# Rockhal

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 m$^2$;
* The club, the small venue at the Rockhal, with a maximum capacity of 1,100 standing places on an area of 560 m$^2$;
* 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 Kingdom United States | The Prodigy Korn | Opening Ceremony of Rockhal |
| 2007 | May 20 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep Tour |
| 2007 | May 26 | United Kingdom | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations Tour |
| 2007 | June 11 | United States | Marilyn Manson | Rape of the World Tour |
| 2007 | June 15 | United States | Dream Theater | Chaos in Motion Tour |
| 2007 | July 5 | United Kingdom | Keane | Under the Iron Sea Tour |
| 2007 | July 6 | France | Daft Punk | Alive 2006/2007 Tour |
| 2007 | October 7 | United States | Gwen Stefani | The Sweet Escape Tour |
| 2008 | June 4 | United Kingdom | Mark Knofler | Kill to Get Crimson Tour |
| 2008 | June 5 | Australia | Kylie Minogue | KylieX2008 |
| 2008 | June 9 | Canada | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn World Tour |
| 2008 | June 10 | Germany | Die Ärzte | Jazzfäst |
| 2008 | June 11 | United Kingdom | Judas Priest | 2008/2009 World Tour |
| 2008 | June 26 | United States | Kiss | Alive 35 World Tour |
| 2008 | October 8 | United Kingdom | Queen + Paul Rodgers | Rock the Cosmos Tour |
| 2008 | December 12 | United States | Slipknot | All Hope Is Gone World Tour |
| 2009 | February 15 | United States | The Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination Tour |
| 2009 | May 6 | United Kingdom | Depeche Mode | Tour of the Universe |
| 2009 | July 6 | United States | Katy Perry | Hello Katy Tour |
| 2009 | July 9 | United States | Nine Inch Nails | Wave Goodbye Tour |
| 2009 | June 13 | United Kingdom | Pet Shop Boys | Pandemonium Tour |
| 2009 | July 11 | United Kingdom | Snow Patrol | Taking Back the Cities Tour |
| 2009 | September 3 | United States | Anastacia | Heavy Rotation Tour |
| 2009 | December 4 | Germany | Rammstein | Liebe ist für alle da Tour |
| 2009 | December 5 | United States | Pink | Funhouse Tour |
| 2009 | December 20 | United States | Marilyn Manson | The High End of Low Tour |
| 2010 | January 27 | United States | Daughtry | Leave This Town Tour |
| 2010 | January 27 | United States | Nickelback | Dark Horse Tour |
| 2010 | January 30 | Canada | Billy Talent | III Tour |
| 2010 | February 22 | Germany | Tokio Hotel | Welcome To The Humanoid City World Tour |
| 2010 | April 23 | Canada | Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder Tour |
| 2010 | May 4 | Barbados | Rihanna | Last Girl on Earth Tour |
| 2010 | June 7 | United States | Them Crooked Vultures | Deserve the Future Tour |
| 2010 | June 8 | United Kingdom | Mark Knopfler | Get Lucky Tour |
| 2010 | July 1 | United Kingdom | Corinne Bailey Rae | The Sea Tour |
| 2010 | July 5 | United States | Slash | Slash 2010–11 World Tour |
| 2010 | November 21 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour |
| 2010 | December 3 | United States | Disturbed | Asylum Tour |
| 2011 | June 5 | United States | Korn | Ballroom Blitz Tour |
| 2011 | June 6 | Spain | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria Tour |
| 2011 | June 17 | United Kingdom | Ozzy Osbourne | Scream World Tour |
| 2011 | June 21 | United States | Rob Zombie | Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour |
| 2011 | July 6 | United States | Journey | Eclipse Tour |
| 2011 | July 9 | United States | Cyndi Lauper | Memphis Blues Tour |
| 2011 | July 13 | United States | Prince | Welcome 2 |
| 2011 | October 17 | United States | Bruno Mars | The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour |
| 2011 | October 21 | United States | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2011 |
| 2011 | November 4 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | The Unforgiving Tour |
| 2011 | December 1 | United States | Machine Head | The Eighth Plague Tour |
| 2011 | December 1 | United Kingdom | Bring Me the Horizon | There Is a Hell... Tour |
| 2012 | February 27 | France | Justice | Justice World Tour 2012 |
| 2012 | February 29 | United States | Dream Theater | A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour |
| 2012 | March 12 | United Kingdom | Sting | Back to Bass Tour |
| 2012 | March 15 | United States | Korn | The Path of Totality Tour |
| 2012 | April 21 | Finland | Nightwish | Imaginaerum World Tour |
| 2012 | June 12 | United States | Slash | Apocalyptic Love World Tour |
| 2012 | June 13 | United States | Rise Against | Endgame Tour |
| 2012 | June 15 | United States | Pitbull | Planet Pit World Tour |
| 2012 | July 14 | United States | Blink-182 | 20th Anniversary Tour (Blink-182) |
| 2012 | October 10 | Sweden | Refused | Refused Reunion Tour |
| 2012 | November 2 | Ireland | The Cranberries | Roses Tour |
| 2012 | November 8 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | The Songs That Built Rock Tour |
| 2012 | November 11 | Canada | Alanis Morissette | Guardian Angel Tour |
| 2012 | November 16 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour |
| 2012 | November 28 | United Kingdom | Florence + the Machine | Ceremonials Tour |
| 2012 | December 1 | United States | Marilyn Manson | Hey Cruel World... Tour |
| 2012 | December 2 | Germany | Rammstein | Made in Germany 1995–2011 (tour) |
| 2013 | February 28 | United Kingdom | Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon World Tour |
| 2013 | March 20 | United Kingdom | Emeli Sande | Our Version of Events Tour |
| 2013 | April 11 | United States | OneRepublic | Native Tour |
| 2013 | April 16 - April 21 | — | We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour |
| 2013 | June 2 | United States | Alicia Keys | Set the World on Fire Tour |
| 2013 | June 6 | United States | The Killers | Battle Born World Tour |
| 2013 | June 12 | United States | Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling 2012/2013 Tour |
| 2013 | July 11 | United States | Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Alchemy Tour with Crazy Horse |
| 2013 | October 18 | United States | Bruno Mars | Moonshine Jungle Tour |
| 2013 | November 16 | United States | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2013 |
| 2013 | November 30 | United States | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions Tour |
| 2014 | March 1 | United Kingdom | James Arthur | James Arthur Tour |
| 2014 | March 4 | United States | The Pretty Reckless | Going to Hell Tour |
| 2014 | April 1 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | Now What? World Tour |
| 2014 | May 16 | United States | Nine Inch Nails | Twenty Thirteen Tour |
| 2014 | October 18 | United States | Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling 2014/2015 Tour |
| 2015 | March 5 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | Hydra World Tour |
| 2015 | March 27 | United States | Lionel Richie | All the Hits, All Night Long |
| 2015 | June 14 | Ireland | The Script | No Sound Without Silence Tour |
| 2015 | June 15 | United Kingdom | Judas Priest | Redeemer of Souls Tour |
| 2015 | June 15 | United States | OneRepublic | Native Tour |
| 2015 | June 17 | United States | Slash | World on Fire World Tour |
| 2015 | November 18 | Germany | Zedd | True Colors Tour |
| 2015 | December 16 | Finland | Nightwish | Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour |
| 2016 | January 14 | United States | Imagine Dragons | Smoke + Mirrors Tour |
| 2016 | February 29 | United Kingdom | Ellie Goulding | Delirium World Tour |
| 2016 | March 12 | Germany | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour |
| 2016 | March 26 | United States | Mariah Carey | The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour |
| 2016 | June 5 | United States | Pentatonix | 2016 World Tour |
| 2016 | June 12 | United States | Chris Brown | One Hell of a Nite Tour |
| 2016 | June 16 | United States | Megadeth | |
| 2016 | June 21 | Sweden | Amon Amarth | — |
| 2016 | June 25 | United States | Joe Satriani | The Shockwave Tour |
| 2016 | June 27 | United States | James Bay | — |
| 2016 | June 29 | United States | The Kills | — |
| 2016 | July 2 | United States | Patti Smith | — |
| 2016 | July 13 | Canada | Mac Demarco | — |
| 2016 | July 16 | — | — | Screaming Fields Festival |
| 2016 | July 18 | United States | Jurassic 5 | — |
| 2016 | August 2 | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls World Tour |
| 2016 | September 24 | France | MHD | — |
| 2016 | September 29 | Canada | Nickelback | No Fixed Address Tour |
| 2016 | October 7 | The Australian Pink Floyd Show | The Australian Pink Floyd Show | The Australian Pink Floyd Show |
| 2016 | October 13 | Italy | Laura Pausini | Pausini Stadi Tour 2016 |
| 2016 | October 18 | United States | Dead Kennedys | — |
| 2016 | October 21 | Poland | Behemoth | — |
| 2016 | October 24 | Sweden | Katatonia | — |
| 2016 | October 26 | United States | Fifth Harmony | The 7/27 Tour |
| 2016 | November 9 | France | Kendji Girac | — |
| 2016 | November 11 | United States | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway World Tour |
| 2016 | November 12 | The Lumineers Jake Bugg NAO Tuys | The Lumineers Jake Bugg NAO Tuys | Sonic Visions 2016 |
| 2016 | December 16 | Germany | Nena | |
| 2017 | February 7 | France | Benjamin Biolay | |
| 2017 | May 27 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | |
| 2018 | June 19 | Colombia | Shakira | El Dorado World Tour |
| 2018 | November 20 | Netherlands | Within Temptation | The Resist Tour |
| 2019 | March 19 | United Kingdom | Jess Glynne | Always In Between Tour |
| 2019 | March 20 | United States | Nicki Minaj | The Nicki Wrld Tour |
| 2019 | October 13 | Australia | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | World Tour '19 |
| 2019 | December 2 | Sweden | Amon Amarth | Berserker World Tour |
| 2019 | December 17 | Sweden | Ghost | A Pale Tour Named Death |
| 2022 | June 26 | United Kingdom | Gorillaz | World Tour 2022 |
| 2022 | July 15 | United States | Alicia Keys | Alicia + Keys World Tour |
| 2022 | August 2 | Australia | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Summer 2022 Tour |
| 2022 | October 9 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | Whoosh! Tour |
| 2022 | October 20 | Sweden | Amon Amarth | Vikings and Lionhearts Tour |
| 2022 | October 24 | Finland | The Rasmus | Live and Never Die Tour |
| 2022 | November 4 | United Kingdom | Placebo | Never Let Me Go Tour |
| 2022 | November 12 | United Kingdom | Sting | My Songs Tour |
| 2023 | February 26 | France | Gojira | Fortitude Tour |
| 2023 | April 30 | Italy | Måneskin | Loud Kids Get Louder Tour |
| 2023 | June 14 | United States | Slipknot | The End, So Far |
| 2023 | August 16 | United States | Macklemore | The Ben Tour |
| 2023 | December 9 | United Kingdom | Sting | My Songs Tour |
| 2024 | January 27 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 |
| 2024 | May 21 | United Kingdom | Yes | The Classic Tales of Yes Tour |
| 2024 | October 28 | United States | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour |
| 2024 | October 31 | United Kingdom | Deep Purple | =1 More Time Tour |
| 2025 | January 25 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Luxembourg Song Contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 |