Royal Albert Hall Royal Commission bought Gore House and its grounds (on which the Hall now stands) on the advice of the Prince. Progress on the scheme was slow and in 1861 Prince Albert died, without having seen his ideas come to fruition. However, a memorial was proposed for Hyde Park, with a Great Hall opposite. The proposal was approved and the site was purchased with some of the profits from the Exhibition. Once the remaining funds had been raised, in April 1867 Queen Victoria signed the Royal Charter of the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences which was to operate
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album) artist, and has sold more than three million copies worldwide. The live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" taken from "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards. "Live at The Royal Albert Hall" was well received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". "The Boston Globe" labeled the release "Our DVD pick" and said, "the performances are routinely