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‘The World’s Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical’ Announces 2023 UK Tour!
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We're almost two weeks into the 30th Anniversary tour, and reviews from Harlow and Plymouth are united in their praise for the show!
Sixty years since Buddy Holly first entered the UK album charts with The Chirping Crickets in 1958, the Rock & Roll pioneer is back in the Top 10, with an album that picks up where he left off at his very last recording session...
The 50th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards, recognizing the work of Equity productions in the Chicago area (held October 22, at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, Illinois) saw American Blues Theater take home five Jeff Awards for their 2018 production of Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story, including the prizes for: Best Production, Musical (Midsize); Best Director, Midsize Theater (Lili-Anne Brown); Best Ensemble, Musical; Best Performer in a Principal Role, Musical (Zachary Stevenson); and Best Music Direction (Michael Mahler).
2019 will see Buddy, 'The World's Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical', celebrate its 30th year, while making a triumphant homecoming to its birthplace - Theatre Royal, Plymouth - where it was first developed in 1989!
Check out these Lego men performing 'Oh Boy!', lovingly created by Galen Johnson, who plays Jerry Allison in the Globe Theatre (Regina, Canada) production of Buddy, currently running at the Casino Regina Show Lounge until February 10th!
It's always a bit special going back to Plymouth, as we did last week. It was at the Theatre Royal in August 1989, that the Buddy adventure began. Little did anyone involved back then know we'd still be rockin' all over the world 28 years later!
In his Nobel Prize for Literature speech from June 4th, Dylan explained the impact Buddy had on him as a young man.
Check out the 'Buddy Car', wrapped especially for our forthcoming week in Carlisle (22-27 May)!
Paul McCartney has often talked about the importance of Buddy Holly and the Crickets on the fledgling career of The Beatles, and Buddy's huge influence on numerous other artists and musicians is well documented...
Footage and interviews with cast of the current Grand Theatre (London, Ontario) production of Buddy!
A not-to-be-missed package for all Buddy — and music — fans alike...
Taking a look back at Zach's road trip in search of Buddy Holly...
En route to Dubuque, we stopped by the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa - location of Buddy, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper's last performance on the 'Winter Dance Party Tour' in February, 1959. Check out our pics from the Surf...
If you're in North Carolina this week, be sure to check out North Carolina Theatre's sensational production of Buddy at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts!
St. Louis is loving Buddy! Check out these reviews, pics and video from the Muny's amazing production of Buddy...
Check out this crystal-clear interview with Buddy, from 1958!
In more exciting news, America's oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre (est. 1919) - the Muny in St. Louis, Missouri - has announced Buddy as part of its 97th season. The show, making its premiere at the Muny, will run July 13-19, 2015, and will be produced by the Muny.