1.   It has become usual practice for record companies to advance bands some money to underwrite the costs of these first tours.

2.   His first tours in DEEP were simple.

3.   Lawrence was on his first senior overseas tour and was thrilled to be picked for the final test.

4.   His first tour of inspection was at the Ashmolean museum.

5.   Paul Turner was on his first tour of duty in Northern Ireland when he was shot while on patrol.

6.   Private Paul Turner was on his first tour of duty in Northern Ireland when he was killed.

7.   DEACON Blue will begin their first tour for over a year at the newly revamped Ingliston auditorium on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

8.   Channel Theatre conducted its first national tour with the three productions Sleuth, Entertainer and Dracula.

9.   And in February it made its first tour of historically black American colleges while students from the company school were performing in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year.