01 - Handsworth (Plaza)
02 - Prestatyn (Royal Lido)
03 - Southsea (Savoy)
04 - Reading (New Majestic)
05 - Kilburn (Gaumont State)
06 - Farnborough (Town Hall)
07 - Lowestoft (Royal Hotel)
08 - East Grinstead (Whitehall)
09 - Nelson (Imperial)
11 - Bridgwater (Town Hall)
12 - Cardiff (?)
13 - Hitchin (Hermitage)
15 - Dunstable (California)
16 - Boston (Gliderdome)
17 - Manchester (Princess)
The Rebounds
1934 - 1964
Second and last UK tour
He died the following year
01 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
02 - Sheffield (City Hall)
03 - Leeds (Odeon)
05 - Slough (Adelphi)
06 - Northampton (ABC)
07 - Dublin (Adelphi)
08 - Belfast (Ritz)
09 - East Ham (Granada)
10 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
13 - Plymouth (ABC)
14 - Exeter (ABC)
15 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
16 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
17 - Coventry (Theatre)
19 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
20 - Manchester (ABC)
21 - Carlisle (ABC)
22 - Stockton (Globe)
23 - Newcastle (City Hall)
24 - Hull (ABC)
26 - Cambridge (Regal)
27 - York (Rialto)
28 - Lincoln (ABC)
29 - Huddersfield (ABC)
30 - Sunderland (Empire)
December 1963
01 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
03 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
07 - Liverpool (Odeon)
08 - Lewisham (Odeon)
09 - Southend (Odeon)
10 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
11 - Scarborough (Futurist)
12 - Nottingham (Odeon)
13 - Southampton (Gaumont)
The Brook Brothers
The Kestrels
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
The Vernons Girls
Rhythm & Blues Quartet
Frank Berry (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes & Brian Epstein
Poster - Leeds
Leeds (Queens Hall)
07 - Dundee (Caird)
08 - Stirling
09 - Paisley (Town Hall)
10 - Ayr (Greens)
They were due to play in Glasgow on the 8th but it was cancelled due to riots at a previous Beatles Concert
Cilla Black
Kathy Kirby
Tommy Quickly
Malcolm Clarke & The Cresters
Tommy Dene & The Tremors
Mark Peters & The Silhouettes
08 - Halifax (Odeon)
09 - Bolton (Odeon)
10 - Liverpool (Empire)
11 - Cannock (Danilo)
12 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
13 - Brighton (Essoldo)
14 - Kettering (Granada)
16 - Sheffield (City Hall)
17 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Dusty Springfield
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Searchers
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Susan Singer
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoters - Kennedy Street Enterprises and Tito Burns
09 - Edmonton (Regal)
10 - Woolwich (Granada)
11 - Harrow (Granada)
13 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
14 - Kingston (Granada) - Gene Vincent
15 - Stockton (ABC)
16 - Brixton (Astoria)
17 - Southend (Odeon)
20 - Sheffield (City Hall)
21 - Croydon (Fairfield Hall)
22 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
23 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
24 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
25 - Luton (Odeon)
26 - Liverpool (Odeon)
27 - Leeds (Odeon)
28 - Manchester (Odeon)
29 - Birmingham (Odeon)
30 - Glasgow (Odeon)
Little Richard injured his ankle and went home
before the Kingston show.
Gene Vincent replaced him at Kingston (see below)
Jimmy Justice replaced him at Stockton and Southend
The Stockton show was reduced to 8 minutes - Eddy blamed the Musicians Union
The Shirelles
Mickie Most
Flintstones
Roof-Raisers
The H-Fi's
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
November 1963
10 - Peterborough (Embassy)
11 - Cambridge (ABC)
13 - York (Rialto)
15 - Croydon (ABC)
16 - Southampton (Gaumont)
19 - Nottingham (Odeon)
20 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
21 - Scarborough (Futurist)
22 - Sheffield (City Hall)
23 - Slough (Adelphi)
24 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
26 - Romford (Ritz)
27 - Kingston (ABC)
29 - Belfast (ABC)
30 - Blackpool (Opera House)
December 1963
01 - Liverpool (Empire)
04 - Exeter (ABC)
05 - Plymouth (ABC)
06 - Luton (ABC)
07 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
08 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
09 - Manchester (Plaza)
10 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
11 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
12 - Manchester (Apollo)
13 - Stockton (ABC)
14 - Leeds (Odeon)
15 - Hull (ABC)
Helen Shapiro
Guest spot (see below)
The Spotnicks
The Chants
The Harlems
The Trebletones
Promoter : Arthur Howes
Guest spot - one of the following
Searchers
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Heinz & The Saints
Fourmost
Hollies
The Dakotas
The Bachelors
11 - Cannock (Danilo)
16 - City Hall (Sheffield)
Nationwide Tour
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Searchers
Tommy Roe
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Susan Singer
Tony Marsh (compere)
Sunderland (Empire)
Miki & Griff
11 - Bedford (Granada)
15 - Wimbledon (Pailas)
16 - Northwich (Memorial Hall)
22 - Lowestoft (Royal Hotel)
23 - Birmingham (Ritz & Plaza Ballrooms)
30 - Rawtenstall (Astoria Ballroom)
December 1964
01 - Crewe (Town Hall)
14 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
Joe Moretti in place of Jet Harris
City Hall, Sheffield
Kingston (Granada)
see above for the earlier part of the tour
Gene Vincent
The Shirelles
Carter Lewis & The Southerners
The Roofraisers
The Flintstones
Mickie Most
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
14 - Kettering (Granada)
15 - Llanelly (Ritz)
16 - Sheffield (City Hall)
17 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
18 - Widnes (Town Hall)
15 - Luton (Odeon)
16 - Streatham (Odeon)
17 - Romford (Odeon)
19 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
20 - Watford (Gaumont)
21 - Folkestone (Odeon)
22 - Southampton (Gaumont)
23 - Walthamstow (Granada)
24 - Nottingham (Theatre Royal)
26 - Halifax (Odeon)
27 - Stockton (Odeon)
28 - Southport (Odeon)
29 - Newcastle (Odeon)
30 - Sheffield (City Hall)
December 1963
01 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
03 - Greenford (Granada)
04 - Maidstone (Granada)
05 - Kettering (Granada)
06 - Kingston (Granada)
07 - Bolton (Odeon)
08 - Cardiff (Capitol)
The Dakotas
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Caravelles (except when replaced by Cilla Black)
Cilla Black (23, 3,4,5,6)
The Fourmost
Houston Wells
Tommy Quickly
The Marauders
Ted King (compere)
"The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade"
Promoter - Brian Epstein (NEMS Enterprises)
20 - Sheffield (City Hall)
21 - Croydon (Fairfield Hall)
22 - Lewisham (Odeon)
23 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
24 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
25 - Luton (Odeon)
26 - Liverpool (Odeon)
27 - Leeds (Odeon)
28 - Manchester (Odeon)
29 - Birmingham (Odeon)
30 - Glasgow (Odeon)
Gary "US" Bonds was added to the tour because of poor ticket sales
The Shirelles
Gene Vincent
Gary 'US' Bonds (Leicester onwards)
Carter-Lewis & The Southerners
Mickie Most
Flintstones
Roof-Raisers
Ray Cameron (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
A continuation of the earlier tour
Paisley (Town Hall)
Tony Holland & The Packabeats
The Fortunes
Johnny Hudson & The Teenbeat Showband
The Cliftones
Beatles
Parlophone : PMC 1206 & PCS3045
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You (From The Music Man)
Please Mister Postman (Marvelettes)
Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me (Miracles)
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart (Donays)
Not A Second Time
Money (Barratt Strong)
London (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Larry Adler
Annie Ross
Jackie Trent
Tooting (Granada)
Disc All Star Show
All Britain Beat Contest
Heinz & The Saints
Bert Weedon
The Sundowners
Eight Great New Groups
Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
Doncaster (The Baths)
06 - Romford (Odeon)
07 - Croydon (Fairfield Halls)
08 - Reading (Olympia Ballroom)
08 - Watford (Gaumont)
Original Checkmates
Rolling Stones
Searchers (Watford only)
Overlanders
Pete McClaine & The Clan
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (some dates)
Tony Brandon (compere)
Promoter - John Smith
Oxford (New Theatre) - week
The Roulettes (Parlophone recording group)
Jackie Trent (Television and Pye recording star)
Jimmy James assisted by Hutton Conyers & Dick Carlton
Paul Andrews (Creating an impression)
Dave Reid (New style comedian)
McAndrews & Mills (Television dance stylists)
Bradford (Kings & Queens Hall)
Mike Sagar & The Tornados
Art Tilburn All Stars
"The Bradford Arts Ball"
Scarborough (Futurist)
21 - Gaumont (Bradford)
22 - Liverpool (Empire)
Rolf Harris (15)
Cilla Black (9)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (22)
The Fourmost (14)
Tommy Quickly (8)
The Barron Knights (6 & 6)
Figures in brackets are the duration of each act (at the Astoria)
Ticket : 8/6 and 15/-
Two performances
Set List
Roll Over Beethoven
All My Loving
This Boy
I Wanna Be Your Man
She Loves You
'Till There Was You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Money
Twist & Shout
First of two northern previews of the Christmas Show that was on at the Astoria
Cinema, Finsbury Park, London - see below
TV
Alpha Television Studios
Aston, Birmingham
Finsbury Park Astoria
24th December 1963 to 11th January 1964
Rolf Harris
Cilla Black
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (22)
The Fourmost
Tommy Quickly
The Barron Knights
"The Beatles Christmas Show"
Promoter - Brian Epstein
23 - Stockton (Globe)
January 1964
06 - Hull (ABC)
Clark Brothers
The Kestrels
Patti Brook
Norman Collier
Eight Party Belles
Denny Wright
Peter Huggett
Pete Appleby
Frank Berry
"Lonnie's Christmas Party"
Pantomime Season
Birmingham (Hippodrome)
The Three Monarchs
Betty Fox Babes
Bill Shepherd Singers
The Hippodrome Dancers
George Moon
Dorothy Dampier
Stanley Platts
Pamela Charles
Herbert Hare
Ken Jonnart
"Puss In Boots"
Promoters - Tom Arnold, Bernard Delfont & Emile Littler
Pantomime Season
Shrewsbury (Granada)
Maureen Evans
George Bolton
Lettie Laughton
"Aladdin"
Promoters - Joe Collins & George Cooper Organisation
