01 - Handsworth (Plaza)
02 - Prestatyn (Royal Lido)
03 - Southsea (Savoy)
04 - Reading (New Majestic)
05 - Kilburn (Gaumont State)
06 - Farnborough (Town Hall)
07 - Lowestoft (Royal Hotel)
08 - East Grinstead (Whitehall)
09 - Nelson (Imperial)
11 - Bridgwater (Town Hall)
12 - Cardiff (?)
13 - Hitchin (Hermitage)
15 - Dunstable (California)
16 - Boston (Gliderdome)
17 - Manchester (Princess)
The Rebounds
1934 - 1964
Second and last UK tour
He died the following year
01 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
02 - Sheffield (City Hall)
03 - Leeds (Odeon)
05 - Slough (Adelphi)
06 - Northampton (ABC)
07 - Dublin (Adelphi)
08 - Belfast (Ritz)
09 - East Ham (Granada)
10 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
13 - Plymouth (ABC)
14 - Exeter (ABC)
15 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
16 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
17 - Coventry (Theatre)
19 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
20 - Manchester (ABC)
21 - Carlisle (ABC)
22 - Stockton (Globe)
23 - Newcastle (City Hall)
24 - Hull (ABC)
26 - Cambridge (Regal)
27 - York (Rialto)
28 - Lincoln (ABC)
29 - Huddersfield (ABC)
30 - Sunderland (Empire)
December 1963
01 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
03 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
07 - Liverpool (Odeon)
08 - Lewisham (Odeon)
09 - Southend (Odeon)
10 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
11 - Scarborough (Futurist)
12 - Nottingham (Odeon)
13 - Southampton (Gaumont)
The Brook Brothers
Kestrels
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Vernons Girls
Rhythm & Blues Quartet
Frank Berry (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howe
Leeds (Queens Hall)
09 - Edmonton (Regal)
10 - Woolwich (Granada)
11 - Harrow (Granada)
13 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
14 - Kingston (Granada) - Gene Vincent
15 - Stockton (ABC)
16 - Brixton (Astoria)
17 - Southend (Odeon)
Little Richard injured his ankle and went home before the Kingston show
Gene Vincent replaced him at Kingston (see below)
Jimmy Justice replaced him at Stockton and Southend
The Shirelles
Mickie Most
Flintstones
Roof-Raisers
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Little Richard
Duane Eddy
The Shirelles
Ticket - Kingston
Ticket - Edmonton
Little Richard & Duane Eddy (cover)
Running Order
The Flintstones
Mickie Most
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Kingston (Granada)
see above for the earlier part of the tour
Gene Vincent
The Shirelles
Carter Lewis & The Southerners
The Roofraisers
The Flintstones
Mickie Most
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Duane Eddy
Gene Vincent
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Duane Eddy - The Shirelles - Gene Vincent
Running Order
Carter Lewis & The Southerners
10 - Peterborough (Embassy)
11 - Cambridge (ABC)
13 - York (Rialto)
15 - Croydon (ABC)
16 - Southampton (Gaumont)
19 - Nottingham (Odeon)
20 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
21 - Scarborough (Futurist)
22 - Sheffield (City Hall)
23 - Slough (Adelphi)
24 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
26 - Romford (Ritz)
27 - Kingston (ABC)
29 - Belfast (ABC)
30 - Blackpool (Opera House)
December 1963
01 - Liverpool (Empire)
04 - Exeter (ABC)
05 - Plymouth (ABC)
06 - Luton (ABC)
07 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
08 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
09 - Manchester (Plaza)
10 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
11 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
12 - Manchester (Apollo)
13 - Stockton (ABC)
14 - Leeds (Odeon)
15 - Hull (ABC)
Helen Shapiro
Guest spot (see below)
Spotnicks
Chants
Harlems
Trebletones
Promoter : Arthur Howes
Guest spot - one of the following
Searchers
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Heinz & The Saints
Fourmost
Hollies
The Dakotas
The Bachelors
NME Advert
Helen Shapiro - Bobby Rydell (Front cover)
Helen Shapiro
Bobby Rydell
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
T&A Advert
Poster
The Spotnicks
The Trebletones
Ticket - York
City Hall, Sheffield
11 - Cannock (Danilo)
16 - City Hall (Sheffield)
Nationwide Tour
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Searchers
Tommy Roe
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Susan Singer
Tony Marsh (compere)
15 - Luton (Odeon)
16 - Streatham (Odeon)
17 - Romford (Odeon)
19 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
20 - Watford (Gaumont)
21 - Folkestone (Odeon)
22 - Southampton (Gaumont)
23 - Walthamstow (Granada)
24 - Nottingham (Theatre Royal)
26 - Halifax (Odeon)
27 - Stockton (Odeon)
28 - Southport (Odeon)
29 - Newcastle (Odeon)
30 - Sheffield (City Hall)
December 1963
01 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
03 - Greenford (Granada)
04 - Maidstone (Granada)
05 - Kettering (Granada)
06 - Kingston (Granada)
07 - Bolton (Odeon)
08 - Cardiff (Capitol)
NME Advert
Poster - Bolton
The Dakotas
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Caravelles (except when replaced by Cilla Black)
Cilla Black (23, 3,4,5,6)
The Fourmost
Houston Wells
Tommy Quickly
The Marauders
Ted King (compere)
"The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade"
Promoter - Brian Epstein (NEMS Enterprises)
Billy J. Kramer
The Dakotas
Cilla Black
Johhny Kidd & The Pirates
Programme Cover
Running Order
The Fourmost
Houston Wells & The Marksmen
Tommy Quickly
The Marauders
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
20 - Sheffield (City Hall)
21 - Croydon (Fairfield Halls)
22 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
23 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
24 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
25 - Luton (Odeon)
26 - Liverpool (Odeon)
27 - Leeds (Odeon)
28 - Manchester (Odeon)
29 - Birmingham (Odeon)
30 - Glasgow (Odeon)
The Shirelles
Gene Vincent
Gary 'US' Bonds (not Sheffield)
Carter-Lewis & The Southerners
Mickie Most
Flintstones
Roof-Raisers
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
A continuation of the earlier tour
Beatles
Parlophone : PMC 1206 & PCS3045
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You (From The Music Man)
Please Mister Postman (Marvelettes)
Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me (MIracles)
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart (Donays)
Not A Second Time
Money (Barratt Strong)
London (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Larry Adler
Annie Ross
Jackie Trent
Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
Doncaster (The Baths)
06 - Romford (Odeon)
07 - Croydon (Fairfield Halls)
08 - Reading (Olympia Ballroom)
08 - Watford (Gaumont)
Original Checkmates
Rolling Stones
Searchers (Watford only)
Overlanders
Pete McClaine & The Clan
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (some dates)
Tony Brandon (compere)
Promoter - John Smith
Bradford (Kings & Queens Hall)
Mike Sagar & The Tornados
Art Tilburn All Stars
"The Bradford Arts Ball"
Full size copy of results (Flickr)
21 - Gaumont (Bradford)
22 - Liverpool (Empire)
Rolf Harris (15)
Cilla Black (9)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (22)
The Fourmost (14)
Tommy Quickly (8)
The Barron Knights (6 & 6)
Figures in brackets are the duration of each act (at the Astoria)
Ticket : 8/6 and 15/-
Two performances
Set List
Roll Over Beethoven
All My Loving
This Boy
I Wanna Be Your Man
She Loves You
'Till There Was You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Money
Twist & Shout
First of two northern previews of the Christmas Show that was on at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London - see below
Finsbury Park Astoria
24th December 1963 to 11th January 1964
Rolf Harris
Cilla Black
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (22)
The Fourmost
Tommy Quickly
The Barron Knights
"The Beatles Christmas Show"
Promoter - Brian Epstein
Billy J. Kramer
Rolf Harris
The Fourmost
Tommy Quickly
Programme Front Cover
The Beatles
The Barron Knights
Cilla Black
TV
Alpha Television Studios
Aston, Birmingham
