Bradford (St George's Hall)
Dudley (Hippodrome)
Bert Weedon
Tommy Bruce
Vince Eager
Rolly Daniels
Nelson Keene |& The Echoes
02 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
03 - Loughborough (Essoldo)
04 - Scunthorpe (Essoldo)
05 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
06 - St. Albans (Odeon)
08 - Canterbury (Odeon)
09 - Southend (Odeon)
10 - Guildford (Odeon)
11 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
12 - Trowbridge (Gaumont)
13 - Exeter (Savoy)
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22 - Banbury (Essoldo)
23 - Quinton (Essoldo)
24 - Cannock (Danilo)
25 - Barrow (Colisseum)
26 - Stoke (Essoldo)
27 - Stoke (Essoldo)
April 1960
07 - Taunton (Odeon)
09 - Worcester (Gaumont)
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21 - Chester (Gaumont)
22 - Halifax (Odeon)
23 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
24 - Colchester (Regal)
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27 - Lincoln (Savoy)
28 - Cambridge (Regal)
29 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
30 - Plymouth (Odeon)
May 1960
04 - Dundee (Gaumont)
see also October 15th 1960
The Avons
The Mudlarks
Roy Young
Bill Forbes
The Trebletones
Alan Freeman (compere)
Promoter - Bunny Lewis
News
06 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
13 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
20 - Chester (Gaumont)
27 - Derby (Gaumont)
T
Bert Weedon
Eddie Falcon
The Debbie Sisters
Rosa Goldi
The Key Sisters & Kenny
Peter Crawford Trio
Terry Scott (compere)
18 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
19 - Edmonton (Regal)
20 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
21 - Glasgow (Empire) - week
27 - Newcastle (City Hall)
28 - Liverpool (Empire) - week
April 1960
03 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
04 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
06 - Leeds (Odeon)
07 - Sheffield (Gaumont)
08 - Manchester (Odeon)
09 - Elephant & Castle (Trocadero)
10 - Guildford (Odeon)
Bobby Darin did not at appear at Guildford
Duane Eddy & The Rebels
Clyde McPhatter
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Bob Miller & The Millermen
Alan Field (compere)
Promoters : Leslie Grade & Arthur Howes
20 - Bradford (Gaumont)
21 - Pontefract
22 - Scunthorpe
23 - Newark
24 - Harrogate
25 - Burnley
26 - Dewsbury
27 - Worksop
Wee Willie Harris
Five Dallas Boys
Al Saxon
Edna Savage
The Fleerakkers
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Ted Heath & His Music
Chris Barber & His Band with Otilie Patterson
The Edmundo Ross Orchestra
Shelia Buxton
Toni Eden
Brian Matthew (compere)
"BBC Light Programme - Band Parade"
London (Empire Pool, Wembley)
Stars Organisation For Spastics - Daily Express
Winifred Atwell
Shirley Bassey
John Barry Seven
Alma Cogan
Lonnie Donegan
Robert Earl
Adam Faith
Dave Lee
Dennis Lotis
Vera Lynn
Joan Regan
Cliff Richard
Dickie Valentine
"Record Star Show"
Bristol (Hippodrome) - week
John Barry Seven
Little Tony (From "Boy Meets Girl")
Larry Grayson (He's priceless)
Don Arrol (Dial "M" for madness)
The Honeys (Television's new vocal trio)
Joan & Paul Sharratt (Little people come to life)
What appears to be an unofficial "programme"
28 - Maidstone (Granada)
29 - Aylesbury (Granada)
30 - Bedford (Granada)
31 - Kingston (Granada)
April 1960
01 - Harrow (Granada)
Ronnie Hilton
03 - London (New Victoria)
04 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
05 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
07 - Edinburgh (Usher Hall)
08 - Glasgow (Odeon)
09 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
10 - Hull (ABC Regal)
11 - Stockton (Globe)
12 - Derby (Gaumont)
13 - Edmonton (Regal)
15 - London (New Victoria)
16 - Sheffield (City Hall)
17 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
18 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
19 - Leeds (Odeon)
20 - York (Rialto)
21 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
22 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
23 - Newcastle (City Hall)
24 - Liverpool (Empire)
25 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
26 - Birmingham (Odeon)
The Crickets (backing the Everly Brothers)
Five Dallas Boys
Cherry Wainer & Don Storer
Lance Fortune
Danny Hunter
Flee-Rekkers
Freddy Lloyd Five
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
SETLIST
Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love,
All I Have To Is Dream, Be Bop A Lula,
Cathy's Clown,'Till I Kissed You, Bird Dog
03 - Slough (Adelphi)
04 - East Ham (Granada)
05 - Burnt Oak (Savoy)
06 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
07 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
08 - Grantham (Granada)
09 - Woolwich (Granada)
10 - Tooting (Granada)
11 - Greenford (Granada)
13 - Sutton (Granada)
14 - Portsmouth (Essoldo)
18 - Finsbury Park (Empire) - week
24 - Stoke (Essoldo)
25 - Manchester (Hippodrome) - week
May 1960
02 - Glasgow (Empire) -
week
16 - Liverpool (Empire) - week
23 - Shrewsbury (Granada) -week
June 1960
06 - Newcastle (Empire) - week
John Barry Seven
FINSBURY PARK
The Honeys
Joan & Paul Sharratt
Johnny Worth
Larry Grayson
Don Arrol
Shrewsbury Programme
Bristol (Hippodrome)
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
04 - Glasgow (Empire)
11 - Coventry (Theatre)
18 - Sheffield (Lyceum)
Full copy of Coventry programme
Full copy of Sheffield programme
The Four Jones Boys
Jimmy Lloyd (Philip's recording star)
Pierre Bel (Lightning Juggler)
GLASGOW
Anton & Janetta
Alan Randall
Barbour & Billie
George Meaton
COVENTRY
Audrey & Roger Mistin (Whirlwind xylophonists)
Anton & Janetta (Romance in dance)
Alan Field (Comedy impressionist)
SHEFFIELD
Al Fuller & Janette (On a dancing date)
Griff Kendall (Modern ventriloquist)
Alan Field (Comedy impressionist)
10 - Southend (Odeon)
11 - Liverpool (Empire) - week
15 - Slough (Adelphi)
18 - Leeds (Empire) - week
25 - London (Finsbury Park Empire) - week
May 1960
01 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
02 - Brighton (Essoldo)
03 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
04 - Sutton (Granada)
05 - Scunthorpe (Pavilion)
06 - Barrow (Coliseum)
07 - Burnley (Palace)
08 - York (Rialto)
Conway Twitty appeared at York
see also May 9th - Manchester
Wee Willie Harris
Tony Crombie with his Rockets
Chris Wayne
The Echoes (Britain's new star group)
The Four Jays (Four crazy boys with a beat)
Don Arden (compere)
Southend - "The Stage" Review
Full copy of Liverpool programme
Full copy of Finsbury Park programme
10 - Guildford (Odeon)
11 - London (Finsbury Park Empire) - week
17 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
18 - Liverpool (Empire) - week
24 - East Ham (Granada)
Kathy Kirby (TV's new singing star)
The Four Playboys (Four boys with a beat)
Frank Ifield (Australia's personality singer)
Des O'Connor (compere)
FINSBURY PARK
Taylor Maids (Sophistication with a difference)
Alan Randall (Modern man of music)
LIVERPOOL
Tommy Wallis (Musical novelty)
Flack & Lamarr (Turn on the taps)
Promoters - Leslie Grade & Arthur Howes
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Craig Douglas
The Lana Sisters
Duffy Power
Dickie Pride
The John Barry Seven
Bert Weedon
Johnny Wiltshire & The Trebletones
Rabin Rock Unit
David Ede
Lorie Mann
Colin Day
Ray Pilgrim
Brian Matthew (compere)
"BBC Light Programme - Big Beat"
Eddie Cochran
On their way to the airport by taxi after their final date of the tour at Bristol Hippodrome on the 16th April
Recorded January 8th 1960 - his last recording session. Released after his death in the UK and reached number 1
Blackpool (Opera House)
Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson (Famous recording pianist)
Barbara Law (Lovely new singing personality)
Kenny Baker (Europe's top trumpet star)
Erik Ogden & The Concert Orchestra
London (Finsbury Park Empire)
Folkestone (Leas Cliff Hall)
Betty Smith
Tracey Sisters
Ron Rowlands (compere)
SETLIST
Stuck On You
Sea Of Love
Bad Boy
Donna
Lonely Boy Blue
It's Been Nice
Just A Little Too Much
My Babe
E
April 1960
24 - Worcester (Gaumont)
25 - Dover (Granada)
27 - Portsmouth (Tivoli)
28 - Norwich (Royal)
29 - Bradford (Gaumont)
30 - Cannock (Danilo)
May 1960
01 - Derby (Gaumont)
02 - Carlisle (Lonsdale)
04 - Newcastle (City Hall)
05 - Hull (Cecil Theatre)
06 - Manchester (Odeon)
07 - Stoke (Essoldo)
08 - Liverpool (Empire)
09 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
10 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
11 - Exeter (Savoy)
12 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
13 - Cambridge (Regal)
14 - Clacton (Essoldo)
15 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
Jerry Lordan
Peter Elliott or Chas McDevitt Group
The Four Jones Boys
Kathy Kirby
Billy Woods Five
Norman Vaughan (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Full copy of Peter Elliott programme
Full copy of Chas McDevitt programme
17 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
18 - Manchester (Hippodrome)
24 - Southend (Odeon)
25 - Shrewsbury (Granada) - week
May 1960
02 - London (Finsbury Park Empire) - week
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08 - Plymouth (Odeon)
~~
22 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
There is at least one other Granada concert
Jimmy Lloyd (Philips recording star)
Frank Ifield (Australia's Lucky Devil)
Freddie Lloyd Five (appeared at Salisbury)
Alan Randall (Britain's hottest vibe player)
Kathy Kirby (appeared at Salisbury)
Paul Beattie & The Beats
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
18 - Exeter (Savoy)
25 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
see also May 30th 1960
Anne Aubrey (Glamorous star of screen & stage)
Mike & Bernie Winters (TV's popular comedy stars)
Murray Campbell (With his trumpet)
Duo Russmar (Beauty in balance)
Francois & Zandra (Unusual dancers)
The Lindy Sisters (Two in harmony)
Kay & Kimberley (Aristocrats of dance)
Don Lang & His Frantic Five (may have appeared in Exeter)
Coventry (Theatre) - six weeks
Ken Dodd
Three Monarchs
The Raindrops
Freddie Sales
Les Mathurins
Les Frank Medini
Six Debonnaires
TV
Compere - Keith Fordyce
Regulars were Billy Fury, Joe Brown, Jess Conrad and the Vernon Girls
Newcastle (City Hall)
Rena Ross (Scotland's sweetheart of song)
Eddy Ried (Scotland's ace accordist)
Eddie Falcon (Columbia's latest recording star)
Ian McCallum & his rockbeat guitar)
Trevor Conrad (The Cliff Richard of the north)
Frank Derrick & His Swing-Rays Orchestra
25 - Kingston (Granada)
26 - Harrow (Granada)
27 - Aylesbury (Granada)
28 - Maidstone (Granada)
29 - Dartford (Granada)
30 - Slough (Adelphi)
May 1960
01 - Reading (Granada)
04 - Bedford (Granada)
05 - Kettering (Granada)
06 - Grantham (Granada)
07 - Mansfield (Granada)
Miki & Griff
Joan Small (Glamorous record star)
Jon Pertwee (Comedy star of stage, tv and radio)
The Red Peppers
30 - Hanley (Gaumont)
May 1960
01 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
05 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
06 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
07 - Guildford (Odeon)
08 - Hull (ABC Regal)
12 - Halifax (Odeon)
13 - Chester (Gaumont)
14 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
15 - Romford (Hippodrome)
16 - Brighton (Hippodrome) - week
June 1960
06 - Glasgow (Empire) - week
13 - Nottingham (Theatre Royal) - week
Jerry Keller
BRIGHTON
Peter Wynne
Sally Kelly
Nero & His Gladiators
Lance Fortune
Georgie Fame
Colin Green & The Beat Boys
Billy Raymond (compere)
ARTISTS APPEARING AT OTHER SHOWS INCLUDED
The
Viscounts
Vince Taylor
Davy Jones
"A Fast Moving Anglo-American Beat Show"
Promoter - Larry Parnes
This tour was the continuation of the Vincent/Cochran tour after the sad
death of Eddie Cochran
Full copy of Brighton programme
Jerry Keller
Peter Wynne
The Viscounts
Nero & His Gladiators
Julian
Lance Fortune
Georgie Fame
Colin Green & The Beat Boys
Billy Raymond (compere)
Promoter - Larry Parnes
This from an early date on the tour
The owner of the programme has deleted Davy Jones and replaced him with Jerry Keller. Julian has also been added
Gene Vincent