The Beatles' 1964 world tour

The Beatles 1964 World Tour

Tour by The Beatles
Start date	4 June 1964
End date	16 August 1964
Legs	2
Number of shows	26
The Beatles concert chronology

The Beatles 1964 world tour was The Beatles first world tour, launched after their 1964 UK tour. The reception was enthusiastic, with The Spectator describing it as "hysterical". It was followed by their second 1964 US tour.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
4 June 1964	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
6 June 1964	Blokker	Netherlands	Veilinghal
Asia
10 June 1964	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Princess Theatre
Oceania
12 June 1964	Adelaide	Australia	Centennial Hall
13 June 1964
15 June 1964	Melbourne		Festival Hall
16 June 1964
17 June 1964
18 June 1964	Sydney		Sydney Stadium
19 June 1964
20 June 1964
22 June 1964	Wellington	New Zealand	Wellington Town Hall
23 June 1964
24 June 1964	Auckland		Auckland Town Hall
25 June 1964
26 June 1964	Dunedin		Dunedin Town Hall
27 June 1964	Christchurch		Majestic Theatre
29 June 1964	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Festival Hall
30 June 1964
Europe
12 July 1964	Brighton	England	Hippodrome Theatre
19 July 1964	Blackpool		ABC Cinema
23 July 1964	London		London Palladium
26 July 1964	Blackpool		Blackpool Opera House
28 July 1964	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
29 July 1964
2 August 1964	Bournemouth	England	Gaumont
9 August 1964	Scarborough		Futurist Theatre
16 August 1964	Blackpool		Blackpool Opera House

Note: As Ringo Starr was hospitalized in the UK, Jimmie Nicol was temporarily hired to stand in for Ringo as a drummer for the shows from 4 June -13 June until Ringo rejoined the group in Melbourne.

Typical set list

The typical set list for the shows was as follows (with lead singers noted):

1. "Twist and Shout" (John Lennon)
2. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
3. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Paul McCartney)
4. "You Can't Do That" (John Lennon)
5. "All My Loving" (Paul McCartney)
6. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (Ringo Starr)
7. "She Loves You" (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
8. "Till There Was You" (Paul McCartney)
9. "Roll Over Beethoven" (George Harrison)
10. "Can't Buy Me Love" (Paul McCartney)
11. "This Boy" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison)
12. "Long Tall Sally" (Paul McCartney)

External links

• The Beatles tour New Zealand.

References

• The Spectator, Volume 213, 1964
• The Beatles: Six days that changed the world, February 1964 by editors A. Aurichio & D. Melamud, (2014, Rizzoli, New York USA ISBN 978-0-8478-4105-9 (Photos of the Beatles first American tour)