Halifax (Victoria Hall)
London (May Fair Hotel)
14 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
15 - Exeter (Savoy)
16 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
17 - Cambridge (Regal)
18 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
22 - Liverpool (Empire)
23 - Huddersfield (Ritz)
24 - Lincoln (Savoy)
25 - Stockton (Globe)
Ken Mackintosh Orchestra
Promoter - Arthur Howes
First concert tour
London (Royal Albert Hall)
In aid of the late Jack Conway's dependents
"Cliff's Guest Show"
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Cherry Wainer
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Dave Read
Dave Sampson & The Hunters
Dean Rogers & The Hi-Fi
Don Storer
Jackie Rae
Janette Scott
The Kaye Sister
Malcolm Vaughan & Kenneth Earlr
Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
Tony Marsh
The Vernon Girls
Promoters - Tito Burns & Arthur Howes
Southampton (Gaumont)
The Springfields
Doreen Hume
Sheila Holt & Tom Gillis
Mario Calpe
Michael Henry
Daisy May & Saveen
Albert & Les Ward
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
Bradford (Gaumont Ballroom)
Jess Conrad personal appearance
29 - Coventry (Theatre)
February 1961
19 - Bexhill (De La Warr Pavilion)
John Barry Seven
The Honeys
Gerry Dorsey
Johnny Le Roy
Sunday concerts
30 - Gloucester (Regal)
31 - Southall (Dominion)
February 1961
01 - Northampton (Savoy)
02 - Chesterfield (Regal)
03 - Wigan (Ritz)
04 - Cleethorpes (Ritz)
The Dallas Boys
Patti Brook & The Diamonds
Frank Ifield
The Brooks Brothers
The Trebletones
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
see below for further tour dates
Basil Tait at the piano
Billy Ternent & His Full Orchestra
with Margaret Rose
The Lune (The fugitive from Hut 29)
Paul Cave Enterprises announce for
The Three Coins Coffee-Dance Club
A Robert Holland - Ford Management concert
05 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
06 - Derby (Gaumont)
07 - Stockton (Globe)
08 - Glasgow (Green's Playhouse)
09 - Edinburgh (Usher Hall)
10 - Newcastle (City Hall)
11 - Sheffield (City Hall)
12 - Liverpool (Empire)
13 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
14 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
15 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
16 - Southampton (Gaumont)
17 - Southend (Odeon)
18 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
19 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
20 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
21 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
22 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
23 - Chester (Gaumont)
24 - York (Rialto)
25 - Bradford (Gaumont)
26 - Worcester (Gaumont)
The Shadows
The Brook Brothers
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
The Hunters
Dave Sampson
Norman Vaughan (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
Cliff Richard was about to release Theme For A Dream as his next single.
Shadows were in the charts with FBI
Bradford (Gaumont Ballroom)
The Echoes
Chris Wayne
05 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
06 - Worcester (Gaumont)
07 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
08 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
13 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
see 4th February for Manchester concert
Promoter - Arthur Kimbrell
Keighley (Essoldo)
Dean Rogers & The HiFi's
Patti Brook
Bobby Deacon
The Fordettes
Alan Field (compere)
11 - London (Gaumont, Hammersmith)
12 - London (Trocadero, Elephant & Castle)
14 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
15 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
17 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
18 - Barking (Odeon)
19 - London (Astoria, Finsbury Park)
25 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
26 - Liverpool (Empire)
June Christy
Bob Miller & The Millermen
Promoter - William Victor Productions Ltd
12 - East Ham (Granada)
13 - Maidstone (Granada)
14 - Aylesbury (Granada)
15 - Bedford (Granada)
16 - Kettering (Granada)
17 - Grantham (Granada)
18 - Mansfield (Granada)
26 - Plymouth (Odeon) - see below
27 - Kingston (Granada)
28 - Dartford (Granada)
March 1961
01 - Greenford (Granada)
02 - Woolwich (Granada)
03 - Sutton (Granada)
05 - Rugby (Granada)
06 - West Bromwich (Adelphi)
Terry Dene (TV, radio, film, recording star)
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates ("Shaking all over")
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Michael Cox (Hit recorder of "Angela Jones")
Screaming Lord Sutch (New "non recording" star)
Chris Wayne & The Echoes (From Saturday Club)
Mike & Bernie Winters (comperes)
The following also appeared on the tour (above is the Sutton line-up)
Jess Conrad
Mark Wynter
The Four Jays
The Flee-Reckers
"1961 All Stars"
Promoter : Don Arden
NME - 23rd December 1960
16 - Romford (Odeon)
17 - Colchester (Regal)
19 - Hull (Cecil)
21 - Aberdeen (Capitol)
22 - Dundee (Gaumont)
23 - Glasgow (Odeon)
25 - Guildford (Odeon)
26 - Coventry (Theatre)
March 1961
03 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
04 - Taunton (Gaumont)
05 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
09 - Southampton (Gaumont)
10 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
11 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
12 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
20 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
27 - Manchester (Hippodrome)
April 1961
03 - Hanley (Theatre
Royal)
10 - Newcastle (Empire)
17 - Cardiff (New Theatre)
May 1961
01 - Bristol (Hippodrome)
08 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
Mark Wynter (Decca artiste voted 1961's top new star)
Tommy Bruce (Columbia's #1 hit recorder)
Joe Brown (The loveable cockney character)
Nelson Keene (HMV's hit parade recorder)
Duffy Power (Fontana's dynamic singing personality)
The Four Kestrels (Britain's foremost vocal group)
Johnny Gentle (Philips young singer-composer)
Georgie Fame (Singing pianist sensation)
The Valentine Girls (Singing and Dancing)
New Orleans Rockers (Directed by Syd Dale)
Promoter - Larry Parnes
"Jack Good's Rock 'n' Trad Spectacular - 2nd Edition"
Full copy of Birmingham programme
Full copy of Manchester Programme
19 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
22 - Lowestoft (Theatre Royal)
23 - Tonbridge Wells (Assembly Rooms)
24 - Worthing (Pier Pavilion)
25 - Trowbridge (Gaumont)
26 - Odeon (Plymouth)
Matt Monro
Bert Weedon or Johnny Angel (22nd)
Dickie Pride 0r Johhny Angel (23rd)
Linda Doll
Peter Chester Group
Bruno Martino Group
Gene Vincent (26th)
Chris Wayne & The Echoes (26th)
Julie Rayne (19th & 26th)
Sammy Samwell (compere)
"Stars from Saturday Club"
February 1961
05 - York (Rialto)
06 - Scunthorpe (Essoldo)
07 - Keighley (Essoldo)
08 - Bury (Theatre Royal)
09 - Durham (Essoldo)
10 - Hartlepool (Empire)
11 - Barrow (Coliseum)
12 - Rotherham (Essoldo)
Not 100% certain that the programme matches the listing
Jimmy Loyd
Patti Brook & The Diamonds
Bobby Deacon
The Fordettes
The Checkmates
Alan Field (compere)
24 - Worthing (Pier Pavilion)
25 - Trowbridge (Gaumont)
26 - Plymouth (Odeon)
28 - Norwich (Royal)
March 1961
01 - Banbury (Essoldo)
02 - Dover (ABC)
03 - Brighton (Essoldo)
04 - Tunbridge Wells (Opera House)
Dallas Boys
Dean Rogers
Frank Ifield
Red Price
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
see below for possible programmes
Dates and venue unknown
Patti Brook
Danny Williams
Don Dwight
Dean Rogers
The Sonettes
The Paul Russell Four
Dates and venue unknown
Danny Williams
Frank Ifield
Patti Brooks
Dave Davini Four
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
