Royal Albert Hall Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats. The Hall is a registered charity held in trust for the nation and receives no public or government funding. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. The location of some of the most notable
Royal Albert Hall title, but does include details of the actual location. Recordings from the Royal Albert Hall concerts on 26–27 May 1966 were finally released by the artist in 2016 as "The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert". Another concert mislabelled as being at the Hall was by Creedence Clearwater Revival. An album by them titled "The Royal Albert Hall Concert" was released in 1980. When Fantasy Records discovered the show on the album actually took place at the Oakland Coliseum, it retitled the album "The Concert". A large mural by Peter Blake, titled "Appearing at the Royal Albert Hall", is displayed