Watford Colosseum is a 1,280 seat venue in the heart of Watford and is home to the best live music and entertainment outside London. All future public performances are cancelled. In 2011 the Colosseum under went a £5.5 million refurbishment to bring it up to the standard of a world class venue it once was, complete with a Café Bar, Forum Restaurant and a number of bars, as well as the main auditorium. Watford’s premier concert venue is world renowned for its acoustic qualities. Julian Lloyd Webber described Watford Colosseum as “the finest recording venue in the world” and it has been used to record the soundtracks of Lord of the Rings, The Sound of Music and Star Wars. In 1995, Pavarotti came to Watford Colosseum to record Verdi’s Inno delle Nazioni with the Philharmonia Chorus. More recently, recordings from BBC Concert Orchestra have taken place in the auditorium.