Just Jared (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Christina Aguilera, husband Jordan Bratman and their son Max Liron, 9 months, catch a departing flight out of LAX airport in Los Angeles en route to London on Friday. This Tuesday, October 14, the 27-year-old singer will perform at the UK’s Royal Albert Hall for The Africa Rising Festival sponsored by Nigerian newspaper THISDAY. The [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Dressed in Rothko reds and browns, festooned with silk scarves, bracelets and Gypsy earrings, Joan Baez at 67 is a regal presence. The pin-up girl of the Sixties folk-protest generation, with the three-octave range, is in wonderful nick. This autumn, she celebrates a half-century career with her first CD in five years, Day After Tomorrow, a new producer (Steve Earle), and a tour with a three-piece...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Website The Killers announce one-off Royal Albert Hall date (2008)
Londonist (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Kids in rehearsal with Royston Maldoom by Camilla Panufnik Dance Umbrella is well underway and fittingly the skies caved in over the weekend but the diverse programme is making splashes of its own . Amid the professional programme lies the obligatory nod to the Olympic Games. Overture 2012 is one for the kids and the Arts Council (increasing accessibility, participation: tick) but funded from a plethora...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
All is now set for the grand finale of the 2008 THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival holding at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom, with former United States Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, scheduled to talk on the Festival's theme of "Africa Rising".
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Hobo at the Albert Hall – it sounds like something Ealing Studios might have filmed, with rail-ridin' hobo Seasick Steve getting into comical scrapes before somehow finagling his way on to that hallowed stage. As the final bars of his signature tune "Dog House Boogie" reach a euphoric climax, the camera irises in on Steve's face as he offers up a cheeky wink of victory and mutters his cheery motto:...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There's an advert that's all over commercial radio right now. "Hyuk hyuk, I'm Seasick Steve," it begins, "I've got a new record out, and I sure would appreciate it if you'd buy it ..." Someone in the Seasick Steve camp deserves a Best Marketing award.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Hot ticket: The Secret Policeman's Ball at the Royal Albert Hall, London Last Updated: 12:01am BST 04/10/2008 In 1976, John Cleese scooped up the crème de la crème of the British comedy world for the pioneering Amnesty International fundraiser A Poke in the Eye (with a Sharp Stick) at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. In 1979, it was rather brilliantly re-christened The Secret Policeman's Ball. An amazing...
Dog Without A Bone (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I spent a wonderful evening watching Joan Baez at the Royal Albert Hall in the company of my friend and former housemate Pablo and his groovy mother. It was marred slightly by navigational error, which made me an hour late and caused me to miss out on dinner. I committed the rookie mistake of following a road sign rather than trusting to the route I had carefully planned using Streetmap, and thus I...
La Vie Quotidienne (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
She has had a 50-year career singing now-well-known American folk and Christian gospel songs. I have had a 20-year wait to see her live. The wait is over. I saw her perform last night. At the Royal Albert Hall. Since you cannot hear how she sang them last night, here is the next best thing. First encore: Second encore: If you [...]
The Plummet Onions (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I like folk music because it matters. Woody Guthrie and Stan Rogers and Bob Dyan are saying something. It’s the opposite of bubblegum pop and brainless rawk (both of which I also like, but for different reasons). Tonight I was at the Royal Albert Hall to see one of the great legends of folk: Joan Baez. The [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Denis Barthel, one of the last surviving prewar members of London’s famous Temple Church choir, rose to fame as the boy soprano who on Armistice Day 1931 sang solo before George V and Queen Mary at the first world broadcast of the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. He succeeded Ernest Lough as head boy and principal soloist, proving himself to be a more than worthy successor and recording...
Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
I Don't feel like Dancing! The Royal Albert Hall September 28th 2008 Review by Solange Moffi On 28th September, the trailblazing performing arts touring company Theatretrain hosted their latest production, 'I Don't Feeling Like Dancing', at the Royal Albert Hall....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their formation, The Levellers have transformed the Royal Albert Hall into what appears to be a late-Eighties Greenpeace rally. Their fans (or the Merry Hitchers, as some prefer to be known) may be sat comparing nose-piercings and reminiscing over past protests for now, but the glazed glint in their eyes suggests that all are here to party like it's 1988.
Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
The Levellers 27th of September at The Royal Albert Hall Review by Katherine Cowell It seemed a strange marrying; that is, a post punk political band playing at the sumptuous Royal Albert Hall, but the acoustics of the world famous...
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theatretrain | 24/09/2008
On September 28 th a group of 60 nervous, excited and wide eyed local young people will be traveling to the Royal Albert Hall to perform in the musical extravaganza “I don’t feel like dancing!” Known as The company that loves to perform, Theatretrain was founded in East London in 1992 and since then has produced annual shows in London ’s west end and throughout Great Britain . Past venues include The...
