Apple opens live music venue in London’s Battersea
Apple has opened Apple Music Hall, a brand‑new state‑of‑the‑art live music venue in London. It’s an all-point venue in where artists can perform, record the show in Spatial Audio, create a broadcast-ready mix, and capture multicamera video all in one location.
The 600-capacity venue is situated in London’s Battersea Power Station, which inspired the design. The venue incorporates heritage brickwork, fluted arches, and bronze balconies reminiscent of the historic oriel windows. There’s even a giant glass wall with a panoramic view of the Battersea Power Station concourse and the river beyond.
The venue is packed with tech
Apple puts it this way:
“In short, an artist can perform an intimate live show for fans at Apple Music Hall and walk out with a finished Spatial Audio recording, a broadcast-ready mix, and multicamera video – all from a single show. Performances out of Apple Music Hall will also be livestreamed globally so fans outside of London can tune in to enjoy these one-time-only shows from their favorite artists.”
Apple also announced today that all of Apple Music Radio’s London-based hosts and shows will now broadcast live out of Battersea with the opening of its new radio studios.
What Apple said
“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.
“Today, 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.”
“At Apple Music, we care deeply about music, the artists who make it, and their life stories,” said Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s global creative director and lead anchor for Apple Music 1.
“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.”
Probably one of the best venues in London
The 600-capacity venue has been designed to provide a sense of intimacy with every seat feeling close to the performer even while the infrastructure provided matches what acts expect from arena shows. I’m sure there are others who hope the venue never hosts Ed Sheeran.
Features include a 38-foot-wide stage that can be reconfigured for traditional front-facing sets or more in-the-round experiences. There’s also a 48-speaker spatial sound system surrounding the audience to create an immersive audio environment.
Apple Music Hall operates as a full production facility with two dedicated professional recording and mixing studios capable of capturing every performance as a multitrack recording and mixed in Spatial Audio, live or after the fact. The venue is also hardwired with 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.
For more information about Apple Music Hall, including how to access tickets for upcoming shows, fans can visit applemusichall.com or follow @applemusichall on Instagram and TikTok.
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