BEFORE THE BEATLES BEFORE THE STONES
ROCK & ROLL WAS BORN…
OH BOY! NOW IN ITS 37TH INCREDIBLE YEAR ‘THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ROCK & ROLL MUSICAL’ CONTINUES TO THRILL AUDIENCES ON TOUR IN THE U.K. AND AROUND THE WORLD.
BUDDY tells the story of musical icon Buddy Holly through his short yet spectacular career, and features such classic hits as ‘That’ll Be The Day’, ‘Peggy Sue’, ‘Oh Boy!’, ‘Everyday’, ‘Not Fade Away’, ‘Maybe Baby’, ‘True Love Ways’, ‘Rave On’, the Big Bopper’s ‘Chantilly Lace’, Ritchie Valens’ ‘La Bamba’, and many more!
Viewed by more than 23 million people in over 23,000 performances worldwide, BUDDY opened in London’s West End in 1989 and has been seen on Broadway, throughout the U.S. and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Japan and Singapore, winning numerous awards along the way.
Before The Beatles or The Rolling Stones ever played a note, the bespectacled young man from Lubbock, Texas, known as Buddy Holly revolutionized the ‘new music called Rock & Roll’ – the sound of 1950s young America – and how it was written, recorded and performed. Witness his story explode onto the stage in a toe-tapping, hand-clapping extravaganza, which will have you “up and dancing in the aisles”!
‘THE SHOW YOU’LL NEVER FORGET’
DAILY MAIL
‘IT’S STILL BUDDY BRILLIANT’
THE SUN
‘A DARN TOOTIN’ GOOD TIME.
YOU’LL HAVE A BLAST’
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
‘THE AUDIENCE IS ELEVATED TO JOYFUL CHAOS’
NEW YORK POST
‘LUDICROUSLY ENJOYABLE.
EXHILARATING’
THE TELEGRAPH
‘FORGET ABOUT FEEL-GOOD.
BUDDY IS FEEL-GREAT’
VANCOUVER SUN
‘AN AFFIRMING BLAST’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘SENDS PEOPLE OUT OF THE THEATER ON AN UNSTOPPABLE HIGH’
THE BOSTON GLOBE
‘IT EXPLODES INTO FULL-THROTTLED JOY… UTTERLEY MESMERIZING’
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
‘REMARKABLE.
IT’S A BONA FIDE CROWD PLEASER’
VARIETY
“John and I started to write because of Buddy Holly” ~ Paul McCartney
“Buddy played the music I love — country-western, rock ’n’ roll and rhythm and blues — three separate strands that he intertwined and infused into one genre, one brand” ~ Bob Dylan
“He made it ok to wear glasses. I WAS Buddy Holly” ~ John Lennon
“You could learn from Buddy Holly how to write songs. He was a beautiful writer” ~ Mick Jagger
“Buddy Holly was one of the greatest talents ever. His songs are as up-to-date now as they were 60 years ago. I loved Buddy - still do” ~ Dolly Parton
“Buddy... the king of the 3 minute masterpiece” ~ Noel Gallagher
“He was one of my earliest heroes” ~ Elton John
“To guys of my age at the time, if you were the least bit interested in music, Buddy was the one... because Buddy had glasses and looked a bit like a bank clerk, you could say to yourself, ‘Well, it’s not just for guys who look like Elvis’” ~ Keith Richards
“Buddy stood for innovation; doing things his own way and leading with his gut... and that downstroke guitar was just punk as...” ~ Yungblud
“I heard Buddy Holly make that incredible sound on his guitar... hearing those wonderful harmonies, and it completely motivated me. I just thought, ‘I want to be able to make music that does that to people’” ~ Brian May
“Buddy Holly came from Texas. He taught us that country music can marry rock ‘n’ roll” ~ Art Garfunkel
