The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. It is in this earlier incarnation that the venue is best known internationally, especially since Motorhead 's 1981 live album "No Sleep Til Hammersmith ". Many legends of rock have performed at the Hammersmith Odeon, including AC/DC,Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, The Who , and Queen . David Bowie also performed his final concert as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973.
The venue was later refurbished and re-named The Labatt's Apollo following a new sponsorship deal with a Canadian brewery.
In 1992 the venue was again re-named the Carling Apollo after another brewery (a British one this time) struck a deal with the owners, US-based Clear Channel Entertainment.
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Official WWW pages (http://www.carlinglive.com/venue_content/carling_hammersmith_apolo.html)
Many legends of rock have performed at the HammersmithOdeon, including The Cult, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, The Cure, Tool, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Iggy and the Stooges, Metallica, The Who, Rush, Dire Straits, Duran Duran and Queen.
The night after Queen's 1979 concert, the HammersmithOdeon hosted the 4-night Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, a benefit concert to raise money for Cambodian residents who were victims of the tyrannical reign of dictator Pol Pot of which Queen played the first night.
Kylie Minogue and Girls Aloud released DVDs of their concerts at the Apollo in 2004 and 2005 respectively, and a DVD of a Bruce Springsteen concert held there in 1975 was released as part of the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition package, and later was released the CD HammersmithOdeonLondon '75.
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