Fact #191574
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The Rolling Stones play at The Baths, Epsom, UK, Europe, supported by The Presidents.Full article:
Brian Howard (promoter) : I booked them a few months before they’d released their first record and although I always signed bands that were ‘on the up’ and likely to make it big, it was a risk at the time.
It turned out that my biggest success was in signing The Stones. Their Saturday night fee was £60 to £70 – they’ve done rather better since then! When I arrived at The Hall that evening, Saturday December 14, there was a crowd of about 500 waiting for tickets! It was a complete sell-out.
(Source : https://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/events/ex-haslemere-mayor-who-signed-the-rolling-stones-for-60-1-3064022)
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It turned out that my biggest success was in signing The Stones. Their Saturday night fee was £60 to £70 – they’ve done rather better since then! When I arrived at The Hall that evening, Saturday December 14, there was a crowd of about 500 waiting for tickets! It was a complete sell-out.
(Source : https://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/events/ex-haslemere-mayor-who-signed-the-rolling-stones-for-60-1-3064022)