DC9 will begin hosting live music again in March. (Photo: Sam Corum/TBD)

DC9 will begin hosting live bands again in March, the club has announced. Rapper Murs will give a show at the 9th Street, NW, venue on March 15 and indie rock duo the Gay Blades will appear on March 23.

The concerts are the first live shows at the club since an October incident outside of the establishment that resulted in the death of 27-year-old Silver Spring, Md., man, Ali Ahmed Mohammed. Bill Spieler, then a co-owner of DC9, and four club employees were arrested in connection with the incident.

Charges were later dropped, and, in December, the D.C. medical examiner ruled that Mohammed's death was not the result of a beating, as police originally alleged.

The club was shuttered for 60 days following the incident; On Dec. 17 it  reopened with a limited schedule, and began hosting DJ nights, but not live performances.

Steve Lambert, booker for DC9, said in December, at the reopening of the club, that live shows would return to DC9 in March at the earliest, as most national acts are booked several months in advance.

“I want to bring this place back to exactly where it was before the unfortunate incident,” Lambert said in December. “We were peaking in terms of talent coming through and ticket sales. I have national booking agents telling me their bands love playing here and they want to come back. Right now I’m holding the keys to when that happens."

The club announced the shows via Twitter this afternoon, but they have not yet listed them on the club's website.