Date	Venue	Details and Notes
March 8th 1963	Royal Hall, Harrogate	Beatles Barry Corbett & The Mustangs The Chinchillas Ricky Fenton & The Apaches
March 13th 1963 March 16th 1963 March 22nd 1963	Rialto, York City Hall, Sheffield Gaumont, Doncaster	Chris Montez Tommy Roe Beatles Viscounts Terry Young Six Debbie Lee Tony Marsh (compere) Promoter : Arthur Howes
March 1963	Various venues	Gene Vincent Jet Harris & Tony Meehan John Leyton Patti Brook Johnny Temple Voltairs Ray Peters (compere) Promoter : Arthur Howes
March 18th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield	Brenda Lee Mike Berry & The Outlaws Tony Sheridan The Bachelors Steve Perry Sounds Incorporated Bob Bain (compere) Promoter : Don Arden
May 7th 1963 May 8th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield Rialto, York	Gene Vincent Jerry Lee Lewis Heinz Andy Cavell & The Saints Mickie Most Dev Douglas Brad Newman Chris Carlsen (compere) Promoter : Don Arden
May 25th 1963 May 29th 1963 June 5th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield Rialto, York Odeon, Leeds	Beatles Gerry & The Pacemakers Roy Orbison (special guest) David Macbeth Terry Young Six Erkey Grant Louise Cordet Ian Crawford Tony Marsh (compere) Promoter : Peter Walsh
June 2nd 1963	Futurist, Scarborough	Del Shannon
June 28th 1963	Queens Hall, Leeds	Beatles Acker Bilk Voltairs with Sammy King Ryles Brothers with Gay Saxon Garth Cawood (compere) Beatles were initially billed as support but actually topped the bill . A few weeks earlier From Me To You had just become their first number 1 single
July 18th 1963	Odeon, Leeds	Nat King Cole Ted Heath & His Music
September 18th 1963 September 21st 1963 October 3rd 1963 October 4th 1963	Rialto, York Sheffield, City Hall Leeds, Odeon Futurist, Scarborough	Roy Orbison Searchers Freddie & The Dreamers Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Bob Luman Cherry Roland Gary & Lee Sons Of The Piltdown Men Tony Marsh (compere) Promoter : Peter Walsh
September 23rd 1963	Odeon, Leeds	Sarah Vaughan Count Basie & His Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing
September 27th 1963 October 2nd 1963	ABC, Wakefield Rialto, York	Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas Tommy Roe Fourmost Tommy Quickly Heinz & The Saints Dennisons Remo Four Chris Carlsen (compere) Promoter : Arthur Howes Dennisons - Eddie Parry (v), Steve McLaren (g),  Ray Scragge (r), Alan Willis (b), Clive Hornby (d) Clive Hornby became an actor and appeared in Emmerdale until his sad death in 2008 http://www.merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk/html/the_dennisons.html
Oct - Nov 1963	Various venues	Dee Dee Sharp Johnny Kidd & The Pirates Heinz Other acts varied but included Joe Brown Gerry & The Pacemakers Vince Eager Big Three Caravelles Promoter : George Cooper
Oct 8th 1963 Oct 16th 1963 Oct 18th 1963 Oct 19th 1963	ABC, Huddersfield Rialto, York Odeon, Leeds Sheffield, City Hall	Gerry & The Pacemakers Del Shannon Jet Harris & Tony Meehan The Bachelors Duffy Power Cilla Black Bryan Burdon Blue Diamonds
October 15th 1963	City Hall, Hull	Johnny Kidd & The Pirates Heinz Rolling Stones
October 25th 1963	Odeon, Leeds	Brook Benton Dion Trini Lopez Timi Yuro Lesley Gore Ken Thorne Orchestra Jerry Stevens (compere) Promoter : Vic Lewis
November 1963	Various venues	Duane Eddy The Shirelles Little Richard Mickie Most Flintstones Roof-Raisers Ray Cameron (compere) Promoter : Don Arden
November 1963	Various venues	Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Freddie & The Dreamers The Searchers Tommy Roe Dave Berry & The Cruisers Susan Singer Tony Marsh (compere)
November 2nd 1963 November 3rd 1963 November 24th 1963 November 27th 1963 November 29th 1963 December 10th 1963 December 11th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield Odeon, Leeds ABC, Hull Rialto, York ABC, Huddersfield Gaumont, Doncaster Futurist, Scarborough	Beatles Kestrels Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers Vernoms Girls Brooks Brothers R&B Quartet Frank Berry (compere)
November 6th 1963	Queens Hall, Leeds	Rolling Stones
November 13th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield	Rolling Stones
November 13th 1963 November 20th 1963 November 21st 1963 November 22nd 1963 December 14th 1963 December 15th 1963	Rialto, York Gaumont, Doncaster Futurist, Scarborough Sheffield, City Hall Odeon, Leeds ABC, Hull	Bobby Rydell Helen Shapiro The Searchers Spotnicks Chants Harlems Trebletones Promoter : Arthur Howes Guests at other venues instead of the Searchers Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Heinz Fourmost Hollies
November 18th 1963	Odeon, Leeds	Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
November 20th 1963 November 27th 1963	City Hall, Sheffield Odeon, Leeds	Duane Eddy 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
December 4th 1963	The Baths, Doncaster	Rolling Stones

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