This programme was different to the normal tour programme done for the show that you see for this tour as it just covered the three Granada shows on the 6th, 23rd & 28th February and so is therefore much rarer to find.
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The earliest programme scan that i have is from a charity event the Beatles appeared at in aid of the St John's Ambulance , it was a strange gig to play as most of the other acts on the bill were country & western or jazz musicians but the Liverpool comedian Ken Dodd was top of the bill..
The Beatles joined Roy Orbison, Gerry & The Pacemakers and other acts for this UK tour which started in Slough on Saturday 16th May and finished in Blackburn on the 9th June. Several different colour versions were done on the cover
The tour started in New York with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on 14th August and ended in San Francisco on the 31st August.
The final USA tour which started in Chicago on 12th August and finished at Candlestick Park San Francisco on 29th August.
Short German tour that took in 3 nights at Munich,Essen and Hamburg, supporting acts were Cliff Bennet & The Rebel Rousers, The Rattles and Peter & Gordon.
Official USA programme for the late summer 64 tour.
The annual Beatles Christmas show running from 24th December 1964 - 16th January 1965 and among the support acts were Freddie & The Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated and The Yardbirds.
A six night engagement for the Beatles in Weston Super Mare was hosted by Billy Baxter and support acts were Gerry & The Pacemakers, Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Tommy Quickly, The Lanas and Tommy Wallis & Beryl.
An original promotional programme for concerts taking place in Chicago, Illinois in 1965 including The Beatles. The programme was produced by Triangle Theatrical Productions Inc. and includes 16 pages featuring concert information alongside local business adverts and messages. The first page features a biography of each member of The Beatles, the Capitol Records and Ludwig drums adverts inside also feature the group.
The Beatles attended the premiere at the London Pavilion and were presented to Princess Margaret.
Sixteen page tour book for the 1964 UK tour in which they headlined with co-headliner Mary Wells and eight other acts, the tour started in Bradford on 9th October and finished in Bristol on 10th November.
This very limited edition program was made for the July 10, 1964 premiere of "A Hard Day's Night" at the Odeon Cinema in Liverpool. The 44-page program bios, photos, and info on the film,
It was 1964, Beatles hysteria had taken over the globe, and the group's first feature length film was out. The Royal World Premiere was July 6, 1964, at London Pavilion with The Beatles and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and the Earl of Snowdon in attendance.
The Beatles third appearance at this annual awards event.
'An Evening With The Beatles' charity night for Cerebral Palsy at the Paramount Theatre (Now the Hard Rock Café) in New York.
Appearing with The Beatles were Roy Orbison. The Rolling Stones, The Who and many others but this would be The Beatles last appearance at this annual event.
The Beatles appeared with Sylvie Vartan and Trini Lopez on a mammoth 18 day engagement from 16th January until 4th February.
Organised by Brian Epstein The Beatles appeared with six support acts.
A night of 100 stars concert was a charity evening where as well as the The Beatles Judy Garland and Laurence Olivier also appeared on stage along with other special guests.
The Kinks were again a support act on the bill this night in Bournemouth.
The Beatles appeared with amongst others The Kinks and the High Numbers who were soon to be renamed The Who.
The Beatles appeared with Sounds Incorporated and the Maori Hi Five.
The Beatles appeared on the bill with eight support acts.
Sandwiched in between the Australian dates was a few dates in New Zealand which took in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch before returning to Brisbane to do their final Australian dates.
The tour took in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney before moving onto New Zealand and then back to Brisbane.
Two shows in Scotland at Edinburgh on 29th April & Glasgow on 30th April with different colour covers the pink version being the rarer.
The Beatles appeared although they were not one of the award winners as the results were for the year 1962 but their recent success in the charts earned them an invite, they would go on appear at this annual event and to win many NME awards in the coming years.
Part of an arrangement that Brian Epstein had with John Smith to promote and organise shows in the South of the UK.
The Beatles were one of the support acts to Helen Shapiro on this tour and it started on the 2nd February in Bradford and finished on the 3rd March in Hanley.
Supporting Chris Montez and Tommy Roe the tour started on 9th March in East Ham London and concluded on 31st March in Leicester.
The Beatles were supported on this night by amongst others Freddie Starr and the Midnighters and The Kestrels.
The second Sunday appearance in July with this time with different back up acts such as The Countrymen, and the Red Price Combo on the bill but still with comedian Jack Douglas compering the show.
The second time in a month that The Beatles has supported Little Richard and again the show was put on by Brian Epstein's NEMS company together with Ray McFall the owner of the Cavern.. It was also the first time that they had appeared as The Beatles at the Empire in their home town.
The Beatles were due to share the bill with John Leyton but he fell ill prior to the concert.
This Little Richard Show organised by Brian Epstein's NEMS company had The Beatles on the bill along with several other acts like Billy J Kramer, The Merseybeats and The Big Three and it was one of the most important gigs to date for the Beatles as Little Richard was a headline act at that time.
On this night of the Royal Variety Performance The Beatles appeared seventh on a 19-act bill in front of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden. They performed ‘From Me To You’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Till There Was You’ and ‘Twist And Shout’. Before starting the final song John uttered the now-famous words ‘For our last number I’d like to ask your help. The people in the cheap seats clap your hands and the rest of you, if you’d just rattle your jewellery’.
The Beatles Autumn UK tour kicked off in Cheltenham on 1st November and finished in Southampton on 13th December but in between they squeezed in the Royal Variety Performance on the 4th November and a trip to Ireland to appear in Dublin on the 7th November and Belfast on the 8th November.
Presented by the BBC light programme on this 'Swinging Sound 63' night The Beatles shared the bill with 13 various artists including Del Shannon, Matt Munro, and The Springfields.
After returning by train from Washington, DC, the Beatles gave two concerts at 7pm & 9.30pm for 5,800 the following evening at New York's renowned concert venue, Carnegie Hall.
Another fan club gathering, this time for the London area faithful found the Beatles personally shaking hands with all 3,000 in attendance during the afternoon festivities prior to their evening concert. Some were lucky enough to get autographs as well.
An original concert programme for The Beatles for Brady Clubs performance that took place at the Odeon Theatre, Hammersmith, London on 29th December 1964. For this one off show the Beatles took a break from performance their regular Christmas show which was taken place at the same venue between 24th December and 16th January 1965.
The event featured performances by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, the Dave Clark Five, Manfred Mann, Cliff Richard & The Shadows and many more.
This London venue was home to the Beatles for 16 evenings between December 24 and January 11 as Brian Epstein produced the the first "Beatles' Christmas Show".Tickets to the thirty shows went on sale October 16. All 100,000 tickets were sold by November 16. Epstein's stable of stars dominated the show. Among them: Tommy Quickly, The Fourmost, Cilla Black, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. The Beatles also appeared in comedy sketches as well as performing an eight-song set
Appearing with The Beatles amongst others were Freddie Starr and the Midnighters and compere was comedian Jack Douglas.
Another six night engagement this time in Southport from August 26-31
A six day residence in the seaside town of Bournemouth at the Gaumont theatre 19th - 24th August, the grey cover is much rarer than the easier to find blue cover.
The Beatles residency at the Llandudno Odeon which took place from 12th to 17th August 1963 with support acts including Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Billy Baxter, Sons Of The Piltdown Men and Tommy Quickly.
The Beatles appeared with eleven other artists including the Rolling Stones at the annual 'Great Pop Prom'
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