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The Next Royal Philharmonic Album?

January 23, 2018 by royorbison

A Love So Beautiful, Roy Orbison‘s recent collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, was the 9th best selling album released in 2017 in the UK! However, we know it didn’t include all of your favorites.

Comment on Facebook and tell us what song you would like to hear Roy sing with the orchestra on the next album!

 

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Billboard: 30 Years After His Death, Roy Orbison Is Going On Tour Again — In Hologram Form

January 11, 2018 by royorbison

1/11/2018 by Cherie Hu

The U.K. leg of the “In Dreams” tour, featuring a laser-projected Roy and a live band, has already sold over 70 percent of its tickets.

Two days ago, I watched Roy Orbisonrise from the ground onto the stage at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, donning a gray suit, a red Gibson guitar and his signature sunglasses. Supported by a live orchestra and conductor, Orbison performed his hit song “Only the Lonely,” an extravagant light show in the background balancing out his velvety voice and characteristically statuesque stage presence.

At the end of the song, however, Orbison’s body disappeared abruptly from view, and a white, 8-by-15 laser grid took his place. The sound and lighting technicians at the back of the venue announced the end of dress rehearsal, signaling the orchestral musicians to take a break. What I tried to forget in the moment of the spectacle came rushing back to me: the Roy Orbison I just saw wasn’t actually real.

Regardless of your reaction — horrified, intrigued, confused, excited — this is what Base Entertainment, the second-largest producer of live shows in Las Vegas behind Cirque du Soleil, is betting on as the next frontier in live entertainment: holographic shows.

In collaboration with Orbison’s Estate — managed by the late singer’s sons under the name “Roy’s Boys” — a new subsidiary of Base Entertainment called Base Hologram is taking a virtual Orbison on an international tour with local symphony orchestras. The tour is titled “In Dreams,” named after Orbison’s hit single, and the hologram will make its first-ever public appearance at the APAP Conference this Sunday (Jan. 14).

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Happy Birthday Barbara Orbison!

January 10, 2018 by royorbison

Happy Birthday to Barbara Orbison!

Here’s a photo of Barbara with her sons Roy Orbison Jr & Alex Orbi Orbison backstage at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards on February 22, 1989.

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Sky News: Roy Orbison on Tour as a Hologram

January 8, 2018 by royorbison

Thanks to technology the Only The Lonely singer is about to perform again on a new world tour, 30 years after his death.

WATCH 

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Rolling Stone: Roy Orbison’s Sons Recall His Reclusive Nature, Beatles Tour in New Bio

January 3, 2018 by royorbison

Roy Orbison maintained a celebrated semblance of mystery in an era when that was still possible. Though he reigned over the pop and rock charts in a prolific career that spanned the late 1950s to his untimely death in 1988, Orbison forever remained an enigmatic cat, protected by those cool dark glasses and a generally inscrutable demeanor. Little was known of his personal life, as he was fortunate enough to belong to a time that preceded non-stop social media and the prying eyes of gossip mavens.

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