Sir Elton became the first artist to take to the stage at the new 600-capacity London venue, performing an hour-long, 12-song set drawn entirely from his classic catalogue.
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The concert was livestreamed globally through Apple Music, while footage from Battersea Power Station showed the performance being projected onto the outside of the venue, meaning those who had not secured tickets could still catch a glimpse of the opening-night show.
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John opened proceedings with ‘Your Song’, before digging deeper into his early catalogue for ‘The Greatest Discovery’ and ‘Border Song’.
Baby Keem, Troye Sivan, Arlo Parks and Burna Boy are also part of the first run of shows at the new 600-capacity Battersea venue.
The new 600-capacity venue at Battersea Power Station will officially open with a performance from John on Monday (September 28).
He will be followed by Baby Keem on October 2 and Skye Newman on October 7, before Troye Sivan, Arlo Parks and Burna Boy play throughout the rest of the month.
Chase & Status will then perform on November 26, before Charli XCX rounds out the first announced run on December 2.
The full initial Apple Music Hall schedule is:
SEPTEMBER
28 – Elton John
OCTOBER
2 – Baby Keem
7 – Skye Newman
13 – Troye Sivan
22 – Arlo Parks
29 – Burna Boy
NOVEMBER
26 – Chase & Status
DECEMBER
2 – Charli XCX
Apple to Open Concert Venue Inside of London’s Battersea Power StationThe 600-capacity Apple Music Hall will boast a 48-speaker Spatial Audio system.
Also dedicated recording and mixing studios, and multi-camera broadcast capabilities designed to capture live performances for release.
The venue will also become the new London home for Apple Music’s radio stations.
London’s Battersea Power Station is perhaps best known to audiences worldwide for its appearance on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album Animals.
The US tech giant Apple is to open a new, state-of-the-art concert hall in London, situated underneath its UK headquarters at Battersea Power Station.
The 600-capacity venue will host one-off shows by major recording artists and new bands, all of which will be filmed and broadcast live online.
Apple Music's vice president, Oliver Schusser, told BBC News the facility, which is expected to open in the coming weeks, contained "more cameras and speakers than any venue of its size, anywhere in the world".
It comes as London's live music scene faces huge pressure, with 45 venues closing in the capital last year alone.
It's a reflection of a national trend: Between 2020 and 2025, as the cost of living increased and people made post-Covid lifestyle changes, about 400 of Britain's clubs closed.
The rate in London is higher than the rest of the country, so the arrival of a deep-pocketed tech company could give independent venue owners cause for concern.
But Schusser said its new venture was not trying to steal customers.
"We're not trying to be in the live business. We're not trying to compete with anyone.
