Rick Wakeman and Oliver Wakeman

The Royal Albert Hall is the perfect venue for Rick Wakeman. They are both old, respected London Institutions. They have both enjoyed star-studded existences. The Royal Albert Hall has seen Freddie Mercury, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Paul McCartney and so many others pass through its doors and on to the stage of the lush, velvet seated auditorium.
Wakeman has sessioned with David Bowie, T.Rex, Cat Stevens and Black Sabbath, but is best known as the keyboardist for progressive rock outfit, Yes, working on their albums Fragile (1971), Close to the Edge (1972), and Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), before kicking off a highly successful solo career in 1974. He has recorded over fifty albums since then, among the more revered of these being 1984, Time Machine and Night Airs.
There is an air of regard that feels befitting at the Royal Albert Hall, as Wakeman takes to the keyboards and riffles out some classics from his long-standing career. There is a sense of allure that memorialises the glory days of glam and there are many hands waving along to all those years in retrospective.