A double tribute show celebrating the 90th birthdays of Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly with their rock 'n' roll hits.
Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly at 90 comes to the Montgomery Theatre on Friday 27 November, a double tribute show built around a bit of a coincidence: Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly would both have turned 90 this year. It's a night that puts the two of them centre stage, with their hits running through the evening.
Both names are huge, but they come from different corners of the same era. Orbison is the voice — that soaring, operatic tenor that could hold a note until the room felt like it might lift off. Holly is the energy — the sharp, driving rock 'n' roll that helped set the template for everything that followed. Bringing them together in one show lets you hear how they sat side by side, two different ways of doing the same thing.
The show is described as bringing the golden era of rock 'n' roll back to the stage, with the two singers' timeless hits at the centre of the evening. It's a tribute to the songs themselves, so the set is built around the material that made them household names rather than a deep dive into the B-sides. If you know the big ones, you'll recognise them from the first few bars.
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It's a Friday night in Sheffield, so it works as a standalone outing or as the start of a weekend. The show starts at 7:30pm and runs for around two hours and thirty minutes, including an interval, which gives you a chance to stretch your legs and grab a drink before the second half. The Montgomery Theatre is the venue, and the whole thing kicks off on Friday 27 November.
