Friday, May 17th, 1963

The Detours play the Carnival ballroom at the Park Hotel in Hanwell

"...All my college chums turned out. Some pretty girls from the fashion school stood at the front of the stage, pretending to scream at me like Beatles fans; they were teasing, but everyone was impressed, especially when we played the slightly funkier R&B tunes I'd managed to sneak into our otherwise catholic repertoire." - Pete Townshend