Birmingham concert tickets for The Beatles and other 1960s stars in Lichfield auction

Sale date Monday 14th July

TICKET stubs for Birmingham concerts given by some of the biggest stars of the early 1960s go under the hammer in Lichfield later this month.

The archive includes two stubs for The Beatles at the height of Beatlemania in 1963 and 1964.

The collection is for sale as Lot 834 with Richard Winterton Auctioneers on July 14, guided at £400 to £500.

There are 17 ticket stubs in total with 16 from performances in Birmingham at the Town Hall, Odeon or Hippodrome and one from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford.

Pride of place are two tickets for The Beatles.

The earliest is for Tuesday, June 4, 1963 at Birmingham Town Hall – the 17th performance of The Beatles' 21-date UK concert tour with Roy Orbison.

It was Orbison's first and The Beatles' third nationwide tour of the United Kingdom and, although Orbison was originally intended to be the headlining act, the reaction to Beatlemania led to the Liverpudlians being promoted to co-headliners and closing the set in the traditional headlining spot.

Another ticket stub for The Beatles covers their 7.45pm second performance on Sunday, October 11, 1964 at the Odeon in Birmingham.

That was the third date of The Beatles’ 1964 British tour and the group's first concert at the Odeon, to which the band returned just one more time – December 9, 1965 – during their final UK tour.

Other ticket stubs in the collection (year listed where possible) include:

• The Cliff Richard Show, Hippodrome Birmingham, second performance, February 24
• The Searchers, Odeon Theatre Birmingham, second performance, November 12
• The Brenda Lee Show, Town Hall Birmingham, March 20 1963 (this show promoted by Don Arden)
• The Billy J Kramer Show, Hippodrome Birmingham, second performance, March 8 (x2)
• Bobby Vee / The Searchers, Odeon Theatre Birmingham, second performance, March 18 1964 (x2)
• Your Lucky Stars, Hippodrome Birmingham, second performance, March 24
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Town Hall Birmingham, November 26 1962
• Acker Bilk, Town Hall Birmingham, December 12 1962
• Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen, Town Hall Birmingham, February 1 1964 (x2)

There is also a complete ticket for Jazz 1963 at Birmingham Town Hall, presented by The Musicians Union and The Labour Party on October 14, 1963.

"This is a rare and nostalgic collection of original concert ticket stubs from 1962 to 1964, all from shows in Birmingham," said a spokesperson for Richard Winterton Auctioneers.

"Two ticket stubs for The Beatles at the height of Beatlemania are especially evocative – how incredible it must have been to see the Fab Four live in 1963 and 1964.

"With a host of other iconic names in the collection, this is a wonderful piece of music history."

The sale at The Lichfield Auction Centre, Wood End Lane, Fradley Park, starts at 9am on Monday, July 14.

Viewing in person takes place on Friday, July 11, between 10am and 4pm. The catalogue goes live online a week before the sale and can be viewed via our Auction Calendar.

To arrange a free valuation of all types of ephemera, call 01543 251081 or email office@richardwinterton.co.uk.