Fabric, London’s most famous club alongside Ministry of Sound, is to have its licence reviewed by Islington council tonight.

If the council decide to revoke the venue’s licence, it could mean that Fabric will be forced to close.

Police have called for the review, citing a number of drug-related deaths and hospitalisations at the club in the last three years as a major concern.

It’s reported that the latest incident saw an 18-year-old woman die in hospital after buying MDMA at the Farringdon venue.

A police report submitted to the Islington licensing committee cited “immaturity” of the club’s customers as a reason for past incidents.

PC Steven Harrington said: “It attracts clientele from all over Europe and it would seem that the immaturity or lifestyle of these patrons leads to them becoming actively involved in the taking of illegal drugs.

“This could account for the disproportionate and wholly unacceptable number of deaths and near death incidents at the venue.”

A Facebook page and petition have been launched to save the club, with Fabric also releasing an official statement on the matter:

“Fabric opened in October of 1999 and we’ve remained open over the 15 years since. Throughout this time, although the Farringdon area has changed, we’ve always prided ourselves on being a visible, approachable and integral part of the local community. Taking great lengths to work alongside and dialogue with local businesses and organisations we work tirelessly to ensure the safety of our patrons, at all times. We’ve run highly visible warning campaigns tackling numerous issues including drug use, safer travel, our harassment awareness initiative run in cooperation with Hollaback LDN and our Phone Safety campaign (which is now recognisable city-wide across London).

In short, we care deeply about the welfare of our patrons. fabric has always operated a zero tolerance drugs policy and we’re proud to continue to be open and honest in assisting the police with any incident investigations.

We employ two trained medics who are on site for the duration of all of our club events and, as a venue, we provide free water and non-judgmental advice from bar staff, stewards and security teams. The incidents referred to in the Met Police’s report are truly tragic events; incidents that we assure you our team reacted to in the quickest possible and most efficient manner – our medical staff have since been commended by senior coroners on their “impressive” and “quite extraordinary” level of expertise.

As a team we’ve all felt the shock and horror that a death on our premises can cause. We don’t take it lightly; in fact, we’re constantly adapting our protocols in direct reaction to them in the hope that these are changes we can make to our operational policy that will prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.

Our hearts and thoughts really do go out to all the friends and families of those involved.”

Whatever happens, Fabric has confirmed that it will stay open this weekend.

This year Fabric celebrated its 15th birthday. It is a major part of London’s clubbing landscape and one of most renowned clubs in the world.