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Eric Clapton is comfortable in Albert Hall

18.05.09
Three years since he last resided at the Albert Hall, Eric Clapton has settled in for another 11 nights.... more

Eliza Carthy fizzes with energy

26.03.09
Fairport Convention headlined a night of folk with strong supporting musicians, all of whom played for free for the Teenage Cancer Trust. ... more

First fight of the Proms: boxing is back at Albert Hall

20.03.09
Boxing and wrestling are set to return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in nearly a decade after the venue was granted a new entertainment licence... more

Honour for Carreras at the Classical Brits

27.02.09
One of the Three Tenors who transformed classical music with their performance at the 1990 World Cup is to be honoured at the Classical Brits... more

Carmen is opera for eyes not heart

27.02.09
Carmen at the Albert Hall is a visual treat with fine musical accompaniment, if only a mite of dramatic interest. ... more

Off the record: Not too late to see Van the Man

20.02.09
David Smyth's week became significantly more astral with the news that Van Morrison is to perform his finest album at the Albert Hall.... more

Christmas weekend starts here

24.12.08
Here’s our guide to the best of what’s on over the Christmas weekend.... more

Go to Queen's Arms before the Albert Hall

02.12.08
The surrounding colleges explain the high student numbers at The Queen's Arms, but that's not the whole story.... more

The Killers make us all dancers

04.11.08
A practising Mormon and family man at home, the Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is a Las Vegas resident and thus knows a thing or two about spectacle. ... more

Unbashed romanticism in Oedipus Rex

24.09.08
Festival Hall's gala event celebrated Esa-Pekka Salonen's first concert as principal conductor of the Philharmonia.... more

Violins thrill at Eötvös premiere

28.08.08
Eötvös's two-movement elegy launches straight in on high, with stratospheric violin textures offset by ensemble sounds.... more

Off the record

15.08.08
Busta Rhymes and Guillemots play the Albert Hall next month — but if you want to go you’ll have to get your hands dirty, says Andre Paine.... more

For sale: Albert Hall box with a £1.2million view

03.06.08
It measures just a few feet across, has 10 chairs, no bed and no bathroom - but is on sale for £1.2 million... more

Weekend gig guide

22.05.08
Broken Social Scene bring their quirky music to Shepherd's Bush, Gloria Gaynor is ready to entertain and The Wombats start a new trend in the Albert Hall.... more

Madness to kick-start cancer charity concerts

10.03.08
Madness are to play an Albert Hall gig to kick off a series of concerts for a cancer charity.... more

Heroine takes a plunge into this thrilling Tosca

29.02.08
This Tosca reaches a totally different audience from the usual ENO or Covent Garden crowd - unpretentious and enthusiastic to enjoy a good show.... more

Off the record

08.02.08
David Smyth asks which US presidential candidate has the best tunes and highlights the hobo set to play a gig at the Royal Albert Hall.... more

A Grecian goodbye

30.10.07
Now in her seventies, Nana Mouskouri has sold an unlikely 350 million records singing in various languages. She's certainly done it her way.... more

Flynn an inspired choice

20.09.07
It was the inaugural Hush night, an event trying to give some life to Albert Hall when the main auditorium is between productions.... more

Anglo-French at Dover

17.09.07
The Rose Bakery is an Anglo-French venture where the menu wouldn't help anyone stay at size zero.... more

Fiddler on the hoof

05.09.07
One minute Joshua Bell is in Moscow playing for Putin, the next he's jetting to London for Last Night of the Proms.... more

'It was shockingly, gloriously awful'

22.08.07
As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years.... more

New music...and Welshness

10.08.07
There were both high and low points at the National Orchestra of Wales' performance last night - not to mention a tongue twisting title.... more

Celebrating four centuries of brass

30.07.07
Brass Day was the sort of blowout the Proms thrive on, with hundreds of performers celebrating four centuries of brass in all its glory.... more

Samuel L. Jackson to host fundraiser

15.05.07
Tickets are on sale for a fundraiser at the Albert Hall, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, and featuring some of the world's leading designers and music stars.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

04.05.07
David Smyth discusses the new series of Later ... with Jools Holland, a family reunion, rock star Iggy Pop's possible appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show and the latest on the internet. ... more

Never say goodbye to the bat

17.10.06
Nearly 30 years since Meat Loaf first broke rock's mould with the original, he has returned once more to the album that ate the world and made Bat Out of Hell III. ... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

22.09.06
The Barbra Streisand of hip hop, Jay Z, returns to the stage at two London shows, volatile rockers The Cult play the Brixton Academy and guitar-wielding pups are gearing up to release their third album.... more

'Jazz warriors' plan protest at Mobos

20.09.06
Jazz musicians are planning to protest at the Albert Hall tonight over what they describe as the "risible" removal of the category from this year's Mobo awards.... more

Little pleasure from perversity

05.09.06
After the cancellation of Sunday's concert the Philadelphia Orchestra redoubled its efforts. And though they sounded great, their interpretations left a little to be desired... more

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