BEATLES ORIGINAL APRIL 21st 1963 NME POLL CONCERT WINNERS TICKET,VERY RARE
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NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
ANNUAL ALL-STAR POLL WINNERS
CONCERT TICKET
APRIL 21st 1963
THE EMPIRE POOL AND SPORTS ARENA WEMBLEY.
EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL TICKET.
THIS WAS THE BEATLES FIRST APPEARANCE AT THIS CONCERT AND AT WHICH THEY DID NOT WIN AN AWARD!!
VOTING FOR THIS AWARDS CONCERT HAD TO BE POLLED BY THE END OF 1962 AND AT THAT TIME THE BEATLES WERE STILL FAIRLY UNKNOWN HAVING HAD ONLY MINOR CHART SUCCESS WITH 'LOVE ME DO' EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
BUT A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN 4 MONTHS
ON THE 11th JANUARY 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' WAS RELEASED WHICH ROCKETED UP THE CHARTS TO NUMBER 2.
THEN ON 11th APRIL JUST TEN DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERT THEY RELEASED
'FROM ME TO YOU' WHICH SHOT TO No 1.
THIS STARTLING SUCCESS COULD NOT BE IGNORED AND THE BEATLES WERE ELEVATED TO THE PENULTIMATE ACT ON THE BILL BEHIND 'CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS'!
ON THE DAY THEY PERFORMED 4 SONGS
PLEASE PLEASE ME,FROM ME TO YOU,TWIST AND SHOUT,LONG TALL SALLY AND IT WAS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEGED THAT THEY STOLE THE SHOW.
ONLY 10,000 TICKETS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SHOW
HOW MANY CAN THERE BE NOW!!FOR ONE OF THE BEATLES VERY FIRST CONCERTS
THE TICKET MEASURES 3.5 ins x 3 ins
AND IS GOOD CONDITION,NO TEARS,TWO LITTLE STAINS AT THE TOP,HAS BEEN FOLDED
PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS.
IN CONCLUSION A VERY RARE TICKET FOR ONE OF THE BEATLES FIRST CONCERTS AFTER HITTING THE BIG TIME, AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTOR.