This was George Harrison’s sixth and final night performing on the UK tour of Delaney & Bonnie, a husband and wife act from the US.
Harrison was there for five of the tour’s six dates, playing two shows each night. He appeared in Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool and Croydon. He didn’t perform at the Newcastle shows on 5 December, instead briefly leaving the tour to visit his unwell mother.
Several of the shows were also recorded for possible album release – the result was 1970’s Delaney & Bonnie & Friends On Tour With Eric Clapton. Harrison was credited as “Mysterioso”.
Harrison had previously performed at Croydon’s Fairfield Hall with The Beatles on 7 September 1963.
Last updated: 25 May 2015
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- 1969: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The Question Why
- 1967: The Apple Boutique opens
- 1965: The Beatles live: ABC Cinema, Manchester
- 1964: George Harrison’s Mornyork Ltd becomes Harrisongs Ltd
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Liverpool
- 1963: Live, television: It’s The Beatles
- 1963: Television: Juke Box Jury
- 1962: The Beatles live: Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1957: The Quarrymen live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
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I was there and didn’t realise George was on stage until the end when the band was introduced. Musically, not a patch on what he was doing earlier in the year with The Beatles, as we now see with the Get Back film…