BILLIE HOLIDAY "Jazz Club USA" – rare vintage Gothenburg 1954 concert ticket

Description

BILLIE HOLIDAY
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Description
Exceedingly scarce and highly collectible original used concert ticket for legendary
BILLIE HOLIDAY's
performance at Konserthuset in Gothenburg [Sweden] on Friday, 15th January, 1954. Accompanied by pianist Carl Drinkard, Holiday was part of a package tour called "Jazz Club USA". It was her first tour of Europe. The 1954 tour lasted for three weeks and besides Sweden, she sang to audiences in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and England. An appreciative crowd of 6,000 people greeted her at the Royal Albert Hall in London, a concert she later referred to as "the biggest thrill of my life."
The ticket measures 7.3 x 5.8 cm.
Please see both supersized photos below for the exact condition of the ticket.
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