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The Latest Breaking News from the Royal Festival Hall

Wicked stars pay homage to original Broadway production at UK premiere

British stars including Amanda Holden, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Olly Alexander flocked to the London premiere.

Evening Standard

David Sedaris is an icon of indignation in a world that keeps on irking

The American humorist delighted the Royal Festival Hall with characteristically disgruntled slices of life – including a brush with cancel culture

The Guardian - UK

Five Met officers 'brawled with public on South Bank after boozy Christmas party'

Five Metropolitan Police officers are accused of brawling with members of the public by the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank after a boozy Christmas party, a court has heard.

Evening Standard

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David Tennant says Bafta film awards will be ‘evening of generosity and joy’

The Scottish actor will be helming the star-studded ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre on Sunday

Evening Standard

Off-duty Met officers 'involved in South Bank brawl' with four on restricted duties

Fights broke out on the Jubilee Bridge and near to the Royal Festival Hall

Evening Standard

"Even before we got to the day of the show, there was a ‘concern’… a concern with Liam" – the story behind the farce and the glory of Oasis’s infamous 1996 MTV Unplugged performance

Riding high after playing to 250,000 people at Knebworth, Oasis set about rehearsing for a very different kind of show – an intimate MTV Unplugged performance from the Royal Festival Hall. But within days, it was clear all was not going to plan…

MusicRadar

“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess

Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin

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Warpaint at the Royal Festival Hall review: eventually even the shush-ers were on their feet

The LA dream-rockers are still flourishing almost twenty years on; whatever their secret is, it’s working a treat

Evening Standard

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews are a picture-perfect couple at BAFTA red carpet

The model, 37, and her reality star husband Spencer, 34, were dressed to the nines for the BAFTA TV Awards held at the Royal Festival Hall in London

Daily Mirror

Bafta TV award winners say they are ‘honoured’ and ‘delighted’ to secure victory

The Bafta TV awards took place on Sunday at the Royal Festival Hall.

The Independent UK

Star-studded Bafta TV Awards to celebrate best of British television

The ceremony will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

The Independent UK

The Piano viewers in tears at ‘astonishingly beautiful’ performance from 13-year-old blind contestant Lucy

13-year-old, who is autistic, performed Debussy’s Arabesque at the Royal Festival Hall

The Independent UK

Scots BAFTA-winning autistic pianist is Channel 4 talent show finalist

Edinburgh born pianist Sean Logan has reached the final of Channel 4 talent competition The Piano. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman and judged by Mika and world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, the winners will perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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