Elton John will be the first artist to perform at the new Apple Music Hall in Battersea Power Station, taking to the stage on the south London venue's opening night on September 28.
Lineup and tickets
Other artists set to perform at the venue include Charli XCX, Baby Keem, Skye Newman, Troye Sivan, Arlo Parks, Burna Boy, and Chase & Status. Tickets for the first three shows go on sale on Monday, September 28 at 9am.
Venue design and features
In a press release, Apple said the intimate 600-capacity space was designed "intentionally to close the gap between intimacy and production value and allow for an unprecedented level of creative control."
The venue will feature a 38-foot-wide stage that can be reconfigured for traditional front-facing sets or in-the-round experiences, as well as a 48-speaker spatial sound system positioned around the audience. Behind the stage, Apple said the venue will operate a full production facility, with two dedicated recording and mix studios to capture every performance as a multitrack recording. The venue is also hardwired for 16 or more cameras that will feed a purpose-built broadcast control room, supporting iPhone video capture running in parallel alongside traditional broadcast cameras.
Partnerships and production
"Apple Music Hall is a fantastic venue, like nothing fans will have ever seen before," said Mazin Tappuni, a managing director at independent UK promoter Communion ONE, who have partnered with Apple for the project. "The production quality is world class, livestreaming to fans across the world, from a live room where every square foot has the artist and their fans in mind," they added.
Live events at Apple Music Hall will be powered by DICE ticketing platform. "Partnering with Apple Music Hall is a perfect fit for DICE," said Andrew Foggin, CCO at Dice. "The thought and attention to detail that has gone into every aspect of the venue is clear to see, and is in total alignment with our ethos of ensuring fans have the best possible experience when discovering and attending shows," he added.
