this blog is looking at tthe Australian rock and pop tours of the 50's and 60's which includes the Big Shows promoted by Lee Gordon as well as show promoted by Harry M Miller, Bill Watson, Aztec Services etc and will have the Beatles, the Rolling Stones tours as well as the Monkees, Bill Haley, the Everly brothers and many others which also include jazz,country and folk singers and musicians as well. If you have memories of attending these shows feel free to send an message
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Hermans Hermits and tom Jones 1966 Australian tour
Caravan Of Stars 66
-this is from the Telegraph Brisbane January 20th 1966
Promoter Harry M Miller
tour Dates-
Sydney Commemorative Auditorium showground January 21st and 22nd
Brisbane City Hall January 24th
Melbourne the Plaias Janaury 27th,28th and 29th
Adelaide Centennial Hall February 7th
Perth capitol theater February 8th
Hermans Hermits-
Peter Noone
Karl Green
Lek Leckenby
Keith Hopwood
Barry WHitwam
Tom Jones (with The Squires)
Ray Columbus
Max Merritt and the Meteors(Sydney,Perth and Adelaide)
The Purple Hearts(Sydney and Brisbane)
The Twilights(Adelaide)
The Groop(Adelaide)
The Feelgoods(brisbane)
Johnny and the Strangers(Perth)
The Wild Colonials
The Board(Sydney)
This was the first tour for both Tom Jones and Hermans HErmits and on that tour they did an appearence on Brian Henderson's Bandstand on Channel 9. Tom Jones is still going strong as ever still recording and still touring while with Hermans Hermits lead singer Peter Noone still performs mainly in the USA while the group with original drummer Barry Whitwam still tours the world including Australia.
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Keep it up. Good luck and thanks for posting.
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i saw their concert at the palais theatre in melbourne way back in january 1966, when i was 16 years old.
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