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                                            1965
                     Australian
                                                         Tour

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Back in 1965, Australia was at war in Vietnam and life was a lottery for our male youth, who at the age of 19, if their birth date was drawn in a ballot, faced the prospect of spending a two year term in the army fighting an unpopular and controversial war in a country which at the time had been previously unknown to most of us.  This gave us even more reason to let our hair down, live for the moment and embrace the changing times.

One of the things I enjoyed most during the Sixties was Pop Music as it was called. Since the beginning of Rock 'n Roll  solo artists had ruled the airwaves, but times were changing on the hit parade too, with beat groups now all the rage and taking over the charts.

The Beatles had been the spearhead of the British Invasion, touring Australia in June,1964 in the early stage of their fame and they were adored by the younger set and somehow also managed to be reasonably well accepted by the older generation and the press, despite having introduced the new male fashion of long hair.

Whilst Australians were still just coming to grips with longer hair, The Rolling Stones also toured here. They too proved popular with the younger ones, but as far as the press and the older generation were concerned they were just rebellious, long haired ratbags.

One solo artist who was making a big impression on the Australian airwaves at that time was a Texan called P.J. Proby, who strangely enough was also part of the British invasion

It seemed that P.J. Proby was headed for bigger things, however, in the lead up to this first Australian tour there had been growing concern at reports that some of his overseas concerts had to be halted prematurely because of his outrageously wild stage act which increasingly resulted in his trousers splitting during his performances. Not the sort of behaviour expected from an entertainer at the time and consequently Proby was eventually banned from appearing in theatres throughout the U.K. and also banned from performing on live television in the U.K.

                       

                                                            1965 Tour P2

                                                     

 

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