Elton John, Baby Keem, Charli XCX, and more will play Apple Music Hall’s first shows
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Elton John, Baby Keem, Charli XCX, and more will play Apple Music Hall’s first shows

Apple Music is bringing eight very different artists under one very small roof.

Elton John will officially open Apple Music Hall on September 28, beginning the first slate of concerts at the company’s new 600-capacity venue inside London’s Battersea Power Station.

From there, the calendar moves quickly across generations and genres. Baby Keem plays October 2, followed by rising British singer Skye Newman on October 7. Troye Sivan arrives October 13, with Arlo Parks on October 22 and Burna Boy on October 29. Chase & Status are booked for November 26, while Charli xcx will close the currently announced schedule on December 2.

Apple Music Hall is designed to function as both a concert room and a fully equipped recording space. Its 38-foot stage can be rearranged depending on the performance, while 48 speakers allow artists to build shows around spatial sound.

The machinery behind the room is just as central to the idea. Two studios can capture and mix performances in Spatial Audio, and a dedicated broadcast setup supports at least 16 cameras. That means a set played for a few hundred people in London can simultaneously become a professionally recorded concert for a much larger audience.

Apple plans to livestream performances globally, making the physical room only one part of the operation.

The venue also puts Apple back into the business of regularly staging intimate concerts in London. The company previously ran the iTunes Festival, later renamed the Apple Music Festival, which paired major artists with relatively small audiences before ending in 2017.

Tickets for the first three Apple Music Hall shows become available Monday, September 28 at 9am BST.

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