Apple Music Hall Brings a 600-Capacity Venue to London

Apple is opening a purpose-built live music venue beneath its European headquarters at London’s Battersea Power Station. Called Apple Music Hall, the 600-capacity room is designed to host intimate concerts while producing professional audio, video and livestreams from the same performance.

The venue is scheduled to open on September 28, although Apple has not yet announced the artist for the first show. Its launch expands the company’s physical presence in live music beyond its streaming platform and radio programming.

A small room with arena-level production

Apple Music Hall centers on a 38-foot-wide stage that can be arranged for a conventional front-facing performance or an in-the-round setup. The room includes 48 speakers positioned for Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, along with seating and standing configurations intended to keep the audience close to performers.

The production system is equally central to the concept. The hall is wired for at least 16 camera positions and includes a broadcast control room capable of supporting iPhone capture as well as other camera systems. Two dedicated recording and mixing studios can produce multitrack audio and a broadcast-ready mix during or after a concert.

Built for audiences beyond London

Those facilities mean a single performance can serve several formats: an in-person event, a global livestream, a polished video production and a Spatial Audio recording. Apple says shows from the hall will be streamed to listeners outside London, giving the compact venue a potentially much larger digital audience.

The interior also references the industrial setting through brickwork, arches and bronze details. The performance space opens alongside new Apple Music radio studios at Battersea, which will become the base for the service’s London hosts and programs.

For artists, the proposition is a controlled room that offers the closeness of a club without giving up sophisticated production. For Apple Music, it creates an in-house stage where live performance, radio, video and immersive audio can meet under one roof.