Skegness Forum
Key Master
When Roy Orbison died in 1988, it was left to others to bring his music to the concert stage. No easy task. But Barry Steele comes with very good credentials and a genuine admiration of the Big O.
Just imagine it is the 30th of September 1987 and Roy Orbison is in the Coconut Grove Nightclub in Los Angeles recording the sensational Black and White Night. Relive this golden evening as Barry Steele effortlessly transports you back to what was arguably one of Roy Orbison,s greatest performances.
Barry Steele who portrays The Big O has toured extensively across the UK, Denmark, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium and Germany. He performed as the Big O to rave reviews in the hit show "Rockin on Heavens Door", before leaving in April 2009 to concentrate on his own show.
Barry has been described by the stage newspaper as "Brilliant" and the Wanganui Chronicle in New Zealand stated "Barry Steele has a range to match the master". It was during the tour of New Zealand that it became evident that the chemistry between The Big O's music and The Beatles was electric and both Barry and The Complete Beatles are looking forward to bringing "Roy Orbison & The Beatles Live in Concert" to the UK and beyond.
The Complete Beatles are one of the UK's Premier tributes to the Fab Four, and have toured across UK, Europe and the Far East in their own show and perform regularly with Gerry and the Pacemakers in theatres across the country. Both Barry and The Beatles are very excited to be performing together and they will be delivering all the classics from both the Fab Four & The Big "O" just like in 1963 when both these legends actually toured the UK together, it was during this tour that Roy Orbison and The Beatles forged life long friendships, which lasted right through to the creation of The Travelling Wilburys, whose music also features in this production.
This is a concert that is unique, this is "The concert they did give".
Saturday 6th March at 7:30pm