02 - Romford (ABC)
04 - Dublin (Adelphi)
05 - Belfast
07 - Blackpool
09 - Chesterfield
10 - Chester
11 - Wigan
12 - Hardwick
13 - Wakefield
14 - Cleethorpes
17 - Lincoln
18 - Cambridge (Regal)
19 - Bexleyheath
20 - Ipswich
21 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
?? - Bristol (Colston Hall)
The Gamblers
The John Barry Seven & Orchestra
The Kestrels
Bobby Pattinson
"The All-Round Family Show"
Promoter - Larry Parnes
Hanley (Victoria Hall)
The P.J. Proby Orchestra
The Fourmost
Sandra Barry
Syd & Eddie
The Four Macs
The Chapters
The Art Woods
Brian Freeman
"The PJ Show"
Promoters - Joe Collins & Mervyn Conn
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
Wrote and recorded "I Put A Spell On You" in 1956. He died 12th February 2000 aged 70.
05 - Edmonton (Regal)
06 - Liverpool (Empire)
07 - Manchester (Palace)
08 - Scarborough (Futurist)
09 - Sunderland (Odeon)
10 - Huddersfield (ABC)
11 - Sheffield (City Hall)
12 - Leicester (Trocadero)
13 - Rugby (Granada)
14 - Rochester (Odeon)
15 - Guildford (Odeon)
16 - Greenford (Granada)
17 - Southend (Odeon)
18 - Romford (ABC)
The Hollies
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Goldie & The Gingerbreads
The Checkmates
The Konrads
Johnny Ball (compere
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
The Beat Merchants
Formed in Horsham, Sussex in 1962. Toured in 1964 with Gene Vincent and Lulu
Leeds (University)
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
08 - Sheffield (City Hall)
14 - Newcastle (City Hall)
19 - Croydon (Fairfield Hall)
22 - Birmingham (Town Hall
Manfred Mann (Sheffield only)
The Animals
The Pretty Things
Screaming Lord Sutch
Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs
Dodie West
Promoter : Kenneth Johnson (Promotions) Ltd
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
Bradford (Witchbarn Club)
Obviously encountered early problems because the following month "After considering the damage inflicted to the property over the last weekend the management must impose a ban on all rockers or jean clad youths whatsoever
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
Were the first band to appear at the Top 20 when it opened in May 1964
Sheffield (City Hall)
20 - London (Finsbury Park Astoria)
21 - London (Hammersmith Odeon)
23 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
24 - Cardiff (Capitol)
25 - Birmingham (Odeon)
26 - London (Kingston ABC)
27 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
28 - Leicester (Odeon)
30 - Manchester (Odeon)
31 - Leeds (Odeon)
April 1965
01 - Glasgow (Odeon)
02 - Stockton (ABC)
03 - Newcastle (City Hall)
04 - Liverpool (Empire)
06 - Luton (ABC)
07 - Chester (ABC)
08 - Sheffield (City Hall)
09 - Wgan (ABC)
10 - Wolverhampton (ABC)
11 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
12 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
The Earl Van Dyke Six
Stevie Wonder
Martha & The Vandellas
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Tony Marsh (compere)
"The Tamla Motown Show"
Promoters : Harold Davison & Arthur Howe
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Golders Green (Hippodrome)
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Twinkle & The Gonks
Peter Quinton
The Sorrows
The Four Macs
The Art Woods
Syd & Eddie (comperes)
London (Empire Pool, Wembley)
10th Record Star Show
presented by The Daily Express
In aid of the Stars Organisation For Spastics
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
Elkie Brooks & The Master Sounds
The Fourmost
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men
Lonnie Donegan
Lulu & The Lovers
The Merseybeats
P.J. Proby Showtime
The Pretty Things
Sandie Shaw & The Paramounts
The Searchers
The Seekers
Them
Tom Jones & The Squires
Tommy Quickly
The Zombies
David Jacobs, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Don Moss (comperes)
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
25 - Stockton (Odeon)
26 - Newcastle (City Hall)
27 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
28 - Liverpool (Empire)
April 1965
01 - Worcester (Gaumont)
02 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
03 - Bradford (Gaumont)
04 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
07 - Colchester (Odeon)
08 - Salisbury (Odeon)
09 - Taunton (Odeon)
10 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
Dusty Springfield
Bobby Vee
Zombies
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations
Heinz & The Wild Boys
Echoes
George Meaton (compere)
Promoter - Tito Burns
Bradford (Witchbarn Club)
Downliners Sect
David John & The Mood
They recorded for Columbia and their cover of "Little Egypt" appears on a number of compilation albums.
The advert is presumably a typo
Based in Preston. Shared the same management company as the Rolling Stones.
Made three singles, the last two were produced by Joe Meek
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Had appeared earlier in the month at the Top 20 Club in Idle
TV
Becomes a live show
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
Originally a Brian Epstein managed group who recorded "Some Other Guy" for Decca in 1963. They split with Epstein in July 1963 and two of the original members left in November 1963.
The bass player Johnny Gustafson later played with the Merseybeats and in the seventies with Roxy Music
07 - Huddersfield (ABC)
May 1965
10 - Liverpool (Odeon) - 6 nights
This programme has a slightly different line up
The singer with the Mike Leander band is of course
the infamous Gary Glitter
Susan Maughan (Liverpool)
Mike Preston
Freddy Davies
The Mission Belles
Ronnie Jones
Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang
Mike Leander Showband featuring Paul Raven
Ronnie Jones (Liverpool)
Elaine & Derek
Hall Roach (compere)
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
London (Empire Pool,Wembley)
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Glasgow (Pavilion)
Henri Vadden & Partner
George Comack & Irene Sharp
Billy Stutt
Bill Cameron
Tommy Elliot
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Bradford (Witchbarn)
David John & The Mood
April 1965
24 - Gloucester
25 - Northampton
27 - Plymouth
28 - Exeter (ABC)
29 - Southampton
30 - Croydon (ABC)
May 1965
01 - Dover
02 - Harrow
04 - Hull (ABC)
05 - Stockton
06 - Edinburgh
07 - Carlisle
09 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
Pretty Things
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Zephyrs
The Gamblers
The Kestrels
John Barry Seven & Augmented Orchestra
Bobby Pattinson (compere)
Promoter : Larry Parnes
Bradford (Top 20 Club, Idle)
The Undertakers
Liverpool band who played at the Star Club, Hamburg and the Cavern. Made three Tony Hatch produced singles for Pye
Bradford (Textile Hall, Westgate)
Opening night
30 - Sheffield (City Hall)
May 1965
01 - Liverpool (Empire)
02 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
05 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
06 - Newcastle (City Hall)
07 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
09 - London (Royal Albert Hall) - 2 nights
30 - Slough (Adelphi)
May 1965
01 - Walthamstow (Granada)
02 - Lewisham (Odeon)
04 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
05 - Aldershot (ABC)
06 - Kingston (Granada)
07 - East Ham (Granada)
08 - Hanley (Gaumont)
09 - Coventry (Theatre)
11 - Swindon (Odeon)
12 - Southend (Odeon)
13 - Bedford (Granada)
15 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
16 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
18 - Taunton (Gaumont)
19 - Cardiff (Capitol)
20 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
21 - Bolton (Odeon)
22 - Leeds (Odeon)
23 - Derby (Gaumont
This tour was initially headlined by the Kinks and the Yardbirds. The Kinks left the tour after Dave Davies and the drummer Mick Avory had a fight onstage at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff. Davies needed hospital treatment.They were replaced by the Walker Brothers for the final four dates. The Yardbirds left the tour to fulfil prior bookings in Scotland
The Yardbirds
Walker Brothers
The
Hollies
Goldie & The Gingerbreads
Jeff & Jon
Riot Squad
Val McKenna
Bob Bain (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
Ilkley (Troutbeck)
Great name and great band. Windsor based.
Not to be confused with the New Zealand band
