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The Bee Gees' concerts in 1967 and 1968

{{Short description|1967–68 concert tours by the Bee Gees}}

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = 1967–68 Tours

| image = Bee_Gees-1968-Daly_City.png

| landscape =

| alt =

| caption = Poster to the concert in Daly City, California

| artist = The Bee Gees

| location =

| type =

| album = {{hlist|Bee Gees' 1st|Horizontal|Idea}}

| start_date = {{Start date|1967|05|13|df=y}}

| end_date = {{End date|1968|11|19|df=y}}

| number_of_legs = 4

| number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|97 in Europe|16 in North America|113 total}}

| last_tour =

| this_tour = 1967–68 Tours

| next_tour = 2 Years On Tour
(1971)

}}

The 1967–68 Tours (also known as The Bee Gees in Concert, Spring Tour '68, North American Tour) are a series of concerts held in 1967 and 1968 by the Bee Gees. The tours promoted their third, fourth and fifth studio albums: Bee Gees' 1st (1967), Horizontal (1968) and Idea (1968). The band's line-up at that time was the Gibb brothers with Colin Petersen and Vince Melouney. Before the tours began, the group were the opening act for Fats Domino in London and Manchester.{{cite book |last1=Bilyeu |first1=Melinda |last2=Cook |first2=Hector |last3=Môn Hughes |first3=Andrew |date=January 1, 2011 |title=The Ultimate Biography Of The Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers Gibb |location=London, England |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857128942}}

The concert in Bern, 10 March 1968, was illegally recorded and is available in a bootleg entitled Live in Bern 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bee-Gees-Live-In-Bern-1968/release/3661067|title=Bee Gees, The* - Live In Bern 1968|website=Discogs}}

Tour band

Opening acts

  • Procol Harum {{small|(Europe, February–March 1968, select dates)}}{{cite book |last=Southall |first=Brian |date=August 2011 |title=Treasures of the Bee Gees |publisher=Carlton Books }}
  • Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich {{small|(Europe, March–May 1968, select dates)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-BEE-GEES-DAVE-DEE-DOZY-BEAKY-MICK-TICH-ORIGINAL-1968-UK-TOUR-PROGRAMME-/274596594393 |title=THE BEE GEES, DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK & TICH ORIGINAL 1968 UK TOUR PROGRAMME |author= |date=November 2020 |website=eBay |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227044455/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2ccAAOSwmuhe61Yh/s-l1600.jpg |archive-date=27 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • Grapefruit {{small|(Europe, March–May 1968, select dates)}}{{cite web |url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/posters/bee-gees-abc-chester-concert-window-card-uk-1968-/a/7154-89522.s |title=Bee Gees ABC Chester Concert Window Card (UK, 1968). |author= |date=November 2016 |website=Heritage Auctions |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227043803/https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/posters/bee-gees-abc-chester-concert-window-card-uk-1968-/a/7154-89522.s |archive-date=27 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • The Foundations {{small|(Europe, April 1968, select dates) (London, Royal Albert Hall)}}
  • Spanky and Our Gang {{small|(Anaheim) (North America, select dates)}}
  • Tony Rivers and The Castaways {{small|(Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])}}{{cite web |url=https://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=317563&PrinterFriendly=1 |title=World + Ticket - 19/11/67 |author= |date=June 2017 |website=991 |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227050116/https://images.991.com/large_image/Bee+Gees+World++Ticket++-+191167-317563.jpg |archive-date=27 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • The Flower Pot Men {{small|(Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])}}
  • Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band {{small|(Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])}}
  • Vanilla Fudge {{small|(Anaheim)}}{{cite news |author= |title=KRLA presents The Bee Gees |url=https://www.collectors.com/entertainment-item/original-poster-sz-the-bee-gees-vanilla-fudge-spanky-our-ga/-4369512470901908852 |newspaper=Los Angeles Free Press |location=Los Angeles, California |date=12 January 1968 |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201227050531/https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/-4369512470901908852/2151273633475215841.jpg |archive-date=27 December 2020 |via=Collectors Universe |url-status=live }}
  • Love {{small|(Phoenix)}}

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on 10 August 1968, at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City, New York. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tours.Sources for NYC Setlist:

  • {{cite web |url=https://foresthillsstadium.com/fifty-years-ago-the-bee-gees-at-forest-hills-stadium/ |title=FIFTY YEARS AGO: THE BEE GEES AT FOREST HILLS STADIUM |last1=Perlman |date=18 September 2018 |website=Forest Hills Stadium Official Website |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200901023708/https://foresthillsstadium.com/fifty-years-ago-the-bee-gees-at-forest-hills-stadium/ |archive-date=1 September 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite magazine|last1=Kirby|first1=Fred|publication-date=24 August 1968|title=Bee Gees, Spanky Big at Forest Hills|magazine=Billboard|volume=80|issue=34|pages=10–12|location=New York City, New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|access-date=26 December 2020|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1968/Billboard-1968-08-24.pdf}}
  1. "New York Mining Disaster 1941"
  2. "And the Sun Will Shine"
  3. "To Love Somebody"
  4. "Jumbo"
  5. "The Singer Sang His Song"
  6. "I Have Decided to Join the Airforce"
  7. "I Started a Joke"
  8. "Let There Be Love"
  9. "Words"
  10. "I Can't See Nobody"
  11. "Holiday" 
  12. "In the Morning"
  13. "Really and Sincerely" 
  14. "Massachusetts"
  15. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You"

;Encore

  2. "Spicks and Specks"
  3. "World"

Tour dates

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! width="150px"|Date

! width="150px"|City

! width="150px"|Country

! width="250px"|Venue

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|colspan=4|Europe{{cite book |last=Sandoval |first=Andrew |date=15 October 2012 |title=Bee Gees: The Day-By-Day Story, 1945-1972 |publisher=Retrofuture Products LLC |isbn=9780943249087}}Sources for tour dates in 1967:

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/oct1967.htm?LMCL=J8D6bN%3C |title=October 1967 |author= |date=December 2010 |website=Marmalade Skies |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226075212/http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/oct1967.htm?LMCL=J8D6bN%3C |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/525229/the-bee-gees-for-five-shillings-anniversary-of-dundees-top-pop-spot-marked-55-years-on/ |title=The Bee Gees for five shillings – anniversary of "Dundee's top pop spot" marked 55 years on |last1=Strachan |first1=Graeme |date=14 October 2017 |website=The Courier |publisher=DC Thomson |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226081732/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/525229/the-bee-gees-for-five-shillings-anniversary-of-dundees-top-pop-spot-marked-55-years-on/ |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
13 May 1967

|Northampton

|rowspan="4"|England

|Maple Ballroom

rowspan="2"|14 May 1967

|rowspan="2"|Nottingham

|Britannia Rowing Club

Beachcomber Club
25 May 1967

|Liverpool

|Student Auditorium

rowspan="2"|26 May 1967

|Galashiels

|rowspan="2"|Scotland

|Galashiels Town Hall

Selkirk

|Victoria Hall

27 May 1967

|Carlisle

|rowspan="6"|England

|Carlisle Market Hall

28 May 1967

|Oldham

|Thing Club

19 June 1967

|Wishaw

|The Belfry

21 June 1967

|Gorleston-on-Sea

|Floral Hall

23 June 1967

|Leicester

|Scraptoft Hall

24 June 1967

|Manchester

|New Century Hall

21 July 1967

|Stockholm

|Sweden

|Palladium

4 August 1967

|London

|rowspan="9"|England

|Tiles Club

5 August 1967

|Dunstable

|California Ballroom

6 August 1967

|Greenford

|Starlite Ballroom

17 August 1967

|London

|33 Portland Place

21 August 1967

|Bath

|Bath Pavilion

26 August 1967

|London

|Upper Cuts

27 August 1967{{ref label|FFC|A|A}}

|Woburn

|Woburn Abbey

9 September 1967

|Chester

|Clockwork Orange

22 September 1967

|Wolverhampton

|Wolverhampton Civic Hall

27 September 1967

|Newport

|Wales

|University of Wales Auditorium

7 October 1967

|Manchester

|rowspan="2"|England

|Main Debating Hall

13 October 1967

|Rugby

|Benn Hall

27 October 1967

|Rosewell

|rowspan="3"|Scotland

|Rosewell Institute

28 October 1967

|Coatbridge

|Coatbridge Town Hall

29 October 1967

|Dundee

|Top Ten Club

1 November 1967

|Stevenage

|England

|Locarno Ballroom

11 November 1967{{ref label|HHF|B|B}}

|Rotterdam

|Netherlands

|Ahoy Hallen Heliport

17 November 1967

|rowspan="3"|London

|rowspan="4"|England

|Lewisham Odeon

18 November 1967

|St. Mary's Hall

19 November 1967

|Saville Theatre

19 November 1967

|Salisbury

|Salisbury City Hall

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|colspan=4|North America{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/rhino-factoids-the-bee-gees-make-their-live-debut-in-america |title=Rhino Factoids: The Bee Gees Make Their Live Debut in America |author= |date=27 January 2016 |website=Rhino Entertainment |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226082535/https://www.rhino.com/article/rhino-factoids-the-bee-gees-make-their-live-debut-in-america |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

27 January 1968

|Anaheim

|United States

|Anaheim Convention Center

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|colspan=4|EuropeSources for tour dates in Europe, Spring 1968

  • {{cite web |url=https://spicksspecks-archiv.blogspot.com/1970/01/die-bee-gees-auf-deutschlandtour.html |title=Die Bee Gees auf Deutschlandtour |language=de |trans-title=The Bee Gees on tour in Germany |author= |date=January 2012 |website=Spicks & Specks |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226075535/https://spicksspecks-archiv.blogspot.com/1970/01/die-bee-gees-auf-deutschlandtour.html |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web |url=https://www.beegees-world.com/inconcert.html |title=IN CONCERT: 1967-2002 |last1=Kaarls |first1=Fred |last2=Hansens |first2=T |last3=Anderson |first3=Kath |date=June 2002 |website=Bee Gees World |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226081352/https://www.beegees-world.com/inconcert.html |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web |url=https://internetfm.com/today-in-rock-history-march-27/ |title=Today in Rock History – March 27 |last1=Michaels |first1=Mitch |date=27 March 2020 |website=InternetFM |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226082741/https://internetfm.com/today-in-rock-history-march-27/ |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}
9 February 1968

|rowspan="2"|Stockholm

|rowspan="3"|Sweden

|rowspan="2"|Stockholm Concert Hall

10 February 1968
11 February 1968

|Gothenburg

|Gothenburg Concert Hall

12 February 1968

|Oslo

|Norway

|Sentrum kino

14 February 1968

|rowspan="2"|Copenhagen

|rowspan="2"|Denmark

|rowspan="2"|Falkoner Teatret

15 February 1968
27 February 1968

|Hamburg

|rowspan="11"|West Germany

|Musikhalle

28 February 1968

|Bremen

|Stadthalle

29 February 1968

|Hanover

|Niedersachsenhalle

1 March 1968

|Stuttgart

|Liederhalle

2 March 1968

|Munich

|Kongressaal

3 March 1968

|Nuremberg

|Meistersingerhalle

4 March 1968

|Frankfurt

|Jahrhunderthalle

5 March 1968

|Münster

|Münsterlandhalle

6 March 1968

|Cologne

|Kölner Messehalle

7 March 1968

|West Berlin

|Sportpalast

8 March 1968

|Braunschweig

|Stadthalle

10 March 1968

|Bern

|Switzerland

|Festhalle

27 March 1968

|London

|rowspan="10"|England

|Royal Albert Hall

29 March 1968

|Leeds

|Queens Hall

30 March 1968

|Chester

|ABC Theatre

31 March 1968

|Manchester

|Palace Theatre

1 April 1968

|Leicester

|De Montfort Hall

4 April 1968

|Cambridge

|Cambridge Corn Exchange

5 April 1968

|Slough

|Adelphi Cinema

6 April 1968

|Sheffield

|Sheffield City Hall

7 April 1968

|Birmingham

|Birmingham Hippodrome

10 April 1968

|Carlisle

|ABC Theatre

11 April 1968

|Glasgow

|rowspan="2"|Scotland

|Green's Playhouse

12 April 1968

|Edinburgh

|rowspan="2"|ABC Theatre

13 April 1968

|Stockton-on-Tees

|rowspan="11"|England

14 April 1968

|Liverpool

|Empire Theatre

17 April 1968

|Portsmouth

|Portsmouth Guildhall

18 April 1968

|London

|The Castle

19 April 1968

|Hanley

|Gaumont Cinema

20 April 1968

|Bolton

|Odeon Theatre

21 April 1968

|Hull

|rowspan="2"|ABC Theatre

22 April 1968

|Lincoln

24 April 1968

|Salisbury

|rowspan="3"|Odeon Theatre

25 April 1968

|Romford

26 April 1968

|Exeter

27 April 1968

|Cardiff

|Wales

|Capitol Theatre

28 April 1968

|London

|England

|Granada Theatre

1 May 1968

|Cork

|rowspan="2"|Ireland

|Savoy

2 May 1968

|Dublin

|Adelphi Cinema

3 May 1968

|Belfast

|Northern Ireland

|ABC Theatre

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|colspan=4|North AmericaSources for tour dates in North America, Summer 1968:

  • {{cite book |date=August 1968 |title=The Bee Gees 1968 Tour Book USA tour programme |publisher=Atco Records }}
  • {{cite magazine|publication-date=13 July 1968|title=From The Music Capitals of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=13 July 1968|volume=80|issue=28|page=74|location=New York City, New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|access-date=26 December 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=hippy-happy%20Festival%20bee%20gees&pg=PA74}}
  • {{cite magazine|publication-date=3 August 1968|title=Bee Gees Advertisement - Atco 6603|magazine=Billboard|volume=80|issue=31|page=7|location=New York City, New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|access-date=26 December 2020|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1968/BB-1968-08-03.pdf}}
1 August 1968

|Phoenix

|rowspan="15"|United States

|Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

2 August 1968

|Los Angeles

|Hollywood Bowl

3 August 1968

|Daly City

|Cow Palace

4 August 1968

|San Diego

|San Diego International Sports Center

10 August 1968{{ref label|FFC|C|C}}

|New York City

|Forest Hills Tennis Stadium

14 August 1968

|Providence

|Rhode Island Auditorium

15 August 1968

|Boston

|Music Hall

17 August 1968{{ref label|BMF|D|D}}

|Bridgeport

|Kennedy Stadium

24 August 1968

|Detroit

|Olympia Stadium

25 August 1968

|Chicago

|Auditorium Theatre

26 August 1968

|rowspan="2"|Columbus

|rowspan="2"|Ohio State Fair Fairgrounds Grandstand

27 August 1968
29 August 1968

|Saratoga Springs

|Saratoga Performing Arts Center

31 August 1968{{ref label|PMF|E|E}}

|Philadelphia

|John F. Kennedy Stadium

1 September 1968

|Columbia

|Merriweather Post Pavilion

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|colspan=4|Europe{{cite web |url=https://spicksspecks-archiv.blogspot.com/1970/01/on-tour_7216.html |title=On Tour |language=de |trans-title=On Tour |author= |date=January 2012 |website=Spicks & Specks |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226080646/https://spicksspecks-archiv.blogspot.com/1970/01/on-tour_7216.html |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

6 October 1968

|The Hague

|The Netherlands

|Houtrusthallen

12 October 1968

|Stockholm

|Sweden

|Johanneshovs Isstadion

13 October 1968

|Copenhagen

|Denmark

|K.B. Hallen

31 October 1968

|Bremen

|rowspan="7"|West Germany

|Stadthalle

1 November 1968

|Kiel

|Opernhaus

2 November 1968

|Hamburg

|Ernst-Merck-Halle

4 November 1968

|Münster

|Münsterlandhalle

5 November 1968

|Cologne

|Kölner Sporthalle

6 November 1968

|Essen

|Grugahalle

8 November 1968

|Stuttgart

|Messehalle Killesberg

10 November 1968

|Vienna

|rowspan="2"|Austria

|Wiener Stadthalle

11 November 1968

|Insbruck

|Messehalle

13 November 1968

|Bochum

|rowspan="5"|West Germany

|Ruhrlandhalle

14 November 1968

|Düsseldorf

|Messehalle

16 November 1968

|Braunschweig

|Stadthalle

18 November 1968

|Munich

|Kongressaal

19 November 1968

|Nuremberg

|Meistersingerhalle

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

:{{note label|FFC|A|A}}Festival of the Flower Children{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40926916 |title=Fifty years since Woburn's Festival of the Flower Children |author= |date=28 August 2017 |website=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226083101/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40926916 |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

:{{note label|HHF|B|B}}Hippy-Happy Festival{{cite web |url=https://reportersonline.nl/jimi-hendrix-in-nederland-het-was-magisch-echt-geweldig/ |title=Jimi Hendrix in Nederland: 'Het was magisch, echt geweldig' |language=no |trans-title=Jimi Hendrix in the Netherlands: 'It was magical, really great' |author= |date=24 April 2020 |website=Reporters Online |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226084603/https://reportersonline.nl/jimi-hendrix-in-nederland-het-was-magisch-echt-geweldig/ |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

:{{note label|FFC|C|C}}Forest Hills Festival{{cite web |url=https://www.wnewfm1027.com/blog/2020/04/live-from-the-60s-1968-forest-hills-music-festival-lineupmay-1968.html |title=FLASHBACK: 1968 FOREST HILLS MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP...(MAY 1968) |author= |date=April 2020 |website=WNEW-FM |publisher=Entercom |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226094527/https://www.wnewfm1027.com/blog/2020/04/live-from-the-60s-1968-forest-hills-music-festival-lineupmay-1968.html |archive-date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }}

:{{note label|BMF|D|D}}Bridgeport Music Festival

:{{note label|PMF|E|E}}Philadelphia Music Festival{{cite magazine|publication-date=6 April 1968|title=17 Concerts for Philly Stadium, Play Centers|last1=Kirby |first1=Fred |magazine=Billboard|date=6 April 1968|volume=80|issue=14 |page=16|location=New York City, New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|access-date=26 December 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bee%20gees%20jfk%20stadium%201968&pg=PA16}}

References

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