Late music legends Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison will be at the center of a new hologram tour beginning this fall.
Base Hologram, the company behind the innovative production, unveiled dates for the global trek today. Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly: The Rock N’ Roll Dream Tour will kick off its North American leg September 19 in San Francisco. It will travel to an additional four dozen cities around the U.S. before wrapping in Toronto on November 20. Major markets like Indianapolis, Albany, Salt Lake City, San Diego and Raleigh will also host the holographic performers. In addition to the North American dates, an 18-date European leg will also run simultaneously.
“Both Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly set the stage for what was to come down the road in the music industry,” Base Hologram CEO Brian Becker said in an official release. “They defined the genre of Rock and Roll from writing to recording to the standard band configuration, and they influenced everyone from Elvis to The Beatles. Now to be able to recapture that magic on a grand scale and let their fans see them together will be something truly special.”
The late rockers’ families also expressed their excitement over the tour. Roy Orbison Jr. called the experience of hearing his father’s tunes played again in music venues “a transcendent and cathartic experience.” Holly’s widow Maria Elena Holly noted that both her husband and Orbison will gain a new generation of fans given the unique opportunity to witness them performing together.
The joint tour will feature a live band and backing singers to accompany the hologram technology. Base Hologram previously launched a solo Orbison hologram tour and are currently spearheading a hologram tour featuring opera singer Maria Callas with a new Whitney Houston project in the works.
While Orbison and Holly have been gone for 30 and 60 years, respectively, their musical legacy endures. The two have 16 Platinum records and ten Grammys among them, and combine for nearly five million monthly Spotify streams today. They remain best known for Top 40 hits like “Peggy Sue,” “Pretty Woman” and “You Got It.”
See the full list of Buddy Holly & Roy Orbison hologram tour dates below.
North American Buddy Holly & Roy Orbison Hologram Tour Dates
Sept. 19 – San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
Sept. 20 – Redding, CA – Redding Civic Auditorium
Sept. 21 – Stockton, CA – Bob Hope Theatre
Sept. 24 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Sept. 25 – Hanford, CA – Fox Theatre
Sept. 26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Granada Theatre
Sept. 27 – Beverly Hills, CA – Saban Theater
Sept. 28 – Bakersfield, CA – Majestic Fox Theater
Sept. 30 – Riverside, CA – Fox Performing Arts Center
Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA – TBD
Oct. 3 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Music Hall
Oct. 4 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center
Oct. 6 – Albuquerque, NM – Popejoy Hall
Oct. 7 – Ft. Collins, CO – Lincoln Center
Oct. 8 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
Oct. 9 – Colorado Springs, CO – Pikes Peak Center
Oct. 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater
Oct. 11 – Helena, MT – Helena Civic Center
Oct. 12 – Missoula, MT – Dennison Theatre
Oct. 14 – Boise, ID – Morrison Center
Oct. 17 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Showroom
Oct. 20 – Catoosa, OK – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Oct. 21 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theater
Oct. 22 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theatre
Oct. 23 – St. Louis, MO – Stifel Theatre
Oct. 24 – Peoria, IL – Civic Center
Oct. 25 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre
Oct. 27 – Grand Rapids, MI – Devos Hall
Oct. 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
Oct. 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre at Old National Center
Oct. 30 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Palace
Nov. 1 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 3 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
Nov. 4 – Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Nov. 6 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
Nov. 8 – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Symphony Hall
Nov. 9 – Raleigh, NC – Memorial Auditorium
Nov. 10 – Collingswood, NJ – Scottish Rite Auditorium
Nov. 12 – New Brunswick, NJ – State Theatre
Nov. 13 – North Bethesda, MD – Music Center at Strathmore
Nov. 15 – Albany, NY – The Egg-Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 16 – Boston, MA – Boch Center-Shubert Theatre
Nov. 17 – Rochester, NY – Auditorium Theatre
Nov. 19 – Hamilton, ON – First Ontario Concert Hall
Nov. 20 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
European/UK Buddy Holly & Roy Orbison Hologram Tour Dates
Oct. 7 – Dublin, Ireland – 3 Arena
Oct. 8 – Belfast, UK – Waterfront Hall
Oct. 10 – Newcastle, UK – Utilita Arena
Oct. 11 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
Oct. 12 – Liverpool, UK – Echo Arena
Oct. 13 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
Oct. 14 – Hull, UK – Bonus Arena
Oct. 16 – Glasgow, UK – Clyde Auditorium
Oct. 17 – Birmingham, UK – Resorts World Arena
Oct. 18 – Bournemouth, UK – Windsor Hall
Oct. 21 – Nottingham, UK – Royal Concert Hall
Oct. 22 – Brighton, UK – Brighton Center
Oct. 23 – Cardiff, UK – Motorpoint Arena
Oct. 24 – London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
Oct. 27 – Groningen, Netherlands – MartiniPlaza
Oct. 28 – Essen, Germany – Colosseum
Oct. 29 – Brussels, Belgium – Bozar
Oct. 31 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – RAI Theater
