How far

[anthony]

Hi all from a wet Melbourne, Australia.

In these times when travel is banned, even going between the states here.

I want to ask this question.

How far have you travelled to see the Hollies in concert,

I have travelled from here to Glasgow to see a show in 2013,  that would be the longest, been to 9 UK shows in total over three trips to the UK, all with the current line up.

I know I'm not the only crazy one, I have two other Aussie friends who have done trips from Australia to see the Hollies in the UK, also have an American friend who did a trip from the States to the UK for a show.

Thing that makes me laugh is when I see on Facebook that fans in the UK are disappointed because they were not coming to their town, gee I have travelled half way around the world to see them and they can't hop on

 a train and go a couple of miles to see them.

Thanks all.

[allanangel]

I didn't have the pleasure of seeing the original Hollies.

Does seeing Graham in concert count? My husband and I did a U.K. tour last summer. Scotland first, then England, then N. Ireland. Right after we booked our flights in January 2019, Graham announced a concert in London during the time we had planned to be in Salford and Manchester. We bought our concert tickets at the beginning of February. We were able to tour Salford, but going to the concert meant we didn't have enough time to tour Manchester. The concert was brilliant! We went to Abbey Road the next day. It was a fantastic trip. We flew out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Glasgow, Scotland and, after a week there, took the train south.

We saw Graham in concert again when he came to Toronto in October 2019. That was only a 2.5 hour drive so not far really.

[eric]

Although I did not specifically travel from Australia to England to see the Hollies perform, I did travel half way around the world to work and live in England in 1982-84 and whilst I was there I saw the Hollies in concert.

On 25 November 1983, my wife and I ventured to Baileys in Watford to see the Hollies perform. The band played "Casualty”, “Soldier’s Song”, “Just One Look” (reggae version) and “Dragging My Heels” amongst the usual concert list.

In Australia, I have travelled vast distances (by European standards) from Adelaide to see the current line-up play in Melbourne (450 miles away) and Sydney (825 miles away).

I missed out on seeing The Hollies (with Graham Nash) here in OZ in 1967 when they cancelled their tour due to Bobby’s illness. As they played UK concerts that year with stand in drummers, was there actually another reason for their Australian tour cancellation? I fear the answer may not be in Bobby’s book as others have noted on this forum that he largely glosses over 1967 in his writings.

I have been very fortunate to see The Hollies perform on 10 occasions as follows – with Clarke/Sylvester 3 times (1970-71-75), Rickfors/Sylvester once (1973), Clarke/Coates?/Shroud? once (1983) and Howarth/Lauri 5 times (2013-14-17-19). Thankfully, in 2007, after waiting for 40 years, I finally saw Graham Nash perform (in my hometown with Crosby and Stills).

[knut]

Between 1986 and 2010 (when Simon Smith came to Norway from Australia) The Hollies did not tour Norway. So I travelled to UK and Germany to see them. To see CSNY I went to Minneapolis, USA. I really would have liked to see The Hollies once in New Zealand

[johnt]

I've travelled from the UK to see The Hollies in Ireland (Dublin), Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (Berlin, Munich and Hamburg), Belgium (Antwerp), Sweden (Dalhalla) and Norway (Oslo). We used to plan our city break holidays around the Hollies European concert tours!

Sadly my wife's illness has prevented us from making any further overseas visits so we now stay in the UK and make the occasional concert venue whenever we can.