Apple opens Apple Music Hall, a 600-capacity live-music venue in London, recording audio and video in a single night

Apple announced the opening of Apple Music Hall, a new live-music venue at Battersea Power Station, London, designed to connect artists and fans. Oliver Schusser, Apple's Vice President of Apple Music and International Content, called it another step in its commitment to artists and fans, dating back to the iPod era through Apple Music.

The hall holds 600 people, blending Battersea Power Station's original brick architecture with tall glass walls offering panoramic views. It features a 38-foot stage that can be reconfigured, either facing the audience or surrounded by it, paired with a spatial sound system of 48 speakers around the audience. What sets it apart from a typical concert venue is its full production infrastructure: 2 professional recording and mixing studios behind the stage, with 16 cameras wired to a live broadcast control room. An artist performs a live concert once and comes away with a completed Spatial Audio recording and high-quality multi-camera video, livestreamed to fans worldwide at the same time. Apple also opened a new radio studio at the same location for Apple Music Radio, which streams 24 hours a day, free to listen to worldwide.