The Bee Gees' concerts in 1967 and 1968

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.

The concert in Bern, 10 March 1968, was illegally recorded and is available in a bootleg entitled Live in Bern 1968.

Tour band

 * Barry Gibb – vocals, rhythm guitar
 * Robin Gibb – vocals
 * Maurice Gibb – vocals, bass
 * Vince Melouney – lead guitar
 * Colin Petersen – drums
 * Bill Shepherd – conductor

Opening acts

 * Procol Harum (Europe, February–March 1968, select dates)
 * Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (Europe, March–May 1968, select dates)
 * Grapefruit (Europe, March–May 1968, select dates)
 * The Foundations (Europe, April 1968, select dates) (London, Royal Albert Hall)
 * Spanky and Our Gang (Anaheim) (North America, select dates)
 * Tony Rivers and The Castaways (Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])
 * The Flower Pot Men (Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])
 * Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (Wolverhampton, Newport, London [November 1967])
 * Vanilla Fudge (Anaheim)
 * Love (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.
 * 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
 * 1) "Spicks and Specks"
 * 2) "World"

Tour dates

 * Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
 * Festival of the Flower Children
 * Hippy-Happy Festival
 * Forest Hills Festival
 * Bridgeport Music Festival
 * Philadelphia Music Festival