Tour Venue Twenty-One

AFAS Live, Arena Boulevard 590, 1101 DS Amsterdam.

aka: Heineken Music Hall

Designed by architect Frits van Dongen, construction of the venue started in 1996 and it was opened in 2001 as the Heineken Music Hall.

It was specially designed for enhanced (pop) music.  Sound, according to the experts, does not sound as good anywhere as in the Black Box. Its acoustics are reportedly sublime.  Technically it is also very advanced and the layout well planned. Lorries can drive into the hall itself and unload.

The Black Box is the big room performance space. It is a box within a box. There are no pillars, columns or obstacles making sight lines to stage excellent from all viewpoints.  On both sides of the room there are two big barrels where visitors can buy drinks during standing concerts.

In addition to the Black Box, there is Beat Box, a smaller nightclub within the venue that is perfect for the after-concert dance party.  There are big coloured panels on the walls of the lobby and the massive wall of mirrors at the public entrance give it a welcoming feel.

It is the only venue in the Netherlands that has been nominated several times for the highly regarded Pollstar Award as the best international concert venue.

In 2017, it changed its name to AFAS Live.

Artists include: Nora Jones, Toto, Kylie Minogue, Avril Lavigne, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, The 1975, Little Mix, The Chainsmokers, Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At the Disco, The Vamps, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Marilyn Manson, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Kanye West, Radiohead, The Prodigy, Billy Idol, Martin Garrix, will.i.am, Selena Gomez, Counting Crows, The Stone Roses, Bruno Mars, Limp Bizkit, Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Gorillaz, Joe Cocker, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Ellie Goulding, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Stereophonics, ZZ Top, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Killers, Adele, Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis, Chuck Berry, Gavin DeGraw, Duran Duran, 50 Cent, Foo Fighters and Harry Styles!