Buddy Holly’s back ... as a touring hologram. But is it ‘live’ music?
Dec 04, 2019
4 minutes
As soon as Donna Kemp heard about a joint comeback tour by Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly, she snapped up tickets at Boston’s Shubert Theatre. The last time she saw Roy Orbison in concert was in 1987. So when the sunglasses-clad crooner appeared in front of a live band on a recent Saturday night, his rendition of “In Dreams” made her tear up – just as it always has.
It didn’t matter that the singers onstage were hologram projections of the two long-deceased artists.
“I was a little apprehensive,” admits Ms. Kemp. “But it’s good.”
Her companion, Larry Donahue, was less
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