Billy & Alan
Myself Billy Mcgregor and Alan Wearmouth first met as 7 year olds at junior school in Bedlington Northumberland. We went all through our school years together even both of us playing football for the school team at every school we attended. After leaving school we remained the best of friends. Eventually persuing musical careers both together and separately.
Although we were still performing in 2004 things changed for us. We very successfully promoted the international superstar Petula Clark. Again, after the Petula Clark tour it was back to performing with the Elvis Collection right up until April 2010. This is when our lives were about to change. This time it was for keeps.
Whilst still performing with The Elvis Collection in 2007 we started to put the wheels in motion for a 60’s show with original artistes. Then after securing a few dates, The Sensational 60’s Experience Show was born in May 2008. Our very first line-up was, The Tremeloes, The Merseybeats and The Dreamers. Seven shows in one month were all we set out to do until other venues got wind of it. Another eleven dates quickly became available in the November of the same year with one change to the line-up, The Marmalade replacing The Merseybeats, that’s when things became interesting. All eleven of the November venues requested the show to return with the same line up plus another nine venues on top of that giving us a twenty-date tour for Autumn 2009, very popular this 60’s music we thought. Before the tour got started in 2010 venues were requesting the show for 2011 and into 2012.
With bigger theatres wanting the show we decided to make the line up bigger adding a fourth band. That has continued to be the case, with four acts you are guaranteed twenty-five minutes minimum for each act.
Now with 52 dates for autumn 2013 – spring 2014 the tours were to get longer but in a respectful way easier to promote. In the respect that these guys from the 60’s era are the most professional we have worked with. Newspaper interviews, radio interviews, now and again television interviews are never a problem. If you ask them if they can be in a certain place for a certain time, job done.
The Sensational 60’s for autumn 2014 – spring 2015 (62 shows) and autumn2015- spring 2016 (63 shows) with autumn 2015 – spring 2016 (63 shows). Autumn 2016 – spring 2017 took on 65 dates again in 3 months and again the line-up changes with each tour. It was now becoming common practice to put our show on sale for the following tour on the night of the actual show. Present day autumn 2017 – spring 2018 (66 shows)
Autumn 2018 – spring 2019 saw 59 dates accomplished, with the 10th anniversary tour for autumn 2019 – spring 2020 currently standing at 61.
That all changed in March 2020 with Covid-19, the tour got as far as Saturday 14th March at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, then on Monday 16th March 2020 all theatres were closed due to the pandemic. The 2020 -21 tour just didn’t happen at all, and as regards to the autumn 2021 -spring 2022 – autumn tour, some dates from autumn 2021, had to be moved to autumn 2022, due to the aftermath of Covid-19. However, The Stageright Promotions office had never been closed and we worked tirelessly to ensure that most of the tour went ahead. Well, here we are in 2023 and after a successful spring tour, out we go again from October through to May 2024. We are now booked for autumn 2024 and into spring 2025. Who says SIXTIES music is dead?
On behalf of all at Stageright Promotions and the cast of The Sensational 60’s Experience, thank you for your continued support and for keeping 60’s music alive.
Best wishes,