Original 3.5 x 3 ticket for a Tommy Roe and Chris Montez concert that took place at the City Hall in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, on March 23, 1963, a musical showcase that also included the Beatles on the bill, signed on the reverse by in blue ballpoint, “John Lennon, xxx,” “Paul McCartney,” and “George Harrison,” and in black ballpoint, “Ringo Starr.” Includes an original program from the Beatles’ 1963 tour with Chris Montez and Tommy Roe, which lists the Beatles as the last act to play before the interval. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, corner tape stains, and skipping to Starr's and Harrison's last names. The Beatles performed a six-song set at the show, which consisted of ‘Love Me Do,' ‘A Taste of Honey,' ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret,' ‘Please Please Me,’ and ‘I Saw Her Standing There.'
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and by a letter from the original recipient: “I attended the Tommy Roe concert at Newcastle City Hall on 23rd March 1963. Before the show I was walking down City Road with a friend and we saw the four Beatles walking around the venue. I produced my ticket for the show and they gladly signed the back of it as we were standing in the street. I remember Paul McCartney being the most beautiful man I had ever seen!”
Although Montez and Roe were initially slated as the tour’s headliners, their lead position didn’t last long. Despite how the programs read, the Beatles became the tour’s headliners on the second performance of the tour’s second day, March 10, 1963, at the Granada Cinema in East Ham, London. With 'Please Please Me' at the top of the charts, this Newcastle show came the day after the release of their highly anticipated debut album, an event that triggered the worldwide phenomenon known as Beatlemania.
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