From the MCRFB news archives: 1964
DC5 Offered Guarantees for 7 -Week Tour of U.S. and Canada
NEW YORK — Bookings of the Dave Clark Five for it’s seven-week tour of the United Sates and Canada which began on Sunday, November 2, has varying guarantees for the English group scaled from $9,000 to $15,000, plus a percentage over a certain gate.
Size of the guarantee depends on the seating capacity of the hall and price of the tickets.
At Memphis, for example, where the show is scheduled for Sunday, December 13, the seating in the new $4.7 million Coliseum is 12,050 and a sell-out will bring in $42,000. The popular British band’s guarantee for the expected-sellout in Memphis will be approximately $9,000, by all estimations. The Memphis contract calls for the group to cash in 50 per cent of any amount over a gross gate of 18,000.
Thus, if the show is sold out at $42,000, the DC5 combo would claim $9,000 plus an additional $12,000, with a total for $21,000 for the booking. In larger cities, the scale will reap much higher. The tour was booked by Spotlight Productions, Inc., New York, with local promoters at cities the shows play will furnish preliminary acts.
The seven-week tour, which began Sunday, November 1, in Montreal, ends Sunday, December 20 in Buffalo, New York. The DC5 tour is expected to gross from $1.5 to $2 million. The British group will play at least 50 shows during their stay here and in Canada.
Ray Brown, of National Artists Attractions, a local sponsor, said his contract calls for him to provide local preliminary acts before the band’s appearance on stage. And Brown said that has presented a unique problem.
“I’m getting calls from many acts who want to appear on the show free,” said the puzzled Brown. “I never had been confronted with that situation before,” Brown said. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; November 7, 1964).
I Will like to get The Video Cassette of The Dave Clark Five in Puerto Rico, July 1 , 1967, at El Comandante Race Track in Puerto Rico.
I was in PR, but I did not videotaped it.
Pretty cool stuff,
Conchita
Who was the opening act Dec 21st 1965 at the Central Theater Passaic New Jersey? I was there. Also, was it Cousin Brucie or Murray the K who was the MC? Thanks❤️
What was the name of the show done in Chattanooga, TN in December 1965. Dave Clark Five, Petula Clark, Leslie Gore, and others.It was my parents first date. I am looking for any footage of the show. The venue may have been at Memorial Auditorium or the National Guard Armory. Not sure, but curious what the tour name was called so I can continue my investigation. Thanks for any help.