Apple's new London venue reads to me like a broadcast studio with room for 600. Apple Music Hall opened inside Battersea Power Station on September 21, 2026, with hardwired inputs for 16-plus cameras and a control room that takes iPhone footage alongside broadcast cameras. Its two recording and mix studios can turn any show into a multitrack recording mixed in Spatial Audio, live or after the last encore, and artists can cut a broadcast-ready mix without leaving the building.

The exterior of Apple Music Hall inside Battersea Power Station on the River Thames.

The stage is 38 feet wide and reconfigures for in-the-round shows, with 48 speakers wrapped around the crowd. The hall keeps the Power Station's brickwork and looks out through a glass wall over the concourse toward the Thames. In Apple's photos, tiered seats in burnt orange sit under light strips that trace each arch, with the building's steel visible through the glass at the back. Apple Music Radio's new London studios opened in the same building.

The performance space inside Apple Music Hall, with brick walls, bronze balconies and seating under lit arches.
A comfortable foyer with a seating area, a large glass window, and a staircase inside Apple Music Hall.
A comfortable foyer with a seating area and a large screen inside Apple Music Hall.
A lounge-style space inside Apple Music Radio's London studios.

Apple's done London live music before. The iTunes Festival began at the ICA in 2007 and made the Roundhouse in Camden its home from 2009 until its last edition, by then renamed the Apple Music Festival, in 2016. Oliver Schusser, Apple's vice president of Apple Music and International Content, puts 'the long-running iTunes Music Festival' in a line he traces back to the iPod. This time the stage is permanent.

Tickets and show announcements go through the hall's own site and its Instagram and TikTok accounts, and Apple will livestream performances worldwide for iPhoners who can't get to Battersea.