Having completed their engagements in Israel, the Philippines and Australia, Herman's Hermits have cancelled their season in Mexico City which was due to begin last weekend. They flew home to Britain this week due to the illness of two of the Hermits. The group hopes to be fit for its next booking - a ten-day cabaret engagement at Windsor's Elmwood Casino, Canada, starting July 24.

... London residence for Herman, but all the Hermits live in Manchester ...

HERMAN'S HERMITS, who enter the top 30 this week at 22, left for a five-day tour of Finland on Tuesday morning - Herman's first trip to that country.     As previously reported, Herman heads an all-star tour opening at Dover ABC on April 7. Also on the bill are Mindbenders, David and Jonathan, Dave Berry and Pinkerton's Assorted Colours.

DAVID AND JONATHAN have been added to the bill of the Herman's Hermits, Mindbenders and Pinkerton's Assorted Colours tour exclusively announced in Disc Weekly recently.     The tour opens at Dover ABC (April 7) and continues at Southend Odeon (8), it plays Lincoln ABC, followed by Hull ABC (15), Stockton Globe (16), Newcastle City Hall (17), Carlisle ABC (18), Glasgow Odeon (19), and Edinburgh ABC (20).     Herman's American single, "Listen People" may be released in Britain on March 11. Herman is on "LUcky Stars" (12), and "Morecambe and Wise Show" (19).     On March 27 he appears with the Mindbenders at a concert at Merthyr Tydfil.