venue either starts selling food or have a more flexible door policy. For a three hour concert should people expect to not have any option to eat? Aside from the palavare, the composers did a good job and enjoyed their performance.

Always guaranteed to get a great atmosphere and sound at the Brixton Academy.

Great venue , the floor slopes down so you can see the whole stage from almost any where.