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New Zealand Tablet, 2 October 1913, Page 47

Mr. John McCormack’s recent tour of America was the greatest that America had known since the days of Patti and Jenny Lind. He gave 67 concerts in all and sang to overwhelming" audiences on each occasion. In twelve, concerts in New York he sang to a total attendance of 55,000 people, 7000 paying for admission at his farewell appearance at the New York Hippodrome and about the same number being turned away. To give some estimate of his attraction it may be said that admirers travelled from Chicago 1000 miles distant to be present at his New York concerts. At Providence, Rhode Island, where he gave a matinee recital, the State Legislature adjourned for the day so that the Governor of the State and the members of both houses could enjoy the opportunity of hearing him sing. In October, 1914, Mr. McCormack commences a seven months’ season in Newfoundland, Canada, United States, and Mexico, for which lie is to receive a minimum fee of 125,000 dollars.