there and the curtain is going up in a report from roxana saberi. >> it is a place where every young play. ♪ >> reporter: they've all his building. ♪ >> reporter: rock star roger daltrey, the front man for "the who," for him, london's royal albert hall is haunted in a 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 com