8260 - Rolling Stones 1963 Capitol Cardiff Concert Handbill, Ticket Stub, and Tour Program

Rolling Stones 1963 Capitol Cardiff Concert Handbill, Ticket Stub, and Tour Program Three vintage ephemera pieces from the Rolling Stones’ concert at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, on October 6, 1963, during the band’s first major UK package tour, which was headlined by the Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley. The lot consists of a colorful 8.25 x 7 handbill for the Capitol engagement, advertising the Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley, with the Rolling Stones billed among the supporting acts; an original 1.75 x 2.5 ticket stub for the second performance on October 6th, issued for Dress Circle seat N34, Block B, with a handwritten running order on the reverse listing the Rolling Stones second; and an original tour program, 8 x 10.25, featuring the Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard on the front cover. The program contains substantial early Rolling Stones material, including a full-page feature headed The Rolling Stones, with a group photograph and individual biographical sketches of Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. An adjacent Decca advertisement promotes the group with a photograph and the invitation to listen to their debut single, ‘Come On,’ released only a few months earlier in June 1963. In overall very good to fine condition, with expected handling wear to the handbill and ticket stub. The Cardiff engagement came during a formative period in the Rolling Stones’ rapid rise from London club act to nationally touring group. Sharing the bill with established American rock and R&B performers, the Stones were gaining valuable exposure before British audiences while promoting ‘Come On,’ their first Decca single. The lot captures the Stones while still a supporting act, shortly before they emerged as one of Britain’s leading groups.