Hollywood Palladium - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

The Hollywood Palladium has been featured in many movies and TV shows over the years. Some of these are:

• The Day of the Locust (1975).
• Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979).
• 1941 (1979).
• The final concert scene in The Blues Brothers depicted as "Palace Hotel Ballroom". (The exterior was actually the South Shore Country Club in Chicago, IL.) (1980).
• Richard Pryor performed two dates in December 1981 and was filmed for the theatrical release Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip in March 1982.
• The scene in Almost Famous where Penny Lane dances to the Cat Stevens song "The Wind".
• Keith Richards released a CD and DVD of his solo concert Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988.
• The Palladium served as the location for the Sci-fi convention in Galaxy Quest (1999).
• The Palladium played the exterior of the fictional Studio 60 on the Aaron Sorkin television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
• The television show Adam-12, episode "Something Worth Dying For (Part 2)" (1975).
• The Grateful Dead have released several CDs that featured music recorded at the Hollywood Palladium on August 6, 1971: Dick's Picks Vol. 35; Fallout From The Phil Zone; Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 (Bonus Material).
• The punk band Bad Religion recorded Live at the Palladium in 2006, a collection from their two days of performances.
• Skrewdriver filmed the video for the song "White Power" in the parking lot.
• The Palladium was the location where C.J. Mack (played by Isaac Hayes) performed on an episode of The A-Team called "The Heart of Rock N' Roll" (Season 4, Episode 6) (1985).\
• In filming of Akeelah and the Bee on March 7, 2005 the Hollywood Palladium stood in for the Grand Ballroom of the Washington, D.C. Hyatt hotel, site of the real Scripps National Spelling Bee. (2006).
• Thrash Metal band Megadeth filmed a live DVD based on the 20th anniversary of their album Rust In Peace at The Palladium.
• Luna Sea performed their first American concert at the Palladium on December 4, 2010. It was recorded in 3D and released as both a live album and concert film, Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles.
• Los Tigres del Norte, popular music Mexican band, recorded an MTV Unplugged album on February 8, 2011.
• The Palladium can be seen in the video game L.A. Noire.
• The live tracks on thrash metal band Testament's 1993 EP Return to the Apocalyptic City were recorded here.