Rockhal
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Front entrance to venue | |
| Full name | Centre de Musiques Amplifiées - Rockhal |
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| Location |
5 Avenue du Rock'n'Roll L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg |
| Owner | Luxembourg Government |
| Capacity |
Main Hall: 6,500 (standing), 2,800 (seated) The Club: 1,100 (standing) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 21 July 2003 |
| Opened | 23 September 2005 |
| Construction cost | €30 million |
| Architect | BENG Architectes Associés |
| Website | |
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The Rockhal 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.
The Rockhal consists of 4 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
Since its opening, Rockhal has been one of the top entertainment venue in country, with many international and regional artists having performed at the venue that spans a wide range of music genres. A list of concerts at the arena are given in the table below; non-concert entertainment events are also included.
| Entertainment events held at the Rockhal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | N/A | We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour | ||
| April 17 | ||||
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| 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 | |
| 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][3] | |
| March 27 | Australia | Matt Corby | Telluric Tour | |
| June 5 | United States | Pentatonix | 2016 World Tour[4] | |
| June 11 | Luke Haas Tribute Show | |||
| June 12 | United States | Chris Brown | One Hell of a Nite Tour[5] | |
| June 13 | United States | Puscifer | N/A | |
| 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 | N/A | |
| June 25 | United States | Joe Satriani | The Shockwave Tour | |
| June 27 | United States | James Bay | N/A | |
| June 29 | United States | The Kills | ||
| July 1 | Messmer | |||
| July 2 | Pati Smith | |||
| July 6 | Beirut | |||
| July 13 | Canada | Mac Demarco | ||
| July 16 | N/A | Screaming Fields Festival | ||
| July 18 | United States | Jurassic 5 | N/A | |
| August 2 | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls World Tour[6] | |
| August 20 | Denmark | Alex Vargas | N/A | |
| September 23 | Beyond Bollywood | |||
| September 24 | France | MHD | ||
| September 29 | Canada | Nickelback | No Fixed Address Tour[7][8] | |
| October 1 | United States | Bryan Adams | Get Up Tour[9][10] | |
| October 7 | The Australian Pink Floyd Show | |||
| October 11 | United States | Steel Panther | N/A | |
| October 13 | Italy | Laura Pausini | Pausini Stadi Tour 2016 | |
| October 14 | France | Dub Inc | N/A | |
| Italy | Zucchero | |||
| October 18 | United States | Dead Kennedys | ||
| October 21 | Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals | Call It What It Is Tour | ||
| Poland | Behemoth | N/A | ||
| October 23 | United States | Chippendales | ||
| October 24 | Sweden | Katatonia | ||
| October 26 | United States | Fifth Harmony | The 7/27 Tour[11] | |
| November 1 | France | Fakear | N/A | |
| November 4 | France | Tyro | Tyro Summer Tour | |
| November 9 | France | Kendji Girac | N/A | |
| November 11 | United States | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway World Tour[12] | |
| November 12 | The Lumineers Jake Bugg NAO Tuys |
Sonic Visions 2016 | ||
| November 25 | France | L.E.J | N/A | |
| 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 | N/A | 13th International Record Fair | ||
| December 12 | Italy | Marco Mengoni | N/A | |
| 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 | |||
| December 15 | Sascha Grammel | |||
References
- ↑ "Mariah Carey". Rockhal. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ↑ "Mariah Carey prepares to fly from London to Luxembourg with twins Moroccan and Monroe after cancelling Belgian concert amid safety concerns". Ross McDonngh & Cassie Carpenter; Daily Mail. 2016-03-26. 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.
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