- Running time 2 hours 35 minutes (including interval)
- Age guidelines 7+
Get tickets to Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
This sensational, multi-award-winning West End show Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is back on a major new tour of the UK.
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is the FEEL GREAT musical about the incredible rise to fame of Buddy Holly – from his Texas rockabilly beginnings to international stardom and his legendary final performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic death at the age of just 22.
The show is packed with over 20 of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits, including That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Everyday, Oh Boy, Not Fade Away, Rave On, and Raining In My Heart; plus La Bamba by Ritchie Valens and Chantilly Lace by The Big Bopper.
Buddy first opened in the West End in 1989 and played for 12 incredible years, before thrilling over 22 million people worldwide.
Experience the drama, passion and excitement of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Musical.
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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, before his tragic and untimely death on February 3rd, 1959 at the age of just 22. This 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.
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Featuring the songs of Buddy Holly
Written by Alan Janes
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story – UK tour dates 2025 & 2026
Yeovil Westlands Ballroom, 6 – 8 November 2025
Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 11 – 15 November 2025
Bath Theatre Royal, 13 – 17 January 2026
Exeter Northcott Theatre, 19 – 24 January 2026
Blackpool Grand Theatre, 3 – 7 February 2026
Hull New Theatre, 12 – 14 February 2026
Norwich Theatre Royal, 18 – 21 February 2026
Bradford Alhambra Theatre, 24 – 28 February 2026
Lichfield Garrick Theatre, 2 – 7 March 2026
New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 10 – 14 March 2026
Darlington Hippodrome, 17 – 21 March 2026
Shrewsbury Theatre Severn, 23 – 24 March 2026
Buxton Opera House, 26 – 28 March 2026
Belfast Grand Opera House, 31 March – 4 April 2026
Plymouth Theatre Royal, 7 – 11 April 2026
Northampton Royal & Derngate, 20 – 21 April 2026
Chelmsford Theatre, 23 – 25 April 2026
Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre, 27 April – 2 May 2026
Lincoln New Theatre Royal, 4 – 6 May 2026
Crawley The Hawth, 8 – 9 May 2026
Glasgow Pavilion Theatre, 11 – 12 May 2026
Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre, 14 – 17 May 2026
Southampton Mayflower Theatre, 21 – 23 May 2026
Ipswich Regent Theatre, 27 – 30 May 2026
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The Song List for Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Is:
Act One:
Rose of Texas
Rip It Up
Changing All Those Changes
That’ll Be the Day
You’ve Got Love
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Everyday
Reet Petite
Shout
Not Fade Away
Peggy Sue
Words of Love
Long Tall Sally
Oh Boy
Act Two:
Listen to Me
Well Alright
It’s So Easy
True Love Ways
Crying, Waiting, Hoping
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Chantilly Lace
Maybe Baby
Peggy Sue Got Married
Heartbeat
La Bamba
Real Wild Child
Raining in My Heart
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Rave On
Johnny B. Goode
Oh Boy (Encore)
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