 Overseas, however, Haley and his band continued to be popular, touring the United Kingdom in February 1957, when Haley and his crew were mobbed by thousands of fans at Waterloo station in London at an incident which the media dubbed the "Second Battle of Waterloo".The group also toured Australia in 1957, and in 1958 enjoyed a successful (if riot-dominated) tour of the European mainland.Bill Haley & His Comets were the first major American rock and roll act to tour the world in this way.