Editing Hammersmith Apollo (section)

== In popular culture ==

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[[File:Auditorium showing stage.jpg|thumb|View of the stage and proscenium, 2007|left]]
Many bands have released live albums, videos or DVDs of concerts held at the Apollo, such as [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Dio (band)|DIO]],
[[Hawkwind]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Celtic Frost]], [[Kings of Leon]], [[Tears for Fears]], [[Bananarama]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Frank Zappa]], [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], [[David Bowie]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]], [[Japan (band)|Japan]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], [[Motörhead]], and [[Robbie Williams]]. In September 1979 [[Gary Numan]] recorded his [[Living Ornaments '79|Touring Principle]] show at the venue.
[[Kate Bush]] released a video and record EP of her concerts at the Odeon from her first tour in 1979. [[Duran Duran]] recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 16 November 1982 and released ''[[Live at Hammersmith '82!]]''. [[Depeche Mode]] made one of its first concert videos for a Danish television at the Hammersmith on 25 October 1982. [[Dire Straits]] played the final two concerts of their eight-month long [[Love Over Gold Tour]] at the Odeon on 22–23 July 1983, and the resulting album ''[[Alchemy: Dire Straits Live]]'' was released the following year.

[[Kylie Minogue]] performed a [[Money Can't Buy|one-off concert]] in the venue in 2003 and released a [[Body Language Live|DVD]] of the performance in 2004. Minogue also performed the last show of her [[Anti Tour]] in the venue on 3 April 2012. [[Girls Aloud]] released a DVD of their concert at the Apollo in 2005. A DVD of a Bruce Springsteen concert held there in 1975 was released as part of the ''[[Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition]]'' package; later the CD ''[[Hammersmith Odeon London '75]]'' was released. [[Melodic death metal]] band [[In Flames]] also released a DVD that featured footage of a December 2004 performance there. Comedian and actor [[Eddie Izzard]]'s show ''[[Glorious (Eddie Izzard)|Glorious]]'' was also released as a DVD. [[Rush (band)|Rush]] recorded their 1978 performance and later included it in their three-disc set, ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]''. American musician [[Tori Amos]] released a series of six live albums in 2005 known as ''[[The Original Bootlegs]]'', one of which was recorded at the Apollo. Photographs of [[The Who]] outside the Hammersmith Odeon appear on their 1973 album ''[[Quadrophenia]]''. [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]] performed three nights at the venue in April 1984 which was documented on the ''[[David Gilmour Live 1984]]'' concert film. These shows are of note as [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] guested on "Short and Sweet" and Gilmour's Pink Floyd bandmate [[Nick Mason]] played drums on "[[Comfortably Numb]]". In 1984 the London-based band Iron Maiden recorded side 4 of their double live album 'Live After Death' at the venue. Iron Maiden's affection for the Hammersmith Odeon previously resulted in the filming of a 1982 performance which was subsequently released as ''Beast over Hammersmith''.<ref>Iron Maiden 'Live After Death' – released 1985 on EMI records. Iron Maiden 'The Early Days DVD – disc one: Beast over Hammersmith released by EMI records 2004</ref>

Other acts have made music videos featuring clips from performances at the Apollo; [[Kelly Clarkson]] made a special version of her "[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson song)|Breakaway]]" video using clips from her concert at the Apollo in 2006.

The Hammersmith Apollo is seen in the American romantic comedy film ''[[Just My Luck (2006 film)|Just My Luck]]'' where [[McFly]] perform. In the movie, the venue stands-in for the Hard Rock Café. It is also the location in ''[[The Football Factory (film)|The Football Factory]]'' where the Chelsea fans board the bus for Liverpool. It is mentioned in the poem "Glam Rock: The Poem" by the poet [[Robert Archambeau (poet)|Robert Archambeau]]. The exterior of the (then) Gaumont Palace was used as the "Grand" cinema in the 1957 British film ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]''.