Newcastle (City Hall)
Cherry Wainer
06 - Maidstone (Granada)
07 - Harrow (Granada)
08 - Dartford (Granada)
09 - Rugby (Granada)
10 - Walthamstow (Granada)
11 - Kingston (Granada)
12 - Aylesbury (Granada)
13 - Bedford (Granada)
14 - Kettering (Granada)
15 - Grantham (Granada)
16 - Mansfield (Granada)
17 - Slough (Adelphi)
Wee Willie Harris
Lance Fortune
Al Saxon
Keith Kelly
The Bachelors
Tony Crombie & The Rockets
Don Arden (compere)
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" Tour
Promoter - Larry Parnes
10 - Edmonton (Regal)
17 - Derby (?)
24 - Cheltenham (?)
31 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
Sunday concerts
Adam Faith
The Five Dallas Boys
Chris Williams & His Monsters
The John Barry Seven
Dickie Richards (compere)
Promoter : John Smith
Craig Douglas
10 - East Ham (Granada)
17 - Finsbury Park (Empire)
24 - Greenford (Granada)
31 - Nottingham (Savoy)
February 1960
07 - Carlisle (Lonsdale)
28 - Bexhill (De La Warr Pavilion)
Sunday concerts
Gary Mills
Sally Kelly
Julian X
The Viscounts
Joe Brown
Jimmy Tarbuck (compere)
Promoter - Larry Parnes
Hull (ABC Regal) - week
"Babes In The Wood"
Full copy of Stockton programme
December 1959
13 - Sheffield (City Hall)
14 - Newcastle (City Hall)
15 - Glasgow (Odeon)
16 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
18 - Birmingham (Odeon)
19 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
20 - Cardiff (Odeon)
22 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
23 - Hammersmith (Gaumont)
24 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Cuddly Duddly
Carl Barriteau & His Band
Promoter : Harold Davison & Arthur Howes
The Platters
TV
The Platters
"Sunday Night At The London Palladium"
23 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
24 - Newcastle (City Hall)
30 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
23 - London (Royal Festival hall)
24 - London (Finsbury Park Astoria)
25 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
26 - Newcastle (City Hall)
27 - Liverpool (Philharmonic)
28 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
31 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
February 1960
01 - Brighton (The Dome)
02 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
04 - Bradford (St. George's Hall)
05 - Glasgow (Odeon)
06 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
07 - London (Gaumont Hammersmith)
23 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
24 - Newcastle (City Hall)
24 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
28 - Coventry (Gaumont)
29 - Worcester (Gaumont)
30 - Bradford (Gaumont)
31 - Southampton (Guildhall)
February 1960
01 - Glasgow (Empire) - 6 nights
07 - Sheffield (Gaumont)
13 - Woolwich (Granada)
14 - Taunton (Gaumont)
18 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
20 - Dundee (Caird Hall)
24 - Stockton (Globe)
26 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
29 - Leeds (Empire) - 6 nights
March 1960
07 - Birmingham (Hippodrome) - 6 nights
14 - Liverpool (Empire) - 6 nights
21 - Newcastle (Empire) - 6 nights
28 - Manchester (Hippodrome) - 6 nights
April 1960
04 - Finsbury Park (Empire) - 6 nights
11 - Bristol (Hippodrome) - 6 nights
Poster - Bradford
Gene Vincent
Vince Eager
Viscounts
Tony Sheridan
The Wildcats
The Beat Boys
The support acts varied throughout the tour including
Billy Fury
Joe Brown
Peter Wynne
Dean Webb
Sally Kelly
Georgie Fame
Johnny Gentle
Birmingham Hippodrome
Gene Vincent (Rock 'n' Roll idol of millions)
Eddie Cochran (First time in Britain)
Billy Fury (Britain's newest teenage idol)
Georgie Fame (New singing pianist)
Joe Brown (From TV's "Boy Meets Girl")
Tony Sheridan Trio (From TV's "Oh Boy")
Billy Raymond (Compere & star of HMV records))
Promoter: Larry Parnes
Edward Raymond Cochran, born 3rd October 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota - died 17th April 1960, Chippenham, England
Vincent Eugene Craddock, born 11th February 1935 in Munden Point, Virginia - died 12th October 1971, Newhall, California
Official website for Gene Vincent
Wildcats were Big Jim Sullivan (g), Tony Belcher (g), Brian Locking (b), Brian Bennett (d)
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Melody Maker - 6th February 1960
Birmingham Hippodrome
Programme - Birmingham
Poster - Glasgow
More than 2000 teenagers at a rock'n'roll concert at the Gaumont, Bradford on Saturday night were astonished when the American star of the show, Gene Vincent, stopped in the middle of a song and walked off stage. His accompanying group faltered to a ragged halt, and harassed compere Billy Raymond hurried from the wings to the microphone to lead a finale in which all members of the company, including a solemn-faced Vincent, took part.
In his dressing room later, the 25-year-old singer from Norfolk, Virginia, explained his startling exit. "Four guys at the back had been heckling throughout the act. I didn't particularly mind during my fast numbers, but when they tried to ruin Over The Rainbow I could just not take it any more. It is one of the best things that I do and it has been going down well all over the country. I will never play at this place again"
(Yorkshire Post) He was back the following year!
Gene was good, a mean leather clad rock'n'roller. But he
was too old for sixteen-year-olds to identify with as a contemporary. Eddie,
though, was one of us. He sang about things we could relate to . . . He was
so cool on that cold Bradford day
(Mike Priestley - T&A journalist - Eddie Cochran Connection issue 7)
Gene was going down a bomb until at the end of his act. He told the
audience that "I'm going to show you that rock'n'rollers can sing, because
the critics say that we can't" Then he started singing Over The Rainbow.
Quite a few people were upset and started shouting at him to play
rock'n'roll. Then they started to shout for Eddie Cochran to come back and
then Gene just walked off in disgust
(Terry McGill - Eddie Cochran Connection issue 7)
London (Royal Albert Hall)
A
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
The John Barry Seven
Adam Faith
Al Saxon
Craig Douglas
Cuddly Duddly
Betty Smith
The Five Dallas Boys
The Lana Sisters
Miki & Griff
Diz Disley
Clinton Ford
George Chisholm
Bert Weedon
Dill Jones
Eric Silk
Ike Isaacs
Sylvia Sands
Ken Jones
Brian Matthew (compere)
"Saturday Club - Jazz & Rock"
Full copy of programme
Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
Edna Savage
Johnny Le Roy
Paul Beattie & The Beats
"Discstars Show 1960"
06 - Sheffield City Hall
07 - York (Rialto)
08 - Worksop (Regal)
09 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
11 - Halifax (Odeon)
12 - Leeds (Odeon)
13 - Bradford (St George's Hall)
14 - Hull (Cecil)
15 - Harrogate (Royal)
16 - Scunthorpe (Pavilion)
17 - Burnley (Palace)
18 - Newcastle (City Hall) - see opposite
19 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall) - see opposite
20 - Nottingham (Albert Hall) - see opposite
21 - Kingston (Granada)
22 - Maidstone (Granada)
23 - Dartford (Granada)
24 - Bedford (Granada)
25 - Aylesbury (Granada)
26 - Kettering (Granada)
27 - Rugby (Granada)
28 - Harrow (Granada)
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
John Barry Seven
The Avons
Mike Preston
Little Tony
February 18th, 19th 20th
Adam Faith
John Barry Seven
Little Tony
Mike Marten
Julie Rayne
The Liddell Triplets
09 - Southsea (Kings Theatre)
10 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
11 - Gloucester (Regal)
12 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
13 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
15 - Cleethorpes (Ritz)
17 - Cambridge (Regal)
18 - Northampton (Savoy)
19 - Chester (Gaumont)
20 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
Peter Elliott (The beat ballad star)
Miki & Griff (This is Miki ... This is Griff)
Alan Randall (Britain's hottest vibe player)
Vicky & Gerry (Tops with the pops
The Playboys (Music is their business)
Tony Marsh (Compere)
"Putting On The Donegan"
Promoter - Arthur Howes
21 - Kingston (Granada)
22 - Maidstone (Granada)
23 - Dartford (Granada)
24 - Bedford (Granada)
25 - Aylesbury (Granada)
26 - Kettering (Granada)
27 - Rugby (Granada)
28 - Harrow (Granada)
Presumably a continuation of the above tour
John Barry Seven (Columbia recording stars)
Little Tony (Decca recording artiste)
The Liddell Triplets (Glamorous & tuneful trio)
Julie Rayne (HMV recording star)
Mike Martin (Your comedy compere)
The Liddell Triplets became The Honeys
Empire Pool, Wembley
Bert Weedon
Billy Fury
Bob Miller & The Millermen
Cliff Richard
Craig Douglas
The Dallas Boys
Eddie Cochran
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Gene Vincent
John Barry Seven
Lonnie Donegan & his Skiffle Group
Marty Wilde
The Mudlarks
Pete Murray (compere)
Russ Conway
Ted Heath & his Music
NME - The 1959-60 Annual Poll Winners' All-Star Concert
Dates and venues unknown
Reference is made to the "Fabulous Shirley Bassey " LP
Although this charted in 1961 it was released in 1959
Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
Kenny Bardell (vocalist)
Shirley Western (vocalist)
Promoter - Charles H. Lockier
