03 - Sheffield
(City Hall)
04 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
05 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
06 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
07 - Bradford (Gaumont)
08 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
09 - Worcester (Gaumont)
10 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
11 - Brighton (Essoldo)
12 - Woolwich (Granada)
13 - Aylesbury (Granada)
14 - Bedford (Granada)
15 - Maidstone (Granada)
16 - Kingston (Granada)
17 - Slough (Adelphi)
18 - Walthamstow (Granada)
19 - Mansfield (Granada)
20 - Kettering (Granada)
21 - Manchester (Odeon)
22 - Birkenhead (Essoldo)
23 - Harrow (Granada)
24 - Tooting (Granada)
25 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
The Crickets
Ronnie Carroll
Russ Sainty & The Nu-Notes
Frank Kelly & The Hunters
Johnny de Little
Frank Berry (compere)
Promoter : Tito Burns
04 - Southampton (ABC)
07 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
09 - Belfast (Ritz)
11 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
13 - Chesterfield (ABC)
14 - Stockport (Essoldo)
15 - Birkenhead (Essoldo)
16 - Stockton (Globe)
17 - Edinburgh (Usher Hall)
18 - Newcastle (City Hall)
25 - Bexleyheath (ABC)
27 - Dover (ABC)
28 - Hastings (ABC)
29 - Southend (Odeon)
30 - Exeter (ABC)
December 1962
01 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
09 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
10 - Gloucester (Regal)
11 - Croydon (ABC)
12 - Cambridge (ABC)
13 - Northampton (ABC)
14 - Lincoln (ABC)
15 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
16 - Colchester (Odeon)
Eden Kane
Arthur Worsley with Charlie Brown
The Vernons Girls
The Kestrels
Red Price & His Orchestra
Rhet Stoller & The Dynamics
Billy Burden
Bobby Dennis
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Newcastle (Empire)
The Cy Bevan Group
The Mudlarks
Ken Platt (I won't take me coat off, I'm not stopping)
Tony Rocco (Parlophone recording artiste)
Roy Hudd (The peculiar person)
Tim Connor (HMV recording star)
Gerry Dorsey (Parlophone recording artiste from TV's "Song Parade)
Jim Couton (Topical comedy man)
The De Vere Debutantes
The Empire Orchestra - Tom Young
Birmingham (Hippodrome) - week
The Roulettes
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Chance Gordon (Pye recording star)
Norman Collier (Comedy discovery)
McAndrew & Mills (Dance team)
Dave Reid (compere)
Hippodrome Orchestra - Michael Colston
21 - York (Rialto)
22 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
23 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
24 - Brighton (Essoldo)
25 - Worcester (Gaumont)
26 - Edmonton (Granada)
27 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
28 - Bedford (Granada)
29 - Maidstone (Granada)
30 - Kingston (Granada)
December 1962
01 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
02 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
03 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
04 - Wakefield (Regal)
05 - Carlisle (Lonsdale)
06 - Chesterfield (ABC)
07 - Harrow (Granada)
08 - Slough (Adelphi)
09 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Gene Vincent
The Roulettes
The Trebletones
Chance Gordon
Peter Gordeno
Dave Reid (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Edmonton - Poster
05 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
19 - Nottingham - (Theatre Royal) - week
26 - Wolverhampton (Grand)
December 1962
21 - Streatham (Silver Blades) - two nights
Bill Pertwee (Star of "Beyond Our Ken"
Jimmy James & Company (One of Britain's greatest comedians)
Edna Savage (Television's glamorous singing star)
Johnny & Suma Lamonte (Juggling to please)
Daisy May & Company assisted by Lorraine
Walthon & Dorraine (Rolling in fun)
Ballet Montmartre
The Charles Smitton Orchestra
The above is the Wolverhampton line up
Other dates may be different
05 - Newcastle (Empire) - see above
12 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
19 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
26 - Bristol (Hippodrome) - week
SHREWSBURY
Jimmy James
Tony Rocco
BIRMINGHAM
Mike Preston
BRISTOL
Mike Preston
Ken Platt
The Mudlarks (not Shrewsbury)
Tim Connor
Gerry Dorsey
Garth Meade
Cy Bevan Trio (not Shrewsbury)
De Vere Dancers
19 - Liverpool (Empire)
26 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
December 1962
03 - Newcastle (Empire)
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Hollander & Hart (A guy, a girl and a guitar)
Robb Storme & The Whispers
Trio Vitalites
Deacon & Dean (Young and foolish)
The Whispers
24 - London (Finsbury Park Astoria)
25 - Liverpool (Empire)
26 - Newcastle (Odeon)
27 - Glasgow (Odeon)
28 - Leeds (Odeon)
30 - Birmingham (Odeon)
December 1962
01 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
02 - London (Gaumont Hammersmith)
Ted Heath Orchestra
The Don Riddell Four
"An Evening With Johnny Mathis"
Promoter - William Victor Productions Ltd
30 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
December 1962
01 - Sheffield (City Hall)
02 - Derby (Gaumont)
07 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
08 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
09 - Southampton (Gaumont)
14 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
15 - Bradford (Gaumont)
16 - Sunderland (Empire)
The Shadows
Jackie Trent
The Breakaways
Alan Randall
The Trebletones
Alan Field (compere)
Nationwide Tour
see below for the show that included The Beatles
The Viscounts
The Breakaways
Alan Randall
Julie Grant
Ted Taylor Four
Joe Black (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Kimbrell / Grade Organisation
Peterborough (Embassy Cinema)
Running Order
The Beatles
Lana Sisters
Ted Taylor Four
Joe Black
Tommy Wallis & Beryl
Moya Moray
Joe Black (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
The Beatles were added to the Frank Ifield tour just for
one
night (instead of their regular Sunday spot at the Cavern)
The local newspaper was not at all impressed
"The exciting Beatles rock group quite frankly failed to excite me.
The drummer apparently thought that his job was to lead, not to provide
rhythm.
He made far too much noise and in their final number "Twist & Shout" it
sounded as though everyone was trying to make more noise than the others.
In a more mellow mood, their "A Taste Of Honey" was much better and "Love Me
Do" was tolerable"
Bristol (Hippodrome) - week
Susan Maughan
Danny Williams
Desmond Lane
The Gridneffs (A ladder speciality)
Jody & Holly
Flack & Lamar (Me and my shadow)
Al Paige
13 - Scunthorpe
14 - Oldhill
15 - Leyton
17 - Widnes
18 - Liverpool - two days
22 - Prestatyn
23 - Manchester
24 - Bolton
Leeds (Queen's Hall)
Joe Brown
Kenny Ball Jazzmen
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Heinz
Tornadoes
Jimmy Justice with The Exchequers
Ryles Brothers
Ray Peters (compere)
"Mammoth Jazz 'n' Pop Show"
Promoter - Bernard Hinchcliffe
Manchester (Palace Theatre)
The Tornados
Vince Eager
Michael Cox
The Swinging Echoes
"Star Parade of 1962"
Promoter: John Smith
Bradford (Queens Hall)
Bournemouth (Pavilion)
December 22nd 1962 - January 5th 1963
"Aladdin:"
Leeds (Grand)
December 24th 1962 - - March 9th 1963
Three Monarchs
Danny La Rue
"Cinderella"
Promoters - Tom Arnold & John Beaumont
London (Palladium)
Joan Regan
Jimmy Edwards
Mike & Bernie Winters
Dick Emery
Audrey Jeans
David Davenport
Gillian Lynne
"Puss In Boots"
Promoter - Leslie A. Macdonnell
14 December 1962 - Stockton (Globe) - 3 weeks
14 January 1963 - Hull (ABC)
"Aladdin"
The Beatles send best wishes to their fans and friend
We##l be back January 1 and our new single is out on the 11th . . . see you
John, Paul, George & Ringo
