Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, the award-winning musical about rock ‘n’ & roll legend Buddy Holly, is setting off a new UK tour in 2025 & 2026.
The tour starts at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 27 August 2025, and then visits Basildon, Malvern, Dunstable, Crewe, Salford, Billingham, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Tunbridge Wells, Windsor, Saffron Walden, Swindon, Yeovil, Guildford, Bath, Exeter, Blackpool, Hull, Norwich, Bradford, Lichfield, New Brighton, Darlington, Shrewsbury, and Buxton.
The hit musical tells the true story of Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame, beginning in 1957 when his first hit That’ll Be The Day took over the airwaves, through to his tragic death less than two years later in the plane crash that became known as “the day the music died.”
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.
Celebrating the legacy of the young man with glasses whose brief but brilliant career helped define the golden age of rock & roll, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story has been seen by over 22 million people around the world.
Written by Alan Janes, the show ran in the West End for over 12 years, playing for over 5,000 performances.
Writer and Executive Producer Alan Janes said in a statement: “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.”
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story – UK tour dates 2025 & 2026
Birmingham Hippodrome
27 – 30 August 2025
Basildon Towngate Theatre
2 – 6 September 2025
Malvern Theatres Festival Theatre
9 – 13 September 2025
Dunstable Grove Theatre
15 – 17 September 2025
Crewe Lyceum Theatre
19 – 20 September 2025
Salford The Lowry
22 – 27 September 2025
Billingham Forum Theatre
30 September – 4 October 2025
Portsmouth Kings Theatre
7 – 11 October 2025
Basingstoke The Anvil
13 – 14 October 2025
Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre
16 – 18 October 2025
Windsor Theatre Royal
21 – 25 October 2025
Saffron Walden Saffron Hall
28 October – 1 November 2025
Swindon Wyvern Theatre
3 – 4 November 2025
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
Further tour dates to be announced
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