Newcastle (La Dolce Vita)
07 - Walthamstow (Granada)
08 - Colchester (Odeon)
10 - Romford (ABC)
11 - Harrow (ABC)
12 - Northampton (ABC)
13 - Lincoln (ABC)
14 - Sheffield (City Hall)
15 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
17 - Bedford (Granada)
18 - Chester (ABC)
19 - Eccles (Broadway)
20 - Mansfield (Granada)
21 - Derby (Gaumont)
22 - Coventry (Theatre)
24 - Dover (ABC)
25 - Cambridge (ABC)
26 - Luton (ABC)
27 - Kingston (ABC)
28 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
29 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
December 1964
01 - Wigan (ABC)
02 - Hull (ABC)
03 - Edinburgh (ABC)
04 - Stockton (ABC)
05 - Newcastle (City Hall)
06 - Scarborough (Futurist)
Gene Pitney
Kinks
Marianne Faithfull
Mike Cotton Sound
Bobby Shafto
Bryan Burdon (compere)
Promoter : Brian Epstein/Arthur Howes
06 - Edmonton (Regal)
08 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
09 - Sutton
10 - Leicester (Odeon)
11 - York (Rialto)
12 - Bolton (Odeon)
13 - Newcastle (Odeon)
14 - Bradford (Gaumont)
15 - Manchester (Palace)
16 - Rugby (Granada)
17 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
18 - Liverpool (Odeon)
19 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
20 - Sheffield (Gaumont)
21 - Hanley (Gaumont)
22 - Morecambe (Winter Gardens)
23 - Brixton (Granada)
24 - Bournemouth (Granada)
25 - London (Kilburn State)
26 - Watford (Gaumont)
27 - Romford (Gaumont)
28 - Lewisham (Odeon)
29 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
Barron Knights
Pretty Things
Kim Weston with the Earl Van Dyke Quartet
The Tea Time Four
The Le Roys
Mike Sarne
Simon Scott
Don Spencer (compere)
Promoter - Robert Stigwood
TOUR CANCELLED
Promoter Robert Stigwood's autumn tour headlining P.J.Proby has been abandoned. Stigwood cancelled Proby's contract last weekend after a disagreement over who should compere the show.
see below
Nottingham (Theatre Royal)
Des O'Connor (The debonair comedian)
Pan Jue Jen Troupe (Oriental wonders)
Elaine & Derek (Teenage recording stars)
Franklyn & His Doves (Fantasy of birds)
George Meaton (The big noise)
Jean & Peter Barbour (Stilt dancing puppeteers)
Theatre Royal Orchestra (Harry Hackworth)
Bradford (Gaumont)
CANCELLED
Efforts to bring in Chuck Berry to replace Proby failed at the eleventh hour. Berry had been unable to get released from his commitments in the USA
see above
14 - Finsbury Park (Astoria)
16 - Chelmsford (Odeon)
17 - Guildford (Odeon)
20 - Handsworth (Plaza)
21 - Wolverton (Palace)
21 - Dunstable (California)
22 - Tooting (Granada)
23 - Maidstone (Granada)
25 - Belfast (ABC)
28 - Boston (Gliderdome)
30 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
December 1964
01 - Sheffield (City Hall)
04 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
05 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
06 - Wakefield (ABC)
07 - London (Royal Albert Hall)
08 - Bedford (Granada)
09 - Kettering (Granada)
10 - Walthamstow (Granada)
11 - Slough (Adelphi)
12 - Blackpool (Opera House)
Manfred Mann
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Heinz
Marty Wilde
Bern Elliott & The Fenmen
The Flee-Rekkers
John Barry Seven (backed Marty Wilde)
Bobby Patrick Big Six (backed Brenda Lee)
Promoter - George Cooper
17 - ????
18 - Maidstone
19 - Aylesbury (Granada)
20 - Wakefield (ABC)
21 - Ipswich (ABC)
22 - Boston (Regal)
23 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
The Soul Sisters
Bern Elliott & His Klan
The Spencer Davis Group
The Downliners Sect
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sound
The Mark Leeman Five
Blues By Five
Dave Kaffey (compere)
"Rhythm & Blues"
Promoters - Larry Parnes & George Cooper
Bradford (Little Fat Black Pussycat)
Bradford (Little Fat Black Pussycat)
Graham Bond (v/o), Jack Bruce (b), Dick Heckstall (s), Ginger Baker (d)
14 - Edmonton (Granada)
15 - Liverpool (Empire)
16 - Southampton (Gaumont)
17 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
18 - Exeter (Odeon)
19 - Cardiff (Odeon)
20 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
21 - Kingston (Granada)
22 - Harrow (Granada)
24 - Birmingham (Odeon)
25 - Leeds (Odeon)
26 - Glasgow (Odeon)
27 - Stockton (Odeon)
28 - Sheffield (City Hall)
29 - Coventry (THeatre)
30 - Mansfield (Granada)
December 1964
01 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
02 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
04 - Southend (Odeon)
05 - East Ham (Granada)
06 - Hanley (Gaumont)
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Herman's Hermits
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
The Primitives
The Gobbledegooks
The Echoes
Johnny Ball (compere)
Promoter : Kennedy Street Enterprises/Tito Burns
Bradford (Little Fat Black Pussycat)
The Five Dimensions
The Gaydogs
The Cheats
Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions.
The lineup included Rod Stewart who
eventually took over the band.
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Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
Joe Meek produced group. He advised them to drop their singer (Rod Stewart) and become an instrumental group.
Oxford (New Theatre)
The Kinks
The Mike Cotton Sound
The Falling Leaves
Val McAllum
Bobby Shafto & The Roofraisers
Kim Weston & The Earl Van Dyke Band
The Manish Boys
Birmingham (Town Hall)
Gene Vincent
The Spencer Davis Group
The Ugly's
The Plebs
The Londoners
Prompters - Birmingham Youth Aliyah Committee
Peterborough (Embassy)
Sounds Incorprated
Val McCullum
Falling Leaves
The Poets
Tom Jones with The Squires
Frank Berry (compere)
Promoters - Arthur Howes & Brian Epstein
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Stormsville Shakers
Thimble Riggers R&B
According to their website they were also playing the Mojo (Peter
Stringfellow) in Sheffield on the same night.
London (Palladium)
"Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp"
Promoters - Leslie A. Macdonnell & Leslie Grade in association with Bernard Delfont
26 - Liverpool (Empire)
January 1965
04 - Leeds (Odeon)
11 - Odeon (Glasgow)
The Hollies
The Fourmost
Danny Williams
Cliff Bennet & The Rebel Rousers
Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four
The Rustiks
Johnny Hackett
"Gerry's Christmas Cracker"
Promoter - Brian Epstein
Hammersmith (Odeon)
Two performance per night except 24 & 29 December
No performance on 25 & 27 December or 3 & 10 January
Total performances - 38
Freddie & The Dreamers
Sounds Incorporated
Elkie Brooks
The Yardbirds
Michael Haslam
The Mike Cotton Sound
Ray Fell
"Another Beatles Christmas Show"
Promoter - Brian Epstein
Birmingham (Odeon)
January 4th 1965
Manchester (Odeon)
The Clark Brothers
Joe Church
Johnny Hawkins & His Orchestra
Dave Allen
Faye Fisher
George Meaton
Promoter - Leslie Grade
Liverpool (Empire)
Jimmy Tarbuck
Promoters - Tom Arnold & Bernard Delfont
"Puss In Boots"
Birmingham (Alexandra)
"Jack & The Beanstalk"
Hull (New Theatre)
"Aladdin"
December 1964
26 - Bedford (Granada)
January 1965
Slough (Adelphi)
Maidstone (Granada)
Mansfield (Granada)
There were two touring versions of the show ("The Stage")
Jess Conrad
The Tornados
Des Lane
"Once Upon A Fairytale"
Promoter - George Cooper Organisation
December 1964
26 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
January 1965
04 - Norwich (Odeon)
11 - Barking (Odeon)
18 - Worcester (Gaumont)
"The Stage" - Doncaster review
There were two touring versions of the show ("The Stage")
Heinz & The Wild Boys
Marty Wilde
"Once Upon A Fairytale"
Promoter - George Cooper Organisation
28 - Hanley (Gaumont)
January 1965
11 - Derby (Gaumont)
18 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
"Aladdin"
Promoter - Joe Collins
