The mega-smash Rock and Roll musical, Buddy, will visit the Lowry this September as a part of its UK tour.
The original ‘jukebox’ musical – has enjoyed phenomenal success, playing a record-breaking 4,900 performances over 614 weeks on tour in the UK and Ireland.
The show has also done 5,822 performances over 728 weeks in London’s West End – and will come to the Lowry from Monday 22 to Saturday 27 September.
Loved by critics and audiences alike, Buddy tells the enduring story of the musical icon’s meteoric rise from his Southern rockabilly beginnings to international stardom, culminating in his legendary final performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
The show will also show his tragic and untimely death on February 3, 1959 at the age of just 22.
His untimely death became known as ‘the Day the Music Died’ as Don McLean called it in his song American Pie.
In 18 short months the bespectacled boy from Lubbock, Texas, revolutionised the face of contemporary music, and would influence everyone from The Beatles to The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen.
And the show itself will feature a multi-talented cast of actor-musicians, Buddy presents two terrific hours of music with over 20 of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits, including such timeless classics as That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Everyday and Rave On.
Writer and Executive Producer Alan Janes said: “It really is incredible, over 35 years since we first opened, the show is back still spreading joy to every corner of the country.
“This is testament to a wonderful, extremely talented cast and some of the finest Rock & Roll tunes ever written by the one and only Buddy Holly.”
Buddy has inspired a generation of multi-million ticket selling jukebox musicals yet remains a true original and musical phenomenon.
And the show itself has been seen by over 22 million theatregoers since it first opened in London’s West End in 1989, and still continues to have audiences dancing in the aisles across the globe!
Salford residents looking to dance along to the show, can find tickets here – with prices starting from £24.50.
Featured image credited to Hamish Gill.
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