8006 - Beatles Signed 1963 Tour Program Back Cover - Montez/Roe UK Tour

Beatles Signed 1963 Tour Program Back Cover - Montez/Roe UK Tour Back cover of an original program from the Beatles’ 1963 tour with Chris Montez and Tommy Roe, 8 x 10.25, signed next to their respective likenesses in ballpoint by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. In fine condition, with very light handling wear. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Beatles expert Frank Caiazzo, who notes that the program comes from the band’s March 9-31, 1963, UK tour with Montez and Roe. He adds that the back cover’s four portraits were taken by Astrid Kirchherr in her attic studio in November 1962, a session that became known as ‘The Chair Sessions,’ and that the signatures “date precisely from this period in March of 1963.” The Beatles’ spring 1963 UK package tour with American singers Chris Montez and Tommy Roe comprised 21 tour dates. Promoter Arthur Howes put Montez and Roe at the top of the bill, with the Beatles as a featured act alongside the Viscounts and Debbie Lee. The audience response soon made clear that the Beatles were the principal attraction. Roe recalled initially closing the first half, then opening the second while the Beatles closed the first, ‘and after a week or so, they had The Beatles closing.’ McCartney later admitted, ‘It was embarrassing as hell for him. I mean, what could you say to him? Sorry, Chris? He took it well.’ Their standard set on the tour included ‘Love Me Do,’ ‘Misery,’ ‘A Taste of Honey,’ ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret,’ ‘Please Please Me,’ and ‘I Saw Her Standing There.’ On March 22, during the tour, they released their debut album, Please Please Me.