Apple to open 600-cap music venue, Apple Music Hall, at Battersea Power Station
Apple is to open the Apple Music Hall, a state-of-the-art live music venue in London’s storied Battersea Power Station, designed to connect artists and fans through “bespoke, intimate performances”.
The 600-capacity venue is designed intentionally to “close the gap between intimacy and production value and allow for an unprecedented level of creative control”. The hall will feature a 38-foot-wide stage that can be reconfigured for traditional front-facing sets or more in-the-round experiences. Additionally, the venue is equipped with a 48-speaker spatial sound system positioned all around the audience.
Behind the stage, Apple Music Hall operates as a full production facility. Two dedicated recording and mix studios are built to professional standards so that every performance can be captured as a multitrack recording and mixed in Spatial Audio, live or after the fact. The venue is also hardwired for 16 or more cameras that feed a purpose-built broadcast control room with infrastructure that supports iPhone video capture running in parallel alongside traditional broadcast cameras.
“Apple’s deep love for music dates all the way back to the very beginning, from the launch of the iPod to the long-running iTunes Music Festival to the debut of Apple Music,” said Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and international content. “With the opening of Apple Music Hall, we are once again taking an unprecedented step further in our commitment to artists and fans by supporting live music in ways only Apple can do.”
Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s global creative director and lead anchor for Apple Music 1, said: “At Apple Music, we care deeply about music, the artists who make it, and their life stories. We’re always looking for new opportunities to connect the artists and the fans because we are fans. What better way to celebrate this relationship than a new music venue where we get to experience amazing music in an amazing space and share it with the world. Great music and memories will be made at Apple Music Hall.”
The venue will open in September 2028.
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