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Alabama-Halle (Alabama Hall) was a concert and theatre venue in Munich, Germany, which was also used to broadcast the television programme Live aus dem Alabama. It was originally part of a military depot.

The location, in the north of the city near the site of the 1972 Summer Olympics (until 1913 in Milbertshofen), was a bicycle racing track from 1906 to 1914 and then a military depot from 1917 to 1974, initially for the Bavarian Army. In 1935 a large three-sectioned storage building and an ammunition depot were constructed there for the Wehrmacht, and after World War II were requisitioned by the U.S. military along with the other military properties in Munich, each of which they named after a U.S. state. This location became the Alabama Storage Area, and was initially used as storage for care packages, then underwear and socks. In 1963 the Bundeswehr acquired part of the site and built a barracks there. In 1978 BMW exercised an option to buy the remainder of the site to house research operations at a future date, and starting in 1981 the company made the main building, the Alabama-Halle, available for events of the Munich Theatre Festival, [1] which they supported through Spielmotor, an arts-sponsorship partnership with the City of Munich. [2] The Alabama-Halle became so popular that it was copied in other cities in Germany. [3] The venue hosted concerts from 1981 to 1988. Artists that performed at the venue include King Crimson, Dio, Level 42, R.E.M., Big Country, Bon Jovi, Blue Öyster Cult, [4] The Pogues, [5] 10,000 Maniacs, [6] Tina Turner, Dead Kennedys [7] and also performances of Philip Glass' music and theatre including Mauricio Kagel, the Royal Shakespeare Company (performing Edward Bond's Lear [8] ), the Teatr Wielki of Warsaw and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. [3]

Bayerisches Fernsehen, an arm of Bayerischer Rundfunk, televised concerts from the Alabama-Halle under the titles Rock aus dem Alabama (Rock from the Alabama) and Münchner Rocktage (Munich Rock Days), then beginning on 2 January 1984, the weekly discussion and concert programme for teenagers Live aus dem Alabama (Live from the Alabama), which became famous nationwide. The programme moved to other venues and changed its title accordingly after BMW closed the Alabama-Halle in 1988. [9]

BMW closed the buildings in 1988, and the location is now home to their main research facilities and the Gymnasium München Nord. Several of the buildings were burnt down in 1991 for an emergency response exercise simulating an air crash in an urban area. The name Alabamahalle is now used by a nightclub in Freimann, near Schwabing. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Helmut Schödel, "München ist nicht Alabama: Das Kölner Theater-Festival ist gerettet. Wird das Münchner Theater-Festival vernichtet?", Die Zeit , 2 January 1981 (in German)
  2. ↑ "Eine der ältesten Public-Private-Partnerships Deutschlands feiert Jubiläum: der Spielmotor München e.V. wurde vor 30 Jahren von der Stadt München und BMW ins Leben gerufen", Pressebox.de, 1 April 2009 (in German)
  3. 1 2 "Die Hummel brummt: Herber Verlust für Münchens Kultur: Die Alabama-Halle macht dicht", Der Spiegel , 25 April 1988 (in German)
  4. ↑ Alabamahalle Munich concert setlists, Setlist.fm.
  5. ↑ Ann Scanlon, The Pogues: The Lost Decade, London: Omnibus, 1988, ISBN   9780711914711, p. 57.
  6. ↑ Jim Zebora, "X and 10,000 Maniacs", Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut), 18 September 1987, p. 16.
  7. ↑ "Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray on Their Explosive Live Legacy -- And His Hopes for Jello Biafra". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  8. ↑ Royal Shakespeare Company: A Complete Record of the Year's Work, ISSN   0142-9434, 1981, p. 111.
  9. ↑ Live aus dem Alabama, Fernsehserien.de (in German)
  10. ↑ Alabamahalle, Munich, Nightlife, Redtag Travel Guide.
  11. ↑ Veruschka Götz and Franz Kotteder, Kulturverführer München, Hamburg: Metz, 2005, OCLC   85732874, p. 216 (in German)

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