A HOME TO MUSIC AND MONARCHY FOR 150 YEARS HALL OF FAME THE QUEEN AND SIR MICK SING THE PRAISES OF ICONIC LONDON VENUE
Mar 22, 2021
4 minutes
REPORT: JANE DOWDESWELL
‘As it embarks on its next 150 years, I hope the Royal Albert Hall will continue to thrive’ The Queen
It has welcomed royalty through its doors, invited everyone from the kings of rock’n’roll to the giants of the classical world to take its stage and hosted all kinds of celebrations and commemorations – but now the Royal Albert Hall has cause for a party of its very own for its 150th birthday on 29 March.
However, there won’t be any feet pounding the hallowed floors and whistles piercing the Victorian dome, as there were when Jimi Hendrix performed there in 1969. It was exactly this time last year that the prestigious venue had to close its doors for the first time since the
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