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Beatles; four signatures, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, signed in biro on a Kingston Upon Hull City Police Report paper.
Provence; the vendors father, P.C. Roland Coleman, was a policeman on duty when the Beatles played, he cannot remember which gig it was; the 23rd November 1963 or the 16th October 1964, he went back stage and asked for the autographs for his niece who was in the audience.
24th November 1963 was The Beatles' third performance in Hull, but their first at the ABC Cinema. It was the 20th date of their 1963 Autumn Tour, throughout which they played a standard set of 10 songs: I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You, All My Loving, You Really Got A Hold On Me, Roll Over Beethoven, Boys, Till There Was You, She Loves You, Money (That's What I Want) and Twist And Shout.
16th October 1964 was the seventh date of The Beatles' 1964 British tour. The Beatles performed two concerts, for which they were paid £850. Their set throughout the tour contained 10 songs: Twist And Shout, Money (That's What I Want), Can't Buy Me Love, Things We Said Today, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, I Wanna Be Your Man, A Hard Day's Night and Long Tall Sally.
The support acts on the tour were The Rustiks, Sounds Incorporated, Michael Haslam, The Remo Four, Tommy Quickly and Mary Wells, and the compère was Bob Bain. The evening's two shows began at 6.15pm and 8.30pm.
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