Heineken Music Hall
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Heineken Music Hall is a concert hall in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, near the Amsterdam ArenA
Amsterdam ArenA
Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...

 (Amsterdam South-East).
The big hall (also called Black Box) is used for concerts, has a capacity of 5500 and is 3000 m². After parties are given in a smaller hall, with a capacity of 700.

The Heineken Music Hall was specially designed for pop music, although several rock bands have performed there, including hard rock band Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is an American rock band that was formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida by lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips, who are all also members of Creed. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the frontman...

, who recorded their live DVD Live from Amsterdam at the venue. Furthermore it is often used by the Dutch Entertainment Company Q-Dance
Q-Dance
Q-Dance is a Dutch entertainment company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company promotes and produces electronic music festivals in Europe and Australia. Q-Dance focuses on Hardstyle and Hardcore Techno. In 2009 Q-Dance hosted twenty-one music events in eight countries. Some of the most...

 for the Event-Series X-Qlusive taking place several times a year. The architect was Frits van Dongen
Frits van Dongen
Frits van Dongen is an architect from the Netherlands. He designed a canal-side municipal theatre for the city of Leeuwarden with his firm De Architecten Cie...

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