Harold Fielding British Concert Tours | The Official Gracie Fields

1949 Autumn Tour – ‘An Evening / Afternoon of Song’

- Sunday October 23rd – New Opera House, Blackpool
- Wednesday October 26th – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
- Sunday October 30th – Odeon Theatre, Plymouth
- Tuesday November 1st – De Montfort Hall, Leicester
- Wednesday November 2nd – King George’s Hall, Bradford
- Friday November 4th – Victoria Hall, Hanley (Additional date)*
- Sunday November 6th – Odeon Theatre, Liverpool
- Monday November 7th – Albert Hall, Nottingham
- Wednesday November 9th – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- Friday November 11th – City Hall, Newcastle
- Sunday November 13th – Odeon Theatre, Southend
- Wednesday November 16th – The Dome, Brighton (Additional date)**

With Jimmy Bailey at the piano.

Harold Fielding 1949 tour programme

Support act: Ronald Chesney – world famous Harmonica virtuoso. (Will Fyffe Jnr. at the piano).
(Sunday shows all matinees).
*Support act for Hanley, ‘Tollefsen’, the world’s greatest accordionist ** Support act for Brighton, Felix Vandyl with Adela Kotowska at the piano ‘A private land line relay will carry Gracie’s greetings and a song or two to the officers and men of HMS ‘Amethyst’ during their celebration dinner sponsored by the Directors of ‘News of the World’ at the Dorchester Hotel, London.

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1952 Winter Tour

Tuesday October 29th – Bristol, Colston Hall
Wednesday October 30th – Eastbourne, Winter Gardens
Thursday November 6th – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Friday November 7th – York, Rialto Cinema
Sunday November 9th – Newcastle, City Hall
Monday November 10th – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Wednesday November 12th – Glasgow, Saint Andrew’s Hall
Thursday November 13th – Dundee, Caird Hall
Tuesday November 18th – Manchester, King David’s Hall, Belle Vue
Wednesday November 19th – Sheffield, City Hall
Friday November 21st – Blackburn, King George’s Hall (Additional date)
Saturday November 22nd – Blackpool, Opera House (matinee and evening)
Sunday November 23rd – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Monday November 24th – Hanley, Victoria Hall (Additional date)
Wednesday November 26th – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Thursday November 27th – Leicester, De Montfort Hall (Additional date)
Friday November 28th – Nottingham, Albert Hall (Additional date)
Sunday November 30th – Hull, City Hall (Additional date)
Wednesday December 3rd – Dublin, Theatre Royal (matinee and evening)
Saturday December 6th – Bristol, Colston Hall (Additional date)
Monday December 8th – Cardiff, Sophia Gardens Pavilion

Harold Fielding 1952 tour programme

Support acts:

Wandy Tworek, John McHugh, Tommy Reilley, Ron Millington.

One of the earlier programmes in the tour suggests ‘and concerts in Dublin, Belfast and Cork.’ By the end of the tour, it looks like only the Dublin dates came to fruition. Unless there are any dates we don’t have information for.

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1954 Tour

Belfast, King’s Hall 26th Oct 1954

- - Wednesday October 20th – Bristol, Colston Hall
  - Friday October 22nd – Rochdale Hippodrome
  - Sunday October 24th – Blackpool, Grand Theatre
  - Tuesday October 26th – Belfast, King’s Hall
  - Thursday October 28th – Dublin, Theatre Royal
  - Friday October 29th – Cork, Savoy Cinema
  - Monday November 1st – Glasgow, St Andrew’s Hall,
  - Wednesday November 3rd – Wolverhampton (Cancelled)
  - Thursday November 4th – Belle Vue, The King’s Hall,
  - Wednesday November 10th – Bournemouth, Winter Gardens
  - Monday November 15th – Glasgow, Saint Andrew’s Hall
  - Tuesday November 16th – Dundee, The Caird Hall
  - Thursday November 18th – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
  - Sunday November 21st – York, Rialto Cinema
  - Tuesday November 23rd – Newcastle, City Hall
  - Wednesday November 24th – Visit to cotton mill in Shaw
  - Thursday November 25th – Blackburn, King George’s Hall
  - Sunday November 28th – Kilburn, State Cinema (2 shows)
  - Tuesday November 30th – Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre
  - Wednesday December 1st – Birmingham, Town Hall
  - Wednesday December 15th – Davis Theatre, Croydon

With Vic Hammett at the Piano.

Supported by: Tommy Reilly, the New Zealand Maori Quartet with Vola. Lionel Bowman and Camillieri (concert pianists) appeared throughout the tour.