The BEATLES: 1963 UK TOUR PROGRAMME
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THE BEATLES
1963 UK TOUR WITH ROY ORBISON
This is a fantastic tour programme, not only is it very early in the beatles careers but it contains great pictures and information about the Beatles at that time.Remember this was only soon after Please please me had been released so the beatles were about to explode onto the world stage!
below is some very interesting reading that I have researched about this tour...
Tour dates
May 18 1963 Adelphi, Slough
May 19 Gaumont, Hanley
May 20 Gaumont, Southampton
May 22 Gaumont, Ipswich
May 23 Odeon, Nottingham
May 24 Granada, Walthamstow
May 25 City Hall, Sheffield
May 26 Empire, Liverpool
May 27 Capitol, Cardiff
May 28 Gaumont, Worcester
May 29 Rialto, York
May 30 Odeon, Manchester
May 31 Odeon, Southend-on-Sea
June 1 Granada, Tooting
June 2 Hippodrome, Brighton
June 3 Granada, Woolwich
June 4 Town Hall, Birmingham
June 5 Odeon, Leeds
June 7 Odeon, Glasgow
June 8 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne
June 9 King George's Hall, Blac
On The Beatles tour in 1963, Roy was the main artist for a while, before the Beatles took over the closing spot. John Lennon later claimed that he had joked to Orbison that the Beatles were tiring of opening for him so Orbison agreed to switch, but the audience greeted Orbison with such enthusiasm that the Beatles became concerned that they would not get to perform, and called out to him from backstage, "Yankee, go home."
Spencer Leigh cites Roy Orbison:
Roy Orbison had no sooner arrived than he was confronted by Brian Epstein and John Lennon. "Brian said, ‘Who should close the show?’, and John said, ‘You’re getting all the money, so why don’t we close it?’ I don’t know whether that was true or not, whether I was getting that much more than they were. I certainly wasn’t getting that much - and the tour had sold out in one afternoon."
Roy later said that he was paid twice the amount The Beatles were getting, and he also recalled that he had mostly been singing ballads on that tour, while The Beatles played more up-tempo numbers.
Leigh also attended the Liverpool Empire stop of the tour: "I remember the cries for the Beatles as Orbison stepped out on stage. I wondered how he could cope with it, but he simply whispered, "A candy-coloured clown they call the Sandman" and he was away. The audience loved him and forgot the Beatles for thirty minutes. Roy Orbison: "I remember Paul and John grabbing me by my arms and not letting me go back to take my curtain call. The audience was yelling, ‘We want Roy, we want Roy,’ and there I was, being held captive by the Beatles who were saying, ‘Yankee, go home.’ We had a great time."
This was six weeks after The Beatles last appearance in Liverpool, and their visits to the hometown would soon become rarer and rarer as they had outgrown the city.
To read the full and massively interesting history behind this Tour go to http://wogew.blogspot.com/, and search "The roy orbison tour"
This programme on offer is in great condition with no unwanted marks or writing,it really is a peice of history.
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