. ♪ ♪ ever since i was a young boy, i've played the silver ball ♪ >> reporter: rock star roger daltreytman for the who, london's royal albert hall is haunted in a good way by its history. ♪ sure plays a mean pinball ♪ >> when you stand on that stage and feel the ghosts. >> reporter: you feel the ghosts? >> yeah, you do. you feel the ghosts. >> reporter: and what ghosts. over the past 150 years, rahm r month rahmanov, the rolling stones, pavarotti, and adele. to name just a few. >> it hosted just an incredible array of things from ice skating to circus. to ballet. >> reporter: archivist elizabeth harper keeps record of all the stars on stage. >> it was the first time the beatles played here, and you can see it's quite female heavy. >> reporter: and backstage. >> i have some lovely images of princess diana coming here, which actually people won't have seen before. >> reporter: the idea for a place to promote the arts and sciences to the british masses began with prince albert, but he died in 1861 before the hall was completed. a decade letter, his widow, queen victoria was still grieving

. ♪ >> reporter: rock star roger daltrey, the front man for "the who," for him, london's royal alberta good way by its history. >> when you stand on that stage, you feel the ghosts. >> reporter: you feel the ghosts? >> yeah, you do, you feel the ghosts. >> reporter: and what ghosts! over the past 150 years, the rolling stones, jimi hendrix, diana ross, frank sinatra, pavarotti, and adele -- to name just a few. >> it has hosted just an incredible array of things from ice-skating to the circus to the ballet. ♪ >> reporter: elizabeth harper keeps records of all of the stars on stage. >> it was the theatre, and you can see it is quite female-heavy. >> reporter: and back stage. >> i have some lovely images of princess diana coming her wch actually people won't have seen before. >> reporter: the idea is to promote the arts and sciences to the british masses began with prince albert, but he died in 1861, before the hall was completed. a dic a decade later, queen elizabeth was grieving. >> she thought of her day with prince albert. >> reporter: she really loved him? >> she really did. >> repo