Stream Buddy Guy’s 90th Birthday All-Star Concert Live via Nugs.net

Electric blues pioneer Buddy Guy will mark his 90th birthday with a sold-out, all-star concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on October 1, 2026, featuring a star-studded lineup of guest performers and a global pay-per-view livestream, guitarplayer.com reported.

The landmark event, billed as Buddy’s Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration, brings together generations of guitar heroes and musical royalty to honor the living icon. Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks lead the billing for the evening, alongside Aloe Blacc, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Billy F. Gibbons, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Bobby Rush, Isaiah Sharkey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Ally Venable, Willie Weeks, Kim Wilson, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, according to liveforlivemusic.com and bluesrockreview.com.

Steve Jordan serves as the evening’s music director for the performance, presented by Blackbird Presents and Live Nation, with Keith Wortman, Garry Buck, and Scooter Weintraub executive producing the celebration, liveforlivemusic.com and bluesrockreview.com reported.

Streaming Buddy Guy at Radio City Music Hall

Fans unable to attend the sold-out concert in person can watch the action globally via the live music streaming service Nugs. Access to the Martyn Atkins-directed livestream costs $39.99 for high-definition video or $49.99 for 4K video, with purchases including 48 hours of on-demand viewing from the buyer’s library, according to liveforlivemusic.com and bluesrockreview.com.

Active site subscribers receive an automatic 25% price drop, and new users can select a “Buy & Subscribe” option to secure the same discount while unlocking the service’s broader catalog of livestreams and official audio recordings, liveforlivemusic.com reported. Viewers can access the broadcast through the Nugs mobile app on iOS and Android, or on home television screens via native apps on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, and other Android TV devices.

In keeping with the headliner’s long-standing philanthropic efforts, a portion of all stream sales will go directly to the American Cancer Society, guitarplayer.com and liveforlivemusic.com reported.

Celebrating Seven Decades of Electric Blues

The concert arrives as Guy continues to tour the globe and perform with his signature polka-dot Stratocaster, celebrating a career that spans over seven decades as a cornerstone of electric blues. His raw, aggressive tone and fiery showmanship directly influenced generations of musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and John Mayer, guitarplayer.com reported.

Born in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Guy built his first two-string guitar at age seven before moving to Chicago in 1957, where he recorded with Chess Records and collaborated with its legendary roster, liveforlivemusic.com reported. He is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a nine-time Grammy Award winner, and a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, 38 Blues Music Awards, the Billboard Century Award, the Presidential National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honor.

Reflecting on the milestone event when it was first announced, Guy shared his perspective on the gathering:

Can’t wait to celebrate 90 years of living, loving, and playing the Blues with all my friends. We’ll make it a night not just for me, but for the folks who taught us, the friends we’ve played with, and the ones coming up behind us.

Buddy Guy

Securing Access Before Showtime on October 1st

The broadcast begins at 7:30 PM ET, 4:30 PM PT, and 12:30 AM UK time on Thursday, October 1, 2026, guitarplayer.com reported. Fans can purchase digital passes through nugs.net/BuddyGuy ahead of the showtime.

Purchasers gain immediate access to the live feed and the subsequent 48-hour viewing window, joining a digital audience tuning in from around the world to watch the Chicago blues legend share the stage with his contemporaries and protégés.