1963  18th May Helen Shapiro        
1964  29th April The Beatles (two shows 6:30 & 8:50) 

A competition advert from the Evening News.  Thank you to Alan for the scan.
 

Fans queue along Morrison Street and Semple Street for the Beatles.  Thank you to Alan for the picture.
 
 
Eileen and Patricia saw the show after all, courtesy of two 17 year old gents Douglas Scott and John Marshall. 
 
Thank you to Alan for the clipping above.
1964  21st May The Rolling Stones (2 shows)
1964  22nd May Freddie & The Dreamers, support Millie
1964  29th September Package tour featuring Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Yardbirds, and The Nashville Teens
1964  19th October The Beatles (two shows 6:30 &8:50), also on the bill were The Rustiks, Michael Haslam, Bob Bain, Sounds Incorporated, Mary Wells, The Remo Four, & Tommy Quickly  
An actual ticket for this Beatles show!  Many of the shows of this period took place in cinemas, and they regularly just sold standard cinema tickets without the bands name.  Look at the seat number too! Stalls A30, unbelievable!!  What must that have been like!!
 
 
Programme for the Beatles shows on 19th October 1964.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Beatles fans camping outside the ABC Cinema to buy Beatles tickets in 1964.  Thank you to Jennifer Woods and Debbie Kearney for these fantastic and historic pictures.  ©Jennifer Woods 1964.
 
1964  4th November Cliff Richard
1964  3rd December Package tour featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, The Kinks, Marianne Faithfull, Bobby Shafto, and a certain Davie Jones & The Manish Boys.  Later, Davie Jones would of course transform himself into David Bowie.....quite a bill that one! 
1965  12th October Brian Epstein Star Scene '65 package tour featuring bill toppers The Everly Brothers & Cilla Black (2 shows 6:30+8:50)
1965  28th October Gene Pitney          
1966  2nd March The Walker Brothers          
1966  20th April Hermans Hermits          
1966  20th May Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan walking in Princes Street, 20th May 1966.  ©Barry Feinstein 1966.  The unusual windows at the very top right corner of the photo are the windows above the then Monseigneur/Jacey cinema at number 121.  This shop would later become the original Virgin record shop in Princes Street.
 
1966  13th October The Walker Brothers
1967  3rd March Gene Pitney, Sound Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe, The Loot, & The Troggs (two shows 6:30 & 8:50)
 
1967  22nd March The Small Faces           
1967  30th March Roy Orbison 
1967  10th May The Beach Boys (2 shows 6:30+8:50)
1967  7th November Tom Jones
1978  5th June The Alan Parsons Project (this wasn't a live show but an album playback preview of the album "Pyramid".  The advert reads "A unique oppurtunity to hear Alan Parsons new album at yout local cinema.  Free tickets available from selected record shops). 

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