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Although The Doors shared the billing with Jefferson Airplane during these dates in London, The Doors were preceded to London by their big hit Hello I Love You, ensuring their immediate success. On arrival in England for the start of their three-week tour of Europe, The Doors were greeted by thousands of fans and a Granada television film crew who recorded their trip and the first of the Roundhouse dates for a special programme broadcast on 6th October. The Doors played four concerts in two nights and, according to John Peel in Melody Maker, ...The English embraced the Doors as warmly as America did our Beatles...