Apple today announced that it will be holding its annual music festival across 10 days during the month of September in London. Previously known as the iTunes Festival, this year’s show is known as the “Apple Music Festival” in reference the recently launched Apple Music service. It is also notably shorter than the typical 30 days of concerts. Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine and Disclosure will be the headlining acts at this year’s festival, which takes place from September 19th to September 28th.
Apple’s Eddy Cue in addition to the main artists have commented on the announcement:
As is tradition, Apple will allow customers to apply to win tickets to attend the concert in person. Apple says that it also partnering up with media partners such as the London Evening Standard to giveaway tickets to the free concert. For those not attending the events in person, Apple will, as usual, stream the concerts via the new Music app on iOS devices, iTuns on the Mac, and on the Apple TV. Apple will also stream content through the Beats 1 radio station and host behind the scenes footage on Apple Music Connect.
“Wow, I’m so grateful to be performing at the Apple Music Festival. The Roundhouse is such a historic venue … there’s always a special energy in the crowd. Thank you for having me!” – Pharrell Williams
“It’ll be great to be back in London and we can’t wait to perform for our fans in the Roundhouse and around the world on Apple Music! See you there!” – Niall, One Direction
“We’re excited to be playing at this year’s Apple Music Festival at the wonderful Roundhouse!” – Florence + The Machine
“We’re super excited to play our first ever show for Apple Music Festival at the Roundhouse, one of our favorite venues in London. It’s also the day our album’s released so that makes it extra special!” – Disclosure
#AppleMusicFestival is coming! @Pharrell, @OneDirection, @Flo_Tweet, @Disclosure and more. http://t.co/6fVYjqZZmR pic.twitter.com/a0YyGdkMpK
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) August 18, 2015
