EDMTunes2 min readApple Opens Music Hall, a 600-Capacity London Venue Designed for Livestream Performances
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Apple has opened Apple Music Hall, its first dedicated live music venue, inside Battersea Power Station in London, the same building that houses Apple’s UK headquarters. The 600-capacity venue is built to record, film and livestream every show that plays there.
The venue is hardwired for 16 or more cameras feeding a purpose-built broadcast control room, which Apple says supports iPhone video capture running in parallel with traditional broadcast cameras. A 48-speaker spatial sound system surrounds the audience, and two dedicated recording and mix studios capture each performance as a multitrack recording that can be mixed in Spatial Audio live or after the fact.
According to Apple, an artist can play an intimate show and “walk out with a finished Spatial Audio recording, a broadcast-ready mix, and multicamera video.” Shows are billed as one time only, and performances will be livestreamed globally for fans outside London. The 38-foot-wide stage can also be reconfigured from a standard front-facing setup to an in-the-round layout.
“We’re always looking for new opportunities to connect the artists and the fans because we are fans,” said Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s Global Creative Director. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content, called the venue “an unprecedented step further in our commitment to artists and fans.”
Shows and tickets
No artists have been announced yet, and Apple has not detailed ticketing or pricing. The Apple Music Hall website lists an opening date of September 28 and has an email signup for show and on-sale announcements, with updates also posting to @applemusichall on Instagram and TikTok. Apple also opened new Apple Music Radio studios in the same Battersea Power Station building.
Apple’s London live history
Apple has hosted shows in London before. The Apple Music Festival began as the iTunes Festival in 2007 and ran at Camden’s Roundhouse from 2009 to 2016. The series gave away free tickets through prize draws and streamed every show, and its bills included dance acts such as Calvin Harris, deadmau5, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia and Disclosure. Some sets also came out afterward as live releases, including Swedish House Mafia’s iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP. Apple ended the festival in 2017 after 10 years.
Apple Music’s live push
The hall also follows a run of live-focused moves from Apple Music in dance music this year. In May, the platform launched Club Live with broadcasts from EDC Las Vegas, making select sets available afterward in Spatial Audio. In August, Four Tet released his full Alexandra Palace set from November 2025 on the service.
Listen to the three live releases below.
Avicii – iTunes Festival: London 2013
Disclosure – Apple Music Festival: London 2015 (Live)
Source: Apple Newsroom
