Blackpool (Opera House)
Susan Maughan
Bob Miller & The Millermen
"Sunday Night at the Blackpool Opera House"
Promoter - Harold Fielding
Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
04 - Worcester (Gaumont)
05 - Taunton (Gaumont)
06 - Luton (Odeon)
07 - Croydon (Fairfield Hall)
The Fourmost (4th, 5th, 6th)
Patrick Dane's Quiet Five (7th)
Rockin' Henri & The Hayseeds
Mike Berry & The Innocents
Ian Crawford & The Boomerangs
Ted King (compere)
Promoter - John Smith
Victoria Hall, Keighley
Blackpool (ABC)
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
The Countrymen
Jack Douglas
Lee Leslie
Terry Young
Sons Of The Piltdown Men
Blackpool (Opera House)
Millicent Martin
The Kaye Sisters
Ronnie Carroll
Bob Miller & The Millermen
"Sunday Night at the Blackpool Opera House"
Promoter - Harold Fielding
Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
London (Talk Of The Town) - eight weeks
Mecca, Bradford
13 - Cambridge (ABC)
14 - Bedford (Granada)
15 - Colchester (Odeon)
16 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
17 - Cleethorpes (ABC)
18 - Carlisle (ABC)
19 - Chesterfield (ABC)
20 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
21 - Worcester (Gaumont)
22 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
24 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
25 - Gloucester (ABC)
26 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
27 - Wakefield (ABC)
28 - Mansfield (Granada)
29 - Peterborough (Embassy)
October 1963
01 - Dartford (Granada)
02 - York (Rialto)
04 - Blackpool (Winter Gardens)
05 - Taunton (Gaumont)
06 - Liverpool (Empire)
Tommy Roe
The Fourmost
Tommy Quickly
Heinz & The Saints
The Dennisons
Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four
Chris Carlsen (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
14 - Walthamstow (Granada)
15 - Hanley (Gaumont)
16 - Southampton (Gaumont)
17 - Tooting (Granada)
18 - York (Rialto)
19 - Nottingham (Odeon)
20 - Glasgow (Odeon)
21 - Sheffield (City Hall)
22 - Liverpool (Empire)
23 - Manchester (Odeon)
25 - Harrow (Granada)
26 - East Ham (Granada)
27 - Kingston (Granada)
28 - Slough (Adelphi)
29 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
30 - Birmingham (Odeon)
October 1963
01 - Rochester (Gaumont)
02 - Bedford (Granada)
03 - Leeds (Odeon)
04 - Scarborough (Futurist)
05 - Newcastle (City Hall)
06 - Blackburn (King George's Hall)
Searchers
Freddie & The Dreamers
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Bob Luman
Cherry Roland
Gary & Lee
Sons Of The Piltdown Men
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter : Peter Walsh
Blackpool (Opera House)
Mark Wynter
The Springfields
Bob Miller & The Millermen
"Sunday Night at the Blackpool Opera House"
Promoter - Harold Fielding
Blackpool (ABC)
In aid of the Blackpool Boys' Club Building Fund
and
The National Association of Youth Clubs
Reginald Dixon at the Organ
"The Stars By Night"
The Shadows
The Clark Brothers
The Strong Brothers
Karl Denver Trio
Barbara Law
Norman Collier
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
David Whitfield
Dailey & Wayne
Susan Kane
Eden Kane
Arthur Worsley
The King Brothers
Morecambe & Wise
Julie Grant
Bal Carron Trio
The Mudlarks
Carole Gray & The Pamela Devis Dancers
Don Arrol (compere)
Bradford (Mojo Club)
Morecambe (Floral Hall)
The Merseybeats
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
The Doodle-Bugs
Promoter - Nelson Sports & Social Club
"Teen Beat Night '63"
29 - London (New Victoria)
October 1963
01 - Streatham (Odeon)
02 - Edmonton (Regal)
03 - Southend (Odeon)
04 - Guildford (Odeon)
05 - Watford (Gaumont)
06 - Cardiff (Capitol)
08 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
09 - Worcester (Gaumont)
10 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
11 - Derby (Gaumont)
12 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
13 - Liverpool (Odeon)
16 - Manchester (Odeon)
17 - Glasgow (Odeon)
18 - Newcastle (Odeon)
19 - Bradford (Gaumont)
20 - Hanley (Gaumont)
22 - Sheffield (Gaumont)
23 - Nottingham (Odeon)
24 - Birmingham (Odeon)
25 - Taunton (Gaumont)
26 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
27 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
28 - East Ham (Granada)
29 - Southampton (Gaumont)
30 - St. Albans (Odeon)
31 - Lewisham (Odeon)
November 1963
01 - Rochester (Odeon)
02 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
03 - Hammersmith (Odeon)
Bo Diddley
Little Richard (joined the tour at Watford)
Rolling Stones
Julie Grant
Mickie Most
The Flintstones
Bob Bain (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Full copy of Bo Diddley programme
Full copy of Bo Diddley & Little Richard programme
October 1963
04 - Lewisham (Odeon)
05 - Southampton (Gaumont)
06 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
07 - Walthamstow (Granada)
08 - Huddersfield (Apollo)
09 - Manchester (Apollo)
11 - Belfast (Adelphi)
12 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
13 - Coventry (Theater)
15 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
16 - York (Rialto)
17 - Bolton (Odeon)
18 - Leeds (Odeon)
19 - Sheffield (City Hall)
20 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
21 - Slough (Adelphi)
23 - Harrow (Granada)
24 - Kingston (Granada)
25 - Woolwich (Granada)
26 - Colchester (Odeon)
27 - Luton (ABC)
29 - Maidstone (Granada)
30 - Croydon (ABC)
31 - Cambridge (ABC)
November 1963
01 - Lincoln (Empire)
02 - Sunderland (Empire)
03 - Liverpool (Empire)
Del Shannon
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
The Bachelors
Duffy Power
Cilla Black
Bryan Burdon
Blue Diamonds
Promoter : Arthur Howes
04 - Croydon (ABC)
05 - Brighton (Essoldo)
06 - Plymouth (ABC)
07 - Exeter (ABC)
08 - Southampton (ABC)
09 - Hastings (ABC)
10 - Dover (ABC)
11 - Bexley-Heath (ABC)
12 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
13 - Cambridge (Regal)
14 - Northamton (ABC)
15 - Chesterfield (ABC)
16 - Lincoln (ABC)
17 - Cleethorpes (ABC)
18 - Hull (ABC)
19 - Scarborough (Futurist)
20 - Stockton (Globe)
26 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
27 - Carlisle (ABC)
28 - Huddersfield (ABC)
29 - Ardwick (ABC)
30 - Gloucester (ABC)
31 - Romford (ABC)
November 1963
01 - Kingston (ABC)
02 - Walthamstow (Granada)
03 - Coventry (Theatre)
04 - Wolverhampton (Rank)
05 - Wolverhampton (Rank)
06 - Southend (Rank)
07 - Tooting (Granada)
08 - Cardiff (Rank)
09 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
10 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
15 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
16 - Blackpool (Opera House)
17 - Liverpool (Empire)
18 - Bradford (Gaumont)
19 - Sunderland (Rank)
20 - York (Rialto)
21 - Sheffield (Odeon)
22 - Derby (Rank)
23 - Hanley (Rank)
24 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
25 - Worcester (Rank)
26 - Cheltenham (Rank)
27 - Taunton (Rank)
28 - St. Albans (Rank)
29 - Guildford (Rank)
30 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
December 1963
01 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
07 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
08 - Rochester (Odeon)
09 - Colchester (Odeon)
10 - Harrow (Granada)
11 - Bedford (Granada)
12 - Mansfield (Granada)
13 - Sutton (Granada)
14 - Slough (Adelphi)
15 - Woolwich (Granada)
16 - Edmonton (Granada)
Joe Brown
Karl Denver Trio
The Tornados
Marty Wilde
Daryl Quist
Dickie Pride
The Ramblers
Larry Burns (compere)
Freddie & The Dreamers replaced Joe Brown at some of
the October
and December concerts (see NME announcement)
Promoter : Larry Parnes
Full copy of Freddie & The Dreamers programme
07 - Reading (Olympia)
08 - Trowbridge (Gaumont)
09 - Luton (Odeon)
10 - Romford (Odeon)
11 - Croydon (Fairfield Halls)
12 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
13 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
14 - Newport (Majestic)
15 - Kilburn (Gaumont State)
16 - Farnborough (Town Hall)
17 - Salisbury (City Hall)
18 - East Grinstead (Whitehall)
19 - Handsworth (Plaza)
20 - Southsea (Savoy)
21 - Bath (Pavilion)
22 - Middlesbrough (Astoria)
Some of the later dates were part of a ballroom tour without the other acts
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Searchers
Ian Crawford & The Boomerangs
Rob Charles Combo
Patrick Dane & The Quiet Five (Croydon, Cardiff, Bournemouth only)
Ted King (compere)
Promoter : John Smith
Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Frank Kelly & The Hunters
The Marauders
Hull (City Hall)
Heinz
Rolling Stones
15 - Southampton (Guildhall)
16 - Trowbridge (Odeon)
17 - Worcester (Odeon)
18 - Guilford (Odeon)
19 - Canterbury (Odeon)
20 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
Dorothy Baker (Australia's top singing star)
Gordon Peters (Comedy in the modern manner)
The Jeridale Three (Fontana's latest recording stars)
Ken Jonnart (compere)
Promoters - Arthur Kimbrell & Bernard Delfont
Bradford (St George's Hall)
Heinz
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Saints
Sammy King & The Voltaires
Mike Sagar & The Tornados
Plus Four
Garth Cawood (compere)
19 - Grantham (Granada)
20 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
21 - Mansfield (Granada)
22 - Kettering (Granada)
23 - Bedford (Granada)
24 - Aylesbury
25 - Greenford (Granada)
27 - Dartford (Granada)
28 - Edmonton (Granada)
29 - Rugby (Granada)
30 - Haslemere (Rex)
31 - Scunthorpe (Baths)
November 1963
01 - Leyton (Baths)
02 - Malvern (Winter Gardens)
03 - Manchester (Top Ten)
On some dates Johnny Kidd was top of the bill
Full copy of Dartford programme (27th)
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Heinz
Other acts varied but included
Joe Brown
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Vince Eager
Big Three (all except 27,28,29)
Caravelles
Lee Curtis & The All Stars (27,28,29)
Promoter : George Cooper
19 - Finsbury Park (Astoria)
20 - Hammersmith (Odeon)
21 - Luton (Odeon)
22 - Cardiff (Capitol)
23 - Liverpool (Odeon)
24 - Manchester (Odeon)
25 - Leeds (Odeon)
26 - Lewisham (Odeon)
27 - Nottingham (Odeon)
28 - Birmingham (Odeon)
Dion
Trini Lopez
Timi Yuro
Lesley Gore
Ken Thorne Orchestra
Jerry Stevens (compere)
"The Greatest Record Show of 1963"
Promoter : Vic Lewis
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