Apple announces the opening of “Apple Music Hall” in London, UK.
Apple has recently announced that they have officially opened Apple Music Hall in London, a brand-new live music venue housed inside the city's Battersea Power Station. Designed to bring artists and fans together through intimate, unique performances, the venue leans heavily into the building's industrial heritage which incorporates original brickwork, fluted arches, and bronze balconies inspired by the power station's historic oriel windows, alongside a massive glass wall overlooking the River Thames. Oliver Schusser, who is Apple's VP of Apple Music and International Content, linked the opening back to the company's long musical history, such as the iPod and iTunes Music Festival through to Apple Music itself, framing the venue as the next step in that legacy.
The new Apple Music Hall blends intimacy and production muscle. The space holds just 600 people, which results in all of the seats being near center stage. However it's built with the technical infrastructure of an arena tour, including a 38 foot-wide stage that can be changed up for either a traditional front facing show or an "in-the-round" setup. Surrounding the audience is a 48 speaker spatial sound system, meaning any artist who chooses to perform in spatial audio gives fans a fully immersive listening experience unlike a standard venue.
Behind the scenes, the hall doubles as a full production studio. Two dedicated recording and mixing studios, built to professional standards, allow every show to be captured as a multitrack recording and mixed in Spatial Audio, either live or afterward. The venue is also wired for 16 or more cameras feeding into a purpose-built broadcast control room, with support for iPhone video capture running alongside traditional broadcast equipment, meaning a single concert can produce broadcast-quality, multicamera footage without any outside production team.
In easier terms, an artist can walk into the new Apple Music Hall, play an intimate show, and walk out with a finished Spatial Audio mix, a broadcast-ready recording, and multicamera video... all from that one performance. Apple is also planning to livestream shows from the venue globally, so fans who can't make it to London in person can still catch these one-off performances as they happen. Apple Music's global creative director Zane Lowe spoke to the emotional core of the project, describing it as a new space to experience great music and build lasting memories with fans around the world.
Alongside the concert venue, Apple also revealed that Apple Music Radio's London-based hosts and shows are relocating to brand-new studios within the same Battersea complex. The move brings the network's live interviews, global premieres, and surprise performances under the same roof as the new hall, reinforcing Battersea as a central hub for Apple Music's UK operations. Apple Music Radio, which streams free and 24/7 worldwide, has built its identity on artist led storytelling, and the new studio space is positioned to continue that tradition with more direct access to the talent passing through the venue.