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Tickets for 99th Royal Variety Performance go on sale this Friday

The black tie event will be staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 20.

Evening Standard

Steven Wilson announces two Royal Albert Hall dates in October, his only live shows this year

Steven Wilson will perform with an orchestra and choir for the very first time with a live show featuring previously unheard arrangements of The Overview

Louder

Deep Purple announce one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall

Deep Purple are to return to the scene of their Concerto For Group And Orchestra live album

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Wolf Alice and Elbow among bands slated for Teenage Cancer Trust gigs in 2026

The Cure’s Robert Smith is curator of the concert series at the Royal Albert Hall.

Evening Standard

Robert Smith’s ‘legendary’ lineup revealed for Teenage Cancer Trust shows

The headliners include Wolf Alice, Elbow, Mogwai and Garbage

The Independent UK

Ellie Goulding and Sienna Miller reveal baby bumps at star-studded Fashion Awards 2025 in London

The pair stunned fans as they showed off their baby bumps at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday night

Evening Standard

Choose Love celebrates 10 years at Royal Albert Hall concert: 'We should still have hope'

Choose Love has spent a decade helping some of the most vulnerable people in the world, and tonight’s show at the Royal Albert Hall will combine celebration with urgent calls for action

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Queens of the Stone Age at Royal Albert Hall: '2025's best gig?'

5/5 Josh Homme leads the band into new gothic crooning territory before blowing the roof off the hallowed Hall

Evening Standard

Sumo wrestling returns to London at a sold out Royal Albert Hall

Grand champion Onosato Daiki winning the main bout of the evening when he hurled Ura Kazuki out of the ring (dohyo)

The Independent UK

Sigur Rós at the Royal Albert Hall review: An out-of-body experience

5/5 The beloved Icelandic post-rock band kicked off the first of four nights at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday — and it didn’t disappoint

Evening Standard

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performance in London interrupted by pro-Palestine protestors

Jewish Artists for Palestine interrupted a BBC Proms performance at Royal Albert Hall on Friday, claiming the MSO ‘silenced artists’ and ‘silenced protest’

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Royal Albert Hall dispute over seat use to go to High Court trial, judge rules

A High Court judge says the seat holders’ dispute with the Royal Albert Hall should go to trial

Evening Standard

“They said that even if we sold out, we’d lose £5,000. We thought the label would cover the loss. In the end, the band paid”: Camel and a tale of two visits to the Royal Albert Hall, 43 years apart

Unruly brass musicians, unrecordable horns, a runaway film crew and the surprise appearance of female fans… Andrew Latimer recalls the profile-boosting 1975 concert and morale-securing 2018 return

Louder

Bill on Royal Albert Hall seatholders’ ticket reforms backed by MPs

The law will affect the rights of more than 300 owners of long-term seats at the venue in west London

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Royal Albert Hall: 'too many hits to sit'

4/5 Karen O and co. take to the famous stage to seal their status from punk upstarts to alternative music institution

Louder

Steve Hackett announces The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall double live album

Steve Hackett celebrates the 50th anniversary of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with new live album in July

The Guardian - UK

Zak Starkey reinstated as the Who’s drummer, days after departure

Pete Townshend welcomes musician back into group after disagreement over his playing at Royal Albert Hall gig

The Independent UK

Drummer Zak Starkey speaks out after being sacked by The Who

Drummer was fired after Roger Daltrey seemed to take issue with his performance at the band’s Royal Albert Hall gig for the Teenage Cancer Trust

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Father John Misty’s trenchant songs about mortality come to life at Royal Albert Hall

4/5 Joshua Tillman and his seven-strong backing band bring the dynamic arrangements of new album ‘Mahashmashana’ to his greatest hits, as well – once he’s warmed up, that is

The Guardian - UK

The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey after Royal Albert Hall performance

Move described as ‘a collective decision’ follows reports that Roger Daltrey was unhappy with ‘drums going boom, boom, boom’ at recent gig

Evening Standard

Public Enemy and Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir return to London after long absence

Both acts will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in 2025.

Evening Standard

The Who were at their raw best in hits-filled Royal Albert Hall Teenage Cancer Trust gig

The Who will return for another gig in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust on Sunday

Evening Standard

Sex Pistols at the Royal Albert Hall review: 'excitement threatening to explode'

4/5 The Teenage Cancer Trust gigs kick off with Sex Pistols storming the venerable Hall with Frank Carter replacing John Lydon up top

Evening Standard

The Cure’s Robert Smith to curate Royal Albert Hall’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs

It comes after The Who frontman Roger Daltrey announced he was stepping down from the role.

Evening Standard

Sharon Van Etten at the Royal Albert Hall review: a stunning homecoming

4/5 With dry ice, gothic reimaginings of classic tracks and lashings of drama, this felt like the 44-year-old’s most complete performance yet

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