About 2014

 
 
2014: the year of P.J. Proby’s Golden Anniversary of 50 years in the UK A lot happened. The year started off with a trip to London Air Studios to record a duet with Van Morrison: The song that Van wrote in 2002: Whatever Happened To P.J. Proby? The song was released in March 2015 on Van Morrison’s CD: Duets: reworking the catalogue. A definite must-have! On Saturday 15 February P.J. Proby performed his one hour show at the romantic Moonlight&Roses Weekend in Mill Rythe Holiday Village, backed by the houseband. On Friday 11 April P.J. Proby performed his full show and more for the LABRADOR RESCUE CHARITY EAST MIDLANDS in Nottingham. PJ was on stage for 2 hours and 8 minutes non-stop! Surely this must have been a record for the Guiness Book of records! The labradors loved being sung to and the Charity Fund raising was a huge success.. Sadly P.J. Proby lost his beloved Tilly around this time. However, a new humafur was given to him and changed his life: little rescue Candy del Rio Proby! In the Autumn another Sixties Gold Tour followed, supposed to star the follwing artists: P.J. Proby, The Searchers, Gerry&The Pacemakers, Chip Hawkes & Brian Poole and The Fortunes Sadly, Gerry Marsden had to cancell, due to ill health. The Pacemakers did some of Gerry’s songs on their own and did a great spot! Spencer Davis was added to the line up. Sadly, halfway the tour, Brian Poole was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation. Chip Hawkes comtinued to do their set on his own. P.J. Proby had no problems at all and sailed through the tour -swinging on stage with Sophie - as a young lad! These were the tour dates: September 2014 30. City Hall - Salisbury October 2014 1. Swan Theatre - High Wycombe 2. Fairfeild Halls - Croydon 3. The Lighthouse - Poole 4. Central Hall Theatre - Chatham 9. Hippodrome - Bristol 10. Princess Theatre - Torquay 11. Alban Arena - St. Albans 12. Corn Exchange - Cambridge 15. Anvil Theatre - Basingstoke 16. Assembly Hall - Worthing 17. Leisure Centre - Stevenage 18. Winter Gardens - Margate 19. Cliffs Pavilion - Southend 20. Kings Theatre - Southsea, Portsmouth 22. Regent Theatre - Stoke-On-Trent 23. De Montfort Hall - Leicester 24. Derngate Theatre - Northampton 29. St. David's Hall - Cardiff 30. Venue Cymru - Llandudno The Dome - Doncaster November 2014 1. Opera House - Blackpool 2. Grand Theatre - Leeds 6. Barbican - York 7. The Sage - Gateshead 8. The Caird Hall - Dundee 9. Concert Hall - Glasgow 10. Playhouse - Edinburgh 11. Concert Hall - Perth 12. Music Hall - Aberdeen 13. Eden Court Theatre - Inverness 15. Opera House - Buxton 16. The Palladium - London 18. Congress Theatre - Eastbourne 23. Empire - Liverpool 25. Concert Hall - Nottingham 26. Bridgewater Hall - Manchester 29. Hawth Theatre - Crawley 30. Orchard Theatre - Dartford December 2014 1. Waterside Theatre – Aylesbury 2. Symphony Hall - Birmingham When the tour ended, P.J. Proby and The Pacemakers performed their Sixties Gold set at the Vauxhall Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth on 7 December. http://www.dutchbrand.co.uk/2008/Tour_Dates_2014.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0