The Beatles - Gaumont Cinema, Hanley
The Beatles - Gaumont Cinema, Hanley
Adelphi Cinema, Bath Rd. Slough, Buckinghamshire
The opening night of the Beatle's 3rd nationwide package tour in as many months. Although Roy Orbinson, whom the Beatles much admired, initially began as bill-topper, the Beatles very quickly - by audience demand - assumed this position.
Their repertoire on this tour comprised "Some Other Guy", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "Love Me Do", "From Me To You", "Please Please Me", "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist And Shout".
Grosvenor Rooms, Prince of Wales Rd. Norwich, Norfolk
A £250 booking, arranged in mid-April through London promoter Barry Clayman.
Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush Green, London
The Beatle's 2nd appearance on national BBC TV was in the children's series 'Pops And Lenny', broadcast live, in front of an enthusiastic audience, from the Television Theatre in West London. The title said it all, the show mixed pop music with glove-puppet fun in the shape of Lenny the Lion ("Oh don't embawass me"), as manipulated by cohort Terry Hall.
The Beatle's arrived at Television Theatre in time for a 1:30 pm rehearsal and performed two songs in the 5:00-5:30 broadcast, "From Me To You' and a shortened (1 min 5 secs) version of "Please Please Me". They also joined resident musicians the Bert Hayes Octet and the other members of the cast - Terry Hall, the Raindrops, Patsy Ann Noble, and, of course, Lenny the Lion - for the finale, a one-minute version of "After You've Gone", the Creamer/Layton standard written in 1929 and since performed by scores of artists.
Royalty Theatre, City Road, Chester, Cheshire
The Beatle's repertoire on this night comprised "Some Other Guy", "Thank You Girl", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "Please Please Me", "You Really Got A Hold On Me", "I Saw Her Standing There", and "From Me To You".
The Beatles - Rink Ballroom, Park Lane, Sunderland, Durham
The Beatles took another day off (right after their Holiday)
Alpha Television Studios, Aston, Birmingham
A return visit to Aston for the Beatles first bill-topping appearance on the ABC Television show "Thank Your Lucky Stars", taped this afternoon for transmission six days later, Saturday May 18th, between 5:55 and 6:35 pm.
For the first time, the Beatles mimed to more than one song in a TYLS broadcast: "From Me To You", and also LP track "I Saw Her Standing There".
Imperial Ballroom, Carr Road, Nelson, Lancashire
Mayhem hit this northern industrial town as 2000 frantic teenagers crammed into the Imperial Ballroom to see the Beatles.
The Beatles enjoying their last day of vacation.