LONDON — Apple has opened a 600-capacity live venue inside Battersea Power Station that is designed as much like a broadcast and recording facility as a concert hall.
Apple Music Hall includes a 48-speaker Spatial Audio system, two professional recording and mix studios, a purpose-built broadcast control room and hardwired support for 16 or more cameras. Apple says an artist can perform a show, capture a multitrack recording, create a broadcast-ready mix and produce multicamera video from the same facility.
Live events are becoming media-production engines
The 38-foot stage can be configured for traditional or in-the-round performances, while shows can also be livestreamed globally through Apple Music.
The facility reflects a larger change in the economics of live music. A concert is no longer only a ticketed event inside a room. It can also become a livestream, a Spatial Audio release, a video program, social content and an on-demand asset.
Apple Music Radio’s London operations have also moved into Battersea Power Station, putting live radio, artist interviews and concert production in the same complex.
For radio and digital-audio operators, the model is worth watching. It combines programming, live audience experience, recording, video and distribution in a way that can extend the life of a single performance far beyond the night of the event.
Source: Apple Newsroom, September 21, 2026.