Concert
Gene Vincent & Eddie Cochran — Ipswich 1960
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Opening night of 'A Fast Moving Anglo-American Beat Show', the Larry Parnes package that is generally reckoned the first all-rock 'n' roll tour of Britain, at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich on Sunday 24 January 1960 — two houses, at 5.30 and 8.00 pm. Gene Vincent, in Britain since December 1959, shared top billing with Eddie Cochran, who had landed at London Airport on 10 January and had already taped two editions of ABC's 'Boy Meets Girls'. Vincent was backed by the Wildcats, Marty Wilde's band, lent to the tour. Vince Eager supported.
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