About the show

Barry Steele returns the stone to Roy Orbison as he opens the show, accompanied by our five-piece band, and we’re instantly transported back in time to the 1960s when the big O was touring the UK. Not only does Barry sound like a man, he looks like a man. I also like him in his signature dark-framed glasses and 60s style as he introduces his special guests on stage, reminding many that Roy Orbison hosted his own TV show in the 60s. In the second set, all you have to do is just imagine that it is September 30, 1987, and Roy Orbison is at the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, recording the sensational “Black and White Night”, reliving that golden evening, when Barry Steele transports you back effortlessly. to what was arguably one of Roy Orbison’s greatest performances. With a stunning set including Ooby Dooby, Mean Woman Blues and Uptown, plus the soaring vocals of Barry Steele effortlessly covering Classics, Only the Lonely, Crying and Blue Angel, right through to Orbison’s later hits California Blue and You Got It and, of course, The Traveling Wilburys, whose music also appears in the show.