Hammersmith Apollo
| HMV Eventim Apollo | |
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| "Hammy-O" | |
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| Facade of the Eventim Apollo (June 2008) | |
| Earlier names | |
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Gaumont Palace (1932–1946) |
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| Data | |
| place | London |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '27 " N , 0 ° 13' 28" W |
| owner | HMV Group |
| opening | March 28, 1932 |
| Renovations | 1993/1994 |
| architect | Robert Cromie |
| capacity | 5039 standing places 3632 seats |
The Hammersmith Apollo is a concert and events venue in the London borough of Hammersmith at Queen Caroline Street London, W6 9QH. The hall offers 5039 standing places and 3632 seats. The architect of the Art Deco building was Robert Cromie.
history
The building was opened on March 28, 1932 and was used as a cinema under the name " Gaumont Palace". In 1946 the addition “Palace” was deleted. In 1962 the hall was named "Hammersmith Odeon" ( also known as "Hammy-O" in colloquial language ), under which it became known worldwide.
After a renovation in the early 1990s, the hall was named "Labatt's Apollo" as part of a sponsorship agreement with the Canadian brewery Labatt . During this period, the four-manual Compton cinema organ from 1932 was removed and stored.
From 2000 to 2002 the hall was called "London Apollo". In 2002 the British brewery Carling took over the contract and the name was changed accordingly to "Carling Apollo Hammersmith". Since 2006 the hall was initially run as the "Hammersmith Apollo". In 2006 it was decided, on the initiative of Hammersmith & Fulham Council and the Cinema Theater Association, to restore the dismantled organ and put it back into operation. A year later the hall was transferred to the MAMA Group. At the beginning of 2009, the HMV Group founded a joint venture with MAMA. The hall was now called "HMV Hammersmith Apollo". The event building was sold by the HMV Group to AEG Live and CTS Eventim in May 2012 . In 2013 it was closed and extensively renovated. The renovation work was carried out by the architect Foster Wilson. On September 7th, 2013 the hall was reopened as Eventim Apollo with a concert by Selena Gomez .
Use as a concert hall
Not least because of the live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith by the heavy metal band Motörhead , the hall became world famous as a venue for rock concerts. The title was only an allusion to the reputation of the Hammersmith Apollo as a legendary concert venue, the recordings for the album were mostly made in Leeds and Newcastle during the "Short, Sharp, Pain in the Neck" tour in 1981.
Artists who performed at the Hammersmith Apollo include Status Quo , Judas Priest , Genesis , The Who , Queen , AC / DC , Nazareth , Dire Straits , Iron Maiden , Frehley's Comet , Slipknot , Scorpions , Black Sabbath , Metallica , The Cult , The Cure , Bruce Springsteen , Crowded House , Joe Bonamassa and Whitesnake . The Odeon became particularly famous for David Bowie's last appearance as Ziggy Stardust on July 3, 1973.
Use as a reception site
Live albums (selection)
| Interpreter | Album title | Recording date | Remarks |
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| AC / DC | Live Hammersmith Odeon | 2nd November 1979 | |
| Art of Noise | Re-works of Art of Noise | August 15, 1986 | |
| Alexander O'Neal | Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London | ||
| Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 | 18th November 1975 | |
| Black Sabbath | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | May 1, 2007 | only 5000 copies |
| Depeche Mode | Live in London | 24./25. October 1982 | limited edition |
| Dire Straits | Alchemy: Dire Straits Live | 22./23. July 1983 | |
| Dream theater | Dark Side of the Moon - Official Bootleg | October 25, 2005 | |
| Frank Zappa | Sheik Yerbouti | January 25, 26 & 27 and February 28, 1978 | 1979 |
| Frank Zappa | Hammersmith Odeon | January 25, 26 & 27 and February 28, 1978 | published 2010 |
| Gary Numan | White noise | December 1984 | published 1985 |
| Go West | The Runaway Train Tour - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon | 5th July 1987 | |
| Iron Maiden | Beast Over Hammersmith | March 20, 1982 | published November 4, 2002 |
| Jethro Tull | Live at Hammersmith '84 | September 9, 1984 | published December 10, 1990 |
| Jethro Tull | In concert | October 8, 1991 | published 1995 |
| Kate Bush | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | May 13, 1979 | published 1981 |
| Kate Bush | Before the dawn | Aug. – Oct. 2014 (22 concerts) | released 2016/3 CD box |
| Little Angels | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | ||
| Marillion | Recital of the Script | April 18, 1983 | CD from 2009 |
| Marillion | Early Stages - The official Bootleg Collection 1982 - 88 (Disk 5) | December 14, 1984 | 2008 as 6 CD box / 2013 as 2 CD box (highlights) |
| Megadeth | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | September 30, 1992 | |
| Motorhead | Birthday Party / Live at Hammersmith Odeon | 1985 | |
| Motorhead | Better Motörhead Than Dead | June 16, 2005 | published 2007 |
| Nazareth | Live at the Hammersmith Odeon | March 16, 1980 | released from 2010, CD bonuses |
| Nuclear Assault | Live at the Hammersmith Odeon | published 1992 | |
| OMD | Architecture & Morality and more | May 2007 | |
| Rainbow | Difficult to cure tour | July 27, 1981 | |
| Rush | Different Stages CD 3 - Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978 | 1978 | |
| Ted Nugent | Live at Hammersmith '79 | 1979 | |
| Steve Hackett | Genesis Revisted: Live at Hammersmith 2013 | May 10, 2013 | |
| The Stranglers | Live at Hammersmith Odeon '81 | 1981 | |
| Tori Amos | Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK | April 6, 2005 | |
| Twisted Sister | Live at Hammersmith | 1984 | |
| The tubes | What Do You Want From Live (Live From Hammersmith Odeon) | 1978 | published in February 1978 |
| Ultravox | monument | 1982 | |
| Venom | Hell at Hammersmith / Live in London | 1985 | |
| Whitesnake | Live in the Heart of the City | 1980 | |
| In Flames | Used & Abused - In Live We Trust | 2005 |
Concert recordings on video and film recordings (selection)
| Interpreter | title | Recording date | Remarks |
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| David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust | 1973 | Director: DA Pennebaker |
| Queen | The Legendary 1975 Concert | December 24, 1975 | TV recording by the BBC |
| Carlos Santana | Hammersmith Odeon | 15th December 1976 | |
| Kate Bush | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | May 13, 1979 | Directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan |
| Elton John | Live at the Hammersmith Odeon | 1982 | |
| Marillion | Recital of the Script | April 18, 1983 | |
| Anthrax | NFV: Oidivnikufesin | 1987 | |
| Frehley's Comet | Live + 4 | March 19, 1988 | |
| Magnum | Wings of Heaven | March 26, 1988 | |
| Peter Gabriel | New Blood / Live in London | 2011 | Director: Blue Leach |
| Joe Bonamassa | Tour de Force Hammersmith Rock'n Roll Night | 2013 | |
| Steve Hackett | Genesis Revisted: Live at Hammersmith 2013 | May 10, 2013 | |
| Judas Priest | Epitaph-The Last Concert | May 24, 2013 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f HMV Hammersmith Apollo / Mama Group: The Official Site for the HMV Hammersmith Apollo / History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 1, 2012 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
