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Apple Announces First Public Live Music Venue Beneath London Battersea Power Station
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The project was developed in secret over five years and is built as a soundproofed “box within a box” suspended inside Battersea Power Station’s original structure.
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The 38-foot-wide stage can be adapted for different formats, with a front section that can drop down and a large screen that can be lowered for film screenings.
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Beyond hosting performances, the hall includes writing rooms and recording facilities intended to support emerging artists as they develop new work.
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The venue’s design incorporates Battersea Power Station’s heritage through exposed original brickwork, fluted arches, bronze balconies modeled on the building’s windows and a large glass wall overlooking the concourse and river.
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Apple described the hall as a continuation of its music history, linking the project to the iPod, the iTunes Music Festival and the launch of Apple Music; the iTunes festival ended nine years ago after presenting free London shows by artists including Lady Gaga, Elton John, Britney Spears and Adele.
Apple is opening Apple Music Hall, a 600-capacity live music venue beneath its U.K. headquarters at London's Battersea Power Station Rolling Stone. The venue marks Apple's first permanent public music hall and combines intimate audience access with arena-level production, featuring a 48-speaker spatial audio system, 16 cameras, and professional recording studios Live Design Online. Performances will be livestreamed through Apple Music and provided to artists as professional audio and video recordings Skiddle.
A Five-Year Secret Built Inside Historic Power Station
Apple designed and engineered the venue in secret over five years as a soundproofed "box within a box" suspended inside Battersea Power Station's original 1929 structure London Now. The 38-foot-wide stage can be adapted for different performance formats, with a section that drops down and a large screen for film screenings Hot Press. The venue's design preserves the building's heritage through exposed brick, fluted arches, bronze balconies modeled on original windows, and a glass wall overlooking the concourse and river.
Recording Studios and Writing Rooms Support Emerging Artists
Beyond hosting live performances, Apple Music Hall includes two professional recording studios and dedicated writing rooms designed to help emerging artists develop new work Live Design Online. The venue gives performers an unprecedented opportunity: they play to 600 people while leaving with multitrack spatial audio recordings, footage from 16 professional cameras, and broadcast-ready audio mixes. Global Apple Music subscribers can watch selected shows livestreamed in real time.
Apple's Return to Live Music After Festival Closure
The venue revives Apple's live music ambitions after the iTunes Music Festival ended nine years ago. That festival brought free London shows by Lady Gaga, Elton John, Britney Spears, and Adele over a decade Rolling Stone. Oliver Schusser, Apple's vice president of music and international content, said the hall was designed to "close the gap between intimacy and production value," calling it a space with "more cameras and speakers than any venue of its size, anywhere in the world."
U.K. Officials Embrace Apple's Support for Creative Industries
British government leaders welcomed Apple Music Hall as a major vote of confidence in the country's creative sectors London Now. The investment arrives as rising costs and post-pandemic shifts have closed hundreds of U.K. music venues. Lisa Nandy, the U.K. Culture Secretary, said Apple's investment shows "just how strong our creative sectors really are." The venue is built at Battersea Power Station, the same location featured on Pink Floyd's 1977 album cover *Animals* Rolling Stone.
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