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England

The Lovin' Spoonful arrived at London Airport^[5] on April 12, one day earlier than planned.^[11] The band were accompanied by their manager Bob Cavallo, producer Erik Jacobsen, public relations official Dan Moriarty and road manager Rich Chiaro.^[12] The journalist and photographer Don Paulsen accompanied the group throughout the tour, covering it exclusively for the American magazine Hit Parader.^{[citation needed]} The band stayed at The May Fair Hotel in Piccadilly.^[13]

Press conference on Thursday (April 14).^[14] (Picture)^[15] Altham interview over breakfast the next morning.^[14]

In the tour's first week, the band played concerts in Birmingham and Manchester, appeared on the television programs Top of the Pops, Ready Steady Go! and Thank Your Lucky Stars, played on BBC Radio and attended a party at the London home of Irish socialite Tara Browne.^[12]

On April 18, the Lovin' Spoonful performed an invite-only show at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, Soho, central London.^[16][17] Many of Britain's top pop performers were in attendance,^[16] including John Lennon, George Harrison,^[18] Brian Jones, Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Eric Clapton.^{[16][nb 1]} The band were warmly received,^[13][20] and Lennon and Harrison joined them afterwards into the morning at their hotel.^[13] The next night, following the Lovin' Spoonful's performance at the Blaises Club in Kensington, Jones invited the band to a party at his home as well.^[13]

Sweden and Ireland

The band flew to Stockholm for a day to perform on a Swedish television program.^[13]

The band flew to Ireland to attend the 21st birthday celebration of Browne on April 23, having been invited after meeting him the week before.^[22] Browne then regarded the Lovin' Spoonful as his favorite band,^[23] and he flew them to Ireland at his own expense^[24] to perform a private show.^[25] Held at the Luggala Estate, a Gothic Revival house in the Wicklow Mountains, the party was attended by many prominent Swinging London figures, including members of the Rolling Stones, Peter Bardens, Anita Pallenberg,^[25] Chrissie Shrimpton, John Paul Getty Jr. and Rupert Lycett Green.^[23] Several guests partook in the drug LSD,^[26] including Butler,^[23] and the Lovin' Spoonful stayed overnight.^[27]

The Lovin' Spoonful flew back to the U.S. on April 24.^[28] The band's morale was high following the tour, particularly after they had been treated as equals by contemporary performers whom they held in high regard.^[29] By mid-May, "Daydream" had reached number two on all of the major British singles charts and number one on the Swedish Kvällstoppen chart.^{[6][30][31][page needed]}

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