About Buddy Holly & The Crickets' Last Tour in 1958

                     BIGGEST SHOW OF STARS FOR 1958 - Fall Edition

	Worcester Memorial Auditorium is a 3,800 - seat multi - purpose arena                      and auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

     Über die letzte gemeinsame Tour von Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1958

                   Die "Biggest Show Of Stars For 1958" - Herbstausgabe

	The Worcester Memorial Auditorium on Lincoln Square in Worcester, Massachusetts, where Buddy Holly and the Crickets played the first show of   their final tour on October 3, 1958. This photo was taken on February 18, 2009, 18,402 days later.
	Das Worcester Memorial Auditorium am Lincoln Square in Worcester, Massachusetts, wo Buddy Holly und die Crickets die erste Show ihrer letzten Tour am 3. Oktober 1958 hatten. Dieses Foto wurde aufgenommen am 18. Februar 2009, 18402 Tage danach.

	THE  RARE  TOUR  POSTER
The Biggest Show of Stars for '58 Fall Edition

                   From the fabulous Chris Rees Collection

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Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Joe B. Mauldin (the "Crickets") spent the spring   of 1958 touring in the UK and Australia. That summer, they toured the Midwestern U.S. on a package "Summer Dance   Party" tour. On October 3, 1958, they drove separately from New York City to   Worcester, Mass., where they played the first show of what would be their last   tour at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium at Lincoln Square.   Buddy Holly, of course, would go on to tour the upper Midwest without the   original Crickets in January and February 1959, but this would be the last tour   undertaken by the original group. The auditorium still looks exactly the same as it did in 1958.

	Following the show, which ended around 11 PM, the Crickets drove 3/4 mile south on Main Street to the Bancroft Hotel, at 50 Franklin Street. The Bancroft stands today, although it is currently an apartment building. Below the hotel, at the same address, is this little billiards joint.
	Nach dem Ende der Show, die etwa um 23 Uhr endete, fuhren die Crickets 3/4 Meilen südlich auf der Hauptstraße zum Bancroft Hotel, das als Adresse hat: 50 Franklin Street. Das Hotel gibt es noch, obwohl es nun umfunktioniert wurde in ein Appartement - Haus. Unterhalb vom ehemaligen Hotel, unter der gleichen Adresse, ist dieser kleine Billard - Treff. Steht zwar leer, ist aber eine historische Adresse ich Sachen "Buddy Holly & The Crickets".

                                            TOUR DATES October 1958:

03   Worcester Auditorium, Worcester MA

04     State Theater, Hartfort CT

05       Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

06         Memorial Centre, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

07           Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

08             Sports Arena, Toledo OH 

09               Indiana Theater, Indianapolis IN

10                 State Fair Coliseum, Louisville KY

11                   Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus OH 

12                     Stanbough Auditorium, Youngstown OH       

13                       Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh PA

14                         Akron Armory, Akron OH

15                           Community War Memorial Building, Rochester NY

16                             Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA

17                               Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk VA

18                                 Park Center, Charlotte NC                             

19                                   Mosque, Richmond VA

           Es sei noch ergänzend vermerkt, dass an einigen Stationen 2 Shows

                    stattfanden. Eine anstrengende Tour ohne Ruhetage.

                           All pics by kind courtesy of a friend of mine

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