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.
Building 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 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 notable concerts held at the venue are listed in the table below; non-concert entertainment events are also included.
Notable entertainment events held at the Rockhal Year Date Nationality Artists Tours 2005 September 24 United KingdomUnited States The ProdigyKorn 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 Tour2008 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 December 12 United States Slipknot All Hope Is Gone World 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 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 July 5 United States Slash Slash 2010–11 World Tour November 21 Germany Scorpions Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour2011 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 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) 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 - April 21 We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary 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 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 June 5 United States Pentatonix 2016 World Tour June 12 United States Chris Brown One Hell of a Nite Tour June 16 United States Megadeth June 21 Sweden Amon Amarth June 25 United States Joe Satriani The Shockwave Tour June 29 United States The Kills July 2United States Patti Smith July 13 Canada Mac Demarco August 2 United Kingdom Iron Maiden The Book of Souls World Tour September 24 France MHD September 29 Canada Nickelback No Fixed Address Tour October 7 The Australian Pink Floyd Show October 13 Italy Laura Pausini Pausini Stadi Tour 2016 October 18 United States Dead Kennedys October 21 Poland Behemoth rowspan=2 October 24 Sweden Katatonia October 26 United States Fifth Harmony The 7/27 Tour November 9 France Kendji Girac November 11 United States Red Hot Chili Peppers The Getaway World Tour December 16 Germany Nena 2017 February 7 France Benjamin Biolay May 27 United Kingdom Deep Purple 2018 June 19ColombiaShakiraEl Dorado World Tour November 20NetherlandsWithin TemptationThe Resist Tour 2019 March 19United KingdomJess GlynneAlways In Between Tour March 20United StatesNicki MinajThe Nicki Wrld Tour October 13AustraliaKing Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard World Tour '19 December 2SwedenAmon AmarthBerserker World Tour December 17SwedenGhostA Pale Tour Named Death2022June 26United KingdomGorillazWorld Tour 2022July 15United StatesAlicia KeysAlicia + Keys World TourAugust 2AustraliaNick Cave and the Bad SeedsSummer 2022 TourOctober 9United KingdomDeep PurpleWhoosh! TourOctober 20SwedenAmon AmarthVikings and Lionhearts Tour October 24FinlandThe Rasmus Live and Never Die TourOctober 26IcelandSigur RósWorld Tour 2022November 4United KingdomPlaceboNever Let Me Go TourNovember 12 United KingdomStingMy Songs Tour2023February 26FranceGojiraFortitude TourApril 30ItalyMåneskinLoud Kids Get Louder Tour June 14 United States Slipknot The End, So Far August 16 United States Macklemore The Ben Tour December 9 United Kingdom Sting My Songs Tour2024 January 27 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 May 21 United Kingdom Yes The Classic Tales of Yes TourMay 24FranceMC Solaar October 28 United States Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour October 31 United Kingdom Deep Purple =1 More Time Tour2025January 25 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 March 1 South Korea Kiss of Life Kiss Road2026January 24 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
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