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= The Byrds' 1965 UK tour =

The American folk-rock band the Byrds staged their first concert tour of the United Kingdom in August1965.

Set list
The band biographer Christopher Hjort identifies two complete set lists from the tour:

August 5, Fairfield Halls, London (firstset) 
 * 1) "The Times They Are a-Changin"
 * 2) "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe"
 * 3) "All I Really Want to Do"
 * 4) "Chimes of Freedom"
 * 5) "The Bells of Rhymney"
 * 6) "We'll Meet Again"

August 14, Starlight Ballroom, London (firstset) 
 * 1) "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"
 * 2) "Chimes of Freedom"
 * 3) "The Bells of Rhymney"
 * 4) "All I Really Want to Do"
 * 5) "Mr. Tambourine Man"
 * 6) "The Times They Are a-Changin
 * 7) unidentified; possibly "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe"

Tour dates
According to Christopher Hjort:

= The Lovin' Spoonful's 1966 tour of England, Sweden and Ireland =

The American folk rock band the Lovin' Spoonful staged a two-week promotional tour of England, Sweden and Ireland in April1966. In addition to performing four concerts in England, the band made numerous appearances on British television and radio, performed on Swedish television and held a private concert in Ireland for the twenty-first birthday of the London-based Irish-socialite Tara Browne.

Background
By April1966, the Lovin' Spoonful's first three singles had each reached the top ten in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite their success in America, the band remained generally unknown in the United Kingdom, and none of their singles had yet charted in the country. To expand the band's popularity to an international audience, their management organized several concert and television appearances in England and Sweden for that April. Pye International Records, which had acquired U.K. release rights for all Kama Sutra products, issued "Daydream" as a single on April 1.

The Lovin' Spoonful were apprehensive about visiting England. Few American bands had succeeded in becoming popular in the U.K., and they were mindful of the negative reaction afforded to the American folk rock band the Byrds from both critics and fans alike after their U.K. tour in August1965.

England


The Lovin' Spoonful arrived at London Airport on April12, one day earlier than planned. The band were accompanied by their manager Bob Cavallo, producer Erik Jacobsen, public relations official Dan Moriarty and road manager Rich Chiaro. The journalist and photographer Don Paulsen accompanied the group throughout the tour, covering it exclusively for the American magazine Hit Parader. The band stayed at The May Fair Hotel in Piccadilly.

In the tour's first week, the band played concerts in Birmingham and Manchester, appeared on the television programs Top of the Pops, Ready Steady Go! and Thank Your Lucky Stars, played on BBC Radio and attended a party at the London home of Irish socialite Tara Browne.



On April18, the Lovin' Spoonful performed an invite-only show at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, Soho, central London. Many of Britain's top pop performers were in attendance, including John Lennon, George Harrison, Brian Jones, Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Eric Clapton. The band were warmly received, and Lennon and Harrison joined them afterwards into the morning at their hotel. The next night, following the Lovin' Spoonful's performance at the Blaises Club in Kensington, Jones invited the band to a party at his home as well.

Sweden and Ireland
The band flew to Stockholm for a day to perform on a Swedish television program.

The band flew to Ireland to attend the 21st birthday celebration of Browne on April23, having been invited after meeting him the week before. Browne then regarded the Lovin' Spoonful as his favorite band, and he flew them to Ireland at his own expense to perform a private show. Held at the Luggala Estate, a Gothic Revival house in the Wicklow Mountains, the party was attended by many prominent Swinging London figures, including members of the Rolling Stones, Peter Bardens, Anita Pallenberg, Chrissie Shrimpton, John Paul Getty Jr. and Rupert Lycett Green. Several guests partook in the drug LSD, including Butler, and the Lovin' Spoonful stayed overnight.

The Lovin' Spoonful returned to the U.S. in the last of week of April. The band's morale was high following the tour, particularly after they had been treated as equals by contemporary performers whom they held in high regard. By mid-May, "Daydream" had reached number two on all of the major British singles charts and number one on the Swedish Kvällstoppen chart.

Tour dates
According to Steve Boone's autobiography and contemporary articles in Hit Parader by Don Paulsen and Melody Maker:

Tour dates
= The Kinks' 1965 tour of Australasia, Hong Kong and Singapore =

Tour dates
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:

= The Kinks' 1965 Nordic tour =

English rock band the Kinks staged a concert tour of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland in September1965. The sixteen concerts comprised the fourth stage of a world tour, following concerts in the US and before later stages in other parts of Europe.