. >>> if your summer plans take you to london, you may want to take in a show at the royal albert hallit's back in business after a long coronavirus shutdown. roxana saberi spoke to some very famous performer, anxious to get back on stage. ♪ >> reporter: it's a place that every young artist wants to play. almost every person of fame and notoriety. they've all played this building. ♪ ♪ ever since i was a young boy, i've played the silver ball ♪ >> reporter: rock star roger daltrey, the frontman 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 ca

how is the royal albert hall preparing for today's reopening at full capacity? as, chief executive of the royal albert hall. great to talk to you. talk us through today, and what is ahead for you. it is a huge day for us, we are opening for the first time since march 13 last year, with a full capacity. it will be a shock for audiences and staff, but we are excited we are open finally at full capacity. it has been incredibly challenging, and financially really painful, so talk us through how you will progress and how quickly you will recover, financially. well, the most important thing for us — we are venue that doesn't receive government funding, so we rely on audiences. the most important to have audiences in the building, so today is really helpful, and we will trade our way out of this hole, but it will take, goodness me, at least ten years to years to get to where we were pre— pandemic, but we want to get shows going again. in terms of going to see shows from today onwards, what can they expect? will it be different? are you asking people to wear masks has tw

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albert hall. mark savage reports. for music lovers of the royal albert hall, the wait is over.is day. being not socially distance will be something to quickly get over. to be leaning forward, listening to music with the same intensity as the person next to you is going to be, it is a feeling of community. the concert was led by finnish conductor with the bbc symphony orchestra socially distance on a extended stage. how strict are they? we have a guy with a ruler. what is it like to be back? we have been waiting over one year to have a full audience and i think that we are all emotional and we are going to play really our hearts out with this concert. what is the moment of the concert you're most looking forward to? just to hear the people clapping and the whole ritual, just to start the silence and the waiting, when the first note starts to play. and the opening piece of music held a special significance. really, the whole night is about new beginnings and celebrating together. last year's proms ended on a controversial note after the bbc announced and then reversed a decision

and warming up for tonight's first night of the proms, as the royal albert hall welcomes back a fullth no social distancing. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: more from the tokyo games, as bryony page wins bronze for team gb in the women's trampolining final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said she's determined to make changes that will save lives — after the country reported a record number of deaths from drug misuse for the seventh year running. more than 1,300 people died of drug misuse in scotland last year alone. almost two thirds of all drug—related deaths were of people aged between 35 and 5a. scotland's drug—death rate continues to be more than three and a half times that for the uk as a whole. it means scotland continues to have by far the highest drug death rate recorded by any country in europe. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports on scotland's drugs crisis. it would've been angela maclachlan�*s birthday this week. angela had one of the most contagious laughs, smiles, big blue eyes,

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i will be talking as well to the chief executive of the royal albert hall.aximum temperature of 30.2 degrees celsius — the new highest temperature of the year for wales. but it was a bit hotter at london's heathrow airport, at 31.6, and that's the highest temperature we've seen in both england and the uk as a whole in 2021 so far. now, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, chances are you'll come across clear skies. the exception — northern scotland, where we could see an odd spot of rain for the western isles and the highlands, but otherwise it's dry. the other thing i'm sure you'll notice is just how warm a start to the day it's going to be. now, looking at the week ahead, high pressure's going to stay dominating the weather picture, and that means lots more of this hot and sunny weather, like it or not. now, there will be one or two isolated thundery showers building through the latter part of the afternoon, and evening time, and after hot weather by day, it will stay very warm overnight as well. monday morning, then, sunny, warm start to the

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is only required in a few venues, and there is a european tour next year, including london�*s royal albert hall you worried this will put off people from getting vaccinated? i am 100% concerned that it will slow down the vaccination rate, and it has. but, in the uk, these protesters met outside parliament to demonstrate their objections to vaccinations, and there are reports that some politicians from inside boris johnson�*s conservative party may boycott that autumn conference if vaccines are entry requirement there. elsewhere, the lead singer of the british pop group, right kappa said kappa fred, so that they are little more than lab rats. but not everybody sees it that way. so many rock stars are going on the other side. such as dave groll and the few fighters. they will not play a considered unless people show vaccination proof. i wish more artists were like them and said, get the vaccine, we need to stop this virus now while we can. concerns about side—effects contribute to hesitancy, but medical experts stressed that evenif medical experts stressed that even if people experience mild to m

the first night of the proms took place at the royal albert hall last night.estras will play every day over the next six weeks, as live music returns on a scale not seen in the uk since the start of the pandemic. the singer kt tunstall has been speaking to the bbc about her decision to pull out of an upcoming us tour due to problems with her hearing. the brit award winner, went completely deaf in her left ear three years ago. earlier this month she noticed the early signs of deterioration starting in her right ear and decided to act. she's been speaking to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. kt tunstall has been playing live for three decades, often doing 200 shows a year. next week she wants to start a three month us tour with hall and oates but what's happening to her hearing has caused her to pull out. it's almost like a siren goes off and you suddenly get this — "woooo" — and it'sjust a pulse of a noise. the other thing that you can get is that suddenly you can't hear anything and it feels like someone's put a vacuum over your head. her plan is

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last year there was a reduced orchestra, playing to an empty royal albert hall. 0 musicians. at is looking forward to that. six weeks i of concerts, 2000 musicians. at is a very ambitious _ of concerts, 2000 musicians. at is a very ambitious season _ of concerts, 2000 musicians. at is a very ambitious season which - of concerts, 2000 musicians. at is a very ambitious season which we - of concerts, 2000 musicians. at is a | very ambitious season which we have had to put together and the last few months, a balance of ambition and caution but ethic we have something exciting ahead of us and one of the things i am most proud of as we are celebrating british musicians because they have been through a really tough time and the pandemic and this is an international festival and what it has reminded us as artists like simon russell and nicola benedetti, the international artists throughout here on our shores. ~ ., artists throughout here on our shores. e . ., , ., , shores. what will that be that is new? we will — shores. what will that be that is new? we will have _ shor

and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the

proof is only required in a few venues and there is a european tour next year including london's royal albert hall are you worried this will put off people getting vaccinated? i am 100% worried it is going to slow down the vaccination rate and it has. but in the uk, these protesters met outside parliament to demonstrate their objections to vaccinations. elsewhere, the lead singer of the british group right said fred has warned anyone getting vaccinated that they are little more than lab rats. but not everyone in the music industry sees it that way. so many other rock stars are going on the other side, for example, dave grohl and the foo fighters, they will not play a concert unless the people there can show proof of vaccination. i wish more artists were like them and would say get the vaccine, we need to stop this virus now while we can. concerns about side effects and testing contribute to vaccine hesitancy, but medical experts stress that even though some people experience mild to moderate symptoms after being vaccinated, the benefit of vaccination outweighs the risks for the vast majority of pe

last year there was a reduced orchestra, playing to an empty royal albert hall.they have yet to escalate further east, so the winds will pick up here for the next few hours around that storm system. as well as that, we have got these bands of showers, longer spells of rain, some of them will turn heavy and thundery with some hail forecast, particularly across the eastern side of england this afternoon, some more persistent rain for northern england and parts of north wales. a few showers certainly for northern ireland, heavy ones here, and for parts of scotland. the far north a little cooler and cloudier. but the south of scotland, parts of northern ireland where we could feel 19 or 20, pleasantly warm with the lighter winds, cooler across england and wales where we still have a number of showers and thunderstorms into the evening starting to fade away. always the chance of rain for eastern parts of scotland and england. a subtle change in wind direction means it will freshen up through the night, certainly not a cold one for most of us. it will feel cooler than