Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith Christmas Party Venue

I had an awesome afternoon attending a recording of Noel at the Apollo. It's such a lovely historic building. The seat was a bit hard/uncomfortable, but I didn't notice once the show started. Had a great view from the circle. So nice to visit such an attractive venue.

Iconic music venue. Decent bars, sloping standing area so good views for all. Easy to get in and out and very close to tubes and buses into central London.

The venue and event staff were very efficient from the security check point, grabbing a drink and to picking a place to view the show. I decided to stay towards the back of the venue and still had a perfect view of everything going on. The beer cost were definitely 'event priced' as each drink cost me about 6-7£. But I was impressed with the drink holders lol you could stack them and hold multiple drinks in one hand, which I thought was a convenient detail.

Came here to see ONE OK ROCK, very good venue, the floor slopes up, so the people at the back can also see the artists. The sound is also great, my gf and I had a super fun time watching them live! 🤟🤟 Place was sold out, and we still had room to breath~

Went to see Blur perform a one off gig playing their latest album in full at the Eventim Apollo, after seeing them at Wembley at the month, I was interested to see how it would compare. The process of getting in was fairly easy, just join a quick moving queue a little after the doors time and then have your ticket scanned via the Eventim app followed by a quick scanner/bag check to ensure you aren't bringing in anything prohibited. The drinks were fairly reasonable (for London), think I paid £7.90 for a pint of Asahi, including £1 of which was a deposit for the reusable plastic cup, meaning future pints would be £6.90. You don't however get your £1 back at the end. The venue had the usual sticky floor that comes with most music venues, but one thing that I found difficult was the slanted floor, I understand this is from where seating would normally be, but the incline was uncomfortable after a while. It does mean that you can usually find somewhere to stand and be able to see over everyone. The sound system was perfectly adequate, I think I would have preferred to wear my loop earplugs as it was a little loud and at times I felt like the vocals were a little too high/muffled, but that's just a personal preference. Getting out of the venue at the end was a slog as there seems to be a bottleneck in the middle.