03 - Sheffield
(City Hall)
04 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
05 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
06 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
07 - Bradford (Gaumont)
08 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
09 - Worcester (Gaumont)
10 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
11 - Brighton (Essoldo)
12 - Woolwich (Granada)
13 - Aylesbury (Granada)
14 - Bedford (Granada)
15 - Maidstone (Granada)
16 - Kingston (Granada)
17 - Slough (Adelphi)
18 - Walthamstow (Granada)
19 - Mansfield (Granada)
20 - Kettering (Granada)
21 - Manchester (Odeon)
22 - Birkenhead (Essoldo)
23 - Harrow (Granada)
24 - Tooting (Granada)
25 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
The Crickets
Ronnie Carroll
Russ Sainty & The Nu-Notes
Frank Kelly & The Hunters
Johnny de Little
Frank Berry (compere)
Promoter : Tito Burns
The Crickets
Ronnie Carroll
Russ Sainty and Frank Kelly
Front Cover
Johnny De Little and Frank Berry
Bobby Vee
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Birmingham (Hippodrome) - week
The Roulettes
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Chance Gordon
Norman Collier
McAndrew & Mills
Dave Reid
21 - York (Rialto)
22 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
23 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
24 - Brighton (Essoldo)
25 - Worcester (Gaumont)
26 - Edmonton (Granada)
27 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
28 - Bedford (Granada)
29 - Maidstone (Granada)
30 - Kingston (Granada)
December 1962
01 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
02 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
03 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
04 - Wakefield (Regal)
05 - Carlisle (Lonsdale)
06 - Chesterfield (ABC)
07 - Harrow (Granada)
08 - Slough (Adelphi)
09 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Gene Vincent
The Roulettes
The Trebletones
Chance Gordon
Peter Gordeno
Dave Reid (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Running Order - Dave Reid
Chance Gordon - Peter Gordeno
Worcester - Ticket
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Edmonton - Poster
Adam Faith
Gene Vincent
Chesterfield - Poster
NME Review
04 - Southampton (ABC)
07 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
09 - Belfast (Ritz)
11 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
13 - Chesterfield (ABC)
14 - Stockport (Essoldo)
15 - Birkenhead (Essoldo)
16 - Stockton (Globe)
17 - Edinburgh (Usher Hall)
18 - Newcastle (City Hall)
25 - Bexleyheath (ABC)
27 - Dover (ABC)
28 - Hastings (ABC)
29 - Southend (Odeon)
30 - Exeter (ABC)
December 1962
01 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
09 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
10 - Gloucester (Regal)
11 - Croydon (ABC)
12 - Cambridge (ABC)
13 - Northampton (ABC)
14 - Lincoln (ABC)
15 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
16 - Colchester (Odeon)
Eden Kane
Arthur Worsley with Charlie Brown
The Vernons Girls
The Kestrels
Red Price & His Orchestra
Rhet Stoller & The Dynamics
Billy Burden
Bobby Dennis
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Helen Shapiro
Arthur Worsley
The Kestrels
Rhet Stoller
Helen Shapiro
Poster - Southend
Eden Kane
Red Price
Bobby Dennis
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Nationwide Tour
see below for the show that included The Beatles
The Viscounts
The Breakaways
Alan Randall
Julie Grant
Ted Taylor Four
Joe Black (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Kimbrell / Grade Organisation
Frank Ifield
Joe Black
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Programme cover
The Viscounts
The Breakaways
Peterborough (Embassy Cinema)
The Beatles
Lana Sisters
Ted Taylor Four
Joe Black
Tommy Wallis & Beryl
Moya Moray
Joe Black (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
The Beatles were added to the Frank Ifield tour just for
one
night (instead of their regular Sunday spot at the Cavern)
The local newspaper was not at all impressed
30 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
December 1962
01 - Sheffield (City Hall)
02 - Derby (Gaumont)
07 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
08 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
09 - Southampton (Gaumont)
14 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
15 - Bradford (Gaumont)
16 - Sunderland (Empire)
The Shadows
Jackie Trent
The Breakaways
Alan Randall
The Trebletones
Alan Field (compere)
Cliff Richard
The Shadows
Jackie Trent
The Breakaways
Ticket - Southampton
Cliff Richard (Front cover
Running Order
The Shadows (Back cover)
Alan Randall
The Trebletones
Alan Field
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Queens Hall, Leeds
Joe Brown
Kenny Ball
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Heinz
Tornadoes
Jimmy Justice
Ryles Brothers
Ray Peters
Palace Theatre,Manchester
The Tornados
Vince Eager
Michael Cox
The Swinging Echoes
"Star Parade of 1962"
Promoter: John Smith
Bradford (Queens Hall)