The Rockhal, officially Centre de Musiques Amplifiées, is a concert hall in Esch-sur-Alzette, in southern Luxembourg. It opened on 23 September 2005, has a maximum capacity of 6,500 people and is sited on the former industrial site of Belval in the west of Esch.
Full name | Centre de Musiques Amplifiées |
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Location | 5 Avenue du Rock'n'Roll L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg |
Coordinates | 49°29′59″N 5°56′50″E / 49.4998241°N 5.9472513°E |
Owner | Luxembourg Government |
Capacity | 6,500 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 21 July 2003 |
Opened | 23 September 2005 |
Construction cost | €30 million |
Architect | BENG Architectes Associés |
Website | |
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Building edit
The Rockhal consists of four different parts:
- The main hall with a maximum capacity of 6,500 standing places or 2,800 seats on an area of 2625 m2;
- The club, the small venue at the Rockhal, with a maximum capacity of 1,100 standing places on an area of 560 m2;
- The “Rockhalcafé”, a bar and restaurant, which also hosts smaller shows;
- The Music & Resources Centre with six rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, a dance studio and a documentation centre.
Entertainment edit
Since its opening, Rockhal has been one of the top entertainment venues in the country, with many international and regional artists having performed at the venue spanning a wide range of music genres. A list of concerts held at the venue are listed in the table below; non-concert entertainment events are also included.
Entertainment events held at the Rockhal | ||||
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Year | Date | Nationality | Artists | Tours |
2005 | September 24 | United Kingdom United States |
The Prodigy Korn |
Opening Ceremony of Rockhal |
2007 | May 20 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep Tour |
May 26 | United Kingdom | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations Tour | |
June 11 | United States | Marilyn Manson | Rape of the World Tour | |
June 15 | United States | Dream Theater | Chaos in Motion Tour | |
July 5 | United Kingdom | Keane | Under the Iron Sea Tour | |
July 6 | France | Daft Punk | Alive 2006/2007 Tour | |
October 7 | United States | Gwen Stefani | The Sweet Escape Tour | |
2008 | June 4 | United Kingdom | Mark Knofler | Kill to Get Crimson Tour |
June 5 | Australia | Kylie Minogue | KylieX2008 | |
June 9 | Canada | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn World Tour | |
June 10 | Germany | Die Ärzte | Jazzfäst | |
June 11 | United Kingdom | Judas Priest | 2008/2009 World Tour | |
June 26 | United States | Kiss | Alive 35 World Tour | |
October 8 | United Kingdom | Queen + Paul Rodgers | Rock the Cosmos Tour | |
October 19 | Finland | Tarja Turunen | Storm World Tour | |
December 12 | United States | Slipknot | All Hope Is Gone World Tour | |
December 15 | Finland | Children of Bodom | Blooddrunk Tour | |
2009 | February 15 | United States | The Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination Tour |
May 6 | United Kingdom | Depeche Mode | Tour of the Universe | |
July 6 | United States | Katy Perry | Hello Katy Tour | |
July 9 | United States | Nine Inch Nails | Wave Goodbye Tour | |
June 13 | United Kingdom | Pet Shop Boys | Pandemonium Tour | |
July 11 | United Kingdom | Snow Patrol | Taking Back the Cities Tour | |
September 3 | United States | Anastacia | Heavy Rotation Tour | |
December 4 | Germany | Rammstein | Liebe ist für alle da Tour | |
December 5 | United States | Pink | Funhouse Tour | |
December 20 | United States | Marilyn Manson | The High End of Low Tour | |
2010 | January 27 | United States | Daughtry | Leave This Town Tour |
Nickelback | Dark Horse Tour | |||
January 30 | Canada | Billy Talent | III Tour | |
February 22 | Germany | Tokio Hotel | Welcome To The Humanoid City World Tour | |
April 23 | Canada | Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder Tour | |
May 4 | Barbados | Rihanna | Last Girl on Earth Tour | |
June 7 | United States | Them Crooked Vultures | Deserve the Future Tour | |
June 8 | United Kingdom | Mark Knopfler | Get Lucky Tour | |
July 1 | United Kingdom | Corinne Bailey Rae | The Sea Tour | |
July 5 | United States | Slash | Slash 2010–11 World Tour | |
November 6 | Canada | Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder Tour | |
November 21 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour | |
December 3 | United States | Disturbed | Asylum Tour | |
December 15 | Finland | Tarja Turunen | What Lies Beneath World Tour | |
2011 | May 12 | Finland | Children of Bodom | Symphonica Tour |
June 5 | United States | Korn | Ballroom Blitz Tour | |
June 6 | Spain | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria Tour | |
June 17 | United Kingdom | Ozzy Osbourne | Scream World Tour | |
June 21 | United States | Rob Zombie | Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour | |
July 1 | United States | Kyuss Lives! | Kyuss Lives! Tour | |
July 6 | United States | Journey | Eclipse Tour | |
July 9 | United States | Cyndi Lauper | Memphis Blues Tour | |
July 13 | United States | Prince | Welcome 2 | |
October 17 | United States | Bruno Mars | The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour | |
October 21 | United States | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2011 | |
November 4 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | The Unforgiving Tour | |
December 1 | United States | Machine Head | The Eighth Plague Tour | |
United Kingdom | Bring Me the Horizon | There Is a Hell... Tour | ||
2012 | February 27 | France | Justice | Justice World Tour 2012 |
February 29 | United States | Dream Theater | A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour | |
March 12 | United Kingdom | Sting | Back to Bass Tour | |
March 15 | United States | Korn | The Path of Totality Tour | |
April 21 | Finland | Nightwish | Imaginaerum World Tour | |
June 12 | United States | Slash | Apocalyptic Love World Tour | |
June 13 | United States | Rise Against | Endgame Tour | |
June 15 | United States | Pitbull | Planet Pit World Tour | |
July 14 | United States | Blink-182 | 20th Anniversary Tour (Blink-182) | |
October 10 | Sweden | Refused | Refused Reunion Tour | |
November 2 | Ireland | The Cranberries | Roses Tour | |
November 8 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | The Songs That Built Rock Tour | |
November 11 | Canada | Alanis Morissette | Guardian Angel Tour | |
November 16 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour | |
November 28 | United Kingdom | Florence + the Machine | Ceremonials Tour | |
December 1 | United States | Marilyn Manson | Hey Cruel World... Tour | |
December 2 | Germany | Rammstein | Made in Germany 1995–2011 (tour) | |
2013 | February 28 | United Kingdom | Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon World Tour |
March 20 | United Kingdom | Emeli Sande | Our Version of Events Tour | |
April 11 | United States | OneRepublic | Native Tour | |
April 16 | — | We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour | ||
April 17 | ||||
April 18 | ||||
April 19 | ||||
April 20 | ||||
April 21 | ||||
May 15 | United Kingdom | Mark Knopfler | Privateering Tour | |
June 2 | United States | Alicia Keys | Set the World on Fire Tour | |
June 6 | United States | The Killers | Battle Born World Tour | |
June 12 | United States | Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling 2012/2013 Tour | |
June 13 | United States | Paramore | The Self-Titled Tour | |
July 3 | United States | The Sword | Apocryphon Tour | |
July 11 | United States | Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Alchemy Tour with Crazy Horse | |
October 18 | United States | Bruno Mars | Moonshine Jungle Tour | |
November 16 | United States | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2013 | |
November 30 | United States | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions Tour | |
2014 | March 1 | United Kingdom | James Arthur | James Arthur Tour |
March 4 | United States | The Pretty Reckless | Going to Hell Tour | |
April 1 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | Now What? World Tour | |
May 16 | United States | Nine Inch Nails | Twenty Thirteen Tour | |
October 18 | United States | Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling 2014/2015 Tour | |
2015 | March 5 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | Hydra World Tour |
March 27 | United States | Lionel Richie | All the Hits, All Night Long | |
June 14 | Ireland | The Script | No Sound Without Silence Tour | |
June 15 | United Kingdom | Judas Priest | Redeemer of Souls Tour | |
United States | OneRepublic | Native Tour | ||
June 17 | United States | Slash | World on Fire World Tour | |
November 18 | Germany | Zedd | True Colors Tour | |
December 16 | Finland | Nightwish | Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour | |
2016 | January 14 | United States | Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors Tour |
February 29 | United Kingdom | Ellie Goulding | Delirium World Tour | |
March 12 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour | |
March 26 | United States | Mariah Carey | The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour[1][2] | |
March 27 | Australia | Matt Corby | Telluric Tour | |
June 5 | United States | Pentatonix | 2016 World Tour[3] | |
June 11 | Luke Haas Tribute Show | |||
June 12 | United States | Chris Brown | One Hell of a Nite Tour[4] | |
June 13 | United States | Puscifer | — | |
June 14 | Canada | Destroyer | ||
June 15 | United States | Beck | ||
June 16 | United States | Megadeth | ||
June 17 | Scarlet Anger Infact An apple a day |
Proufsall Session 6 | ||
June 20 | Rock University - School of Music | Concert de fin d'année 2016 | ||
June 21 | Sweden | Amon Amarth | — | |
June 25 | United States | Joe Satriani | The Shockwave Tour | |
June 27 | United States | James Bay | — | |
June 29 | United States | The Kills | ||
July 1 | Messmer | |||
July 2 | Patti Smith | |||
July 6 | Beirut | |||
July 13 | Canada | Mac Demarco | ||
July 16 | — | Screaming Fields Festival | ||
July 18 | United States | Jurassic 5 | — | |
August 2 | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls World Tour[5] | |
August 20 | Denmark | Alex Vargas | — | |
September 23 | Beyond Bollywood | |||
September 24 | France | MHD | ||
September 29 | Canada | Nickelback | No Fixed Address Tour[6][7] | |
October 1 | United States | Bryan Adams | Get Up Tour[8][9] | |
October 7 | The Australian Pink Floyd Show | |||
October 11 | United States | Steel Panther | — | |
October 13 | Italy | Laura Pausini | Pausini Stadi Tour 2016 | |
October 14 | France | Dub Inc | — | |
Italy | Zucchero | |||
October 18 | United States | Dead Kennedys | ||
October 21 | Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals | Call It What It Is Tour | ||
Poland | Behemoth | — | ||
October 23 | United States | Chippendales | ||
October 24 | Sweden | Katatonia | ||
October 26 | United States | Fifth Harmony | The 7/27 Tour[10] | |
November 1 | France | Fakear | — | |
November 4 | France | Tyro | Tyro Summer Tour | |
November 9 | France | Kendji Girac | — | |
November 11 | United States | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway World Tour[11] | |
November 12 | The Lumineers Jake Bugg NAO Tuys |
Sonic Visions 2016 | ||
November 25 | France | L.E.J | — | |
November 26 | J.B.O | |||
November 27 | Gui Home | |||
November 28 | Canada | The Musical Box | ||
November 30 | Jain | |||
December 5 | Alice on the Roof | |||
December 7 | France | Wax Tailor | ||
December 11 | — | 13th International Record Fair | ||
December 12 | Italy | Marco Mengoni | — | |
December 16 | Germany | Nena | ||
December 18 | Mantastic Sixxpaxx | |||
2017 | Ehrlich Brothers | |||
January 28 | Schwanensee | |||
February 7 | France | Benjamin Biolay | ||
February 12 | Germany | Bulent Ceylan | ||
March 10 | Lac Des Cygnes | |||
May 27 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | ||
December 11 | Germany | Sascha Grammel | ||
2018 | June 19 | Colombia | Shakira | El Dorado World Tour |
November 20 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | The Resist Tour | |
2019 | March 19 | United Kingdom | Jess Glynne | Always In Between Tour |
March 20 | United States | Nicki Minaj | The Nicki Wrld Tour | |
October 13 | Australia | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | World Tour '19 | |
December 2 | Sweden | Amon Amarth | Berserker World Tour | |
December 17 | Sweden | Ghost | A Pale Tour Named Death | |
2022 | October 24 | Finland | The Rasmus | Live and Never Die Tour[12] |
2024 | January 27 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024[13] |
References edit
- ^ "Mariah Carey". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ Cameroon, Patrick (2016-03-27). "Mariah Carey proves her diva credentials once more". Luxembourger Wort. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Pentatonix". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Chris Brown". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Iron Maiden". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Nickelback". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ Cameron, Patrick (2016-09-30). "Nickelback's arena-filling rock hits Luxembourg". Luxembourger Wort. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Bryan Adams". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ Oudendijk, Josh (2016-10-02). "Still not old – Bryan Adams rocks Luxembourg with talent and music". Luxembourger Wort. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Fifth Harmony". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "The Rasmus". Rockhal. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ "Luxembourg sets January date for televised national final". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Rockhal at Wikimedia Commons