Elvis september tour 1977

[wakans]

Elvis september tour 1977
by mid august 1977 at time of Elvis dead, I suppose all date were for Elvis september tour 1977 but we just have Terre Haute, Huntington and Savannah...can somebody help with some more date ?
Thanks

[sylvain]

i found these on internet

Sept 16 Indiana State Univ
Sept 20 Huntington W VA Civic Center
Sept 22 Huntington W VA Civic center
Sept 26 Indiana State Univ
Sept 28 Savanah Civic Center

[Robert]

And then of course Las Vegas December 1977.

I don't know if the September dates were confirmed, it looks like it.
This list does show the lack of vision on how to manage EP's career in the future.
Just business as usual.

[YDKM]

Yes it was 'buisness as usual' even if his Client was sick! obviously venues had to be booked in advance but the lists above is all i have ever read.

[Ricky]

Yes the dates were confirmed, however, no tickets were ever sold to the general public. No revenue was taken in for this tour.

[midnightx]

Some big markets there.

[brad]

No no no...tickets were sold. I posted these before.

Huntington Tickets.jpg

I had these 2 floor seats for HUNTINGTON WV. I'm not sure about the other cities (one can only assume tickets were sold there too). Of course you were offered a REFUND but, I remember reading that only about 100 people asked for a refund.

[TCB-FAN]

The remaining August, 1977 tour dates that was never to be.


August 17 & 18: Portland, ME
August 19: Utica, NY
August 20: Syracuse, NY
August 21: Hartford, CT
August 22: Uniondale, NY

August 23: Lexington, KY

August 24: Roanoke, VA

August 25: Fayetteville, TN
August 26: Asheville, CN
August 27 & 28: Memphis, TN

[steve in SC]

Some big markets there.

FYI, I got the tongue in cheek comment. Really small markets, probably some of the smallest ever played,/would have played.

[wakans]

I've read somewhere 'bout a the new Hilton Pavilion opening in October 1977..Maybe at the end of the tour

[elvis-fan]

$15.00 for a ticket to see one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century... if not THE greatest. WOW! I can't believe that was the going rate even for 1977. Parker was an idiot.

[midnightx]

I've read somewhere 'bout a the new Hilton Pavilion opening in October 1977..Maybe at the end of the tour

After seeing Elvis In Concert during the fall of 1977, fans no doubt would have flocked in huge numbers to the new Hilton venue to see their hero.

[DarrylMac]

$15.00 for a ticket to see one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century... if not THE greatest. WOW! I can't believe that was the going rate even for 1977. Parker was an idiot.

Hey Brad, the newspaper reviews at the time seem to hint that the ticket prices were higher than average for the time.

Some big markets there.

To be fair some the venue sizes were substantial. Elvis was still successful at the box office for concert receipts, even in 77. The Nassau Coliseum, where he was due back in August, held over 16,000, for example. The Hilton Pavilion was a major booking, in a substantially larger venue. We'll never know how that would have gone, but perhaps can imagine.

[brad]

My tickets in Pittsburgh in '73 were $5.00 The '75 and '76 shows were $7.50 and $10.

you know it was the time of WIN (Wip Inflation Now)...ha.

Damn the Eagles...before HELL FREEZES OVER tour you could still afford to take your family to a show. Springsteen in the 80's was around $28. But prices made a huge leap after the Eagles reunited.

The Huntington tickets came back in the mail with the wholes punched in them...and that's when I discovered I had "main floor".

[Robert]

$15.00 for a ticket to see one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century... if not THE greatest. WOW! I can't believe that was the going rate even for 1977. Parker was an idiot.

Hey Brad, the newspaper reviews at the time seem to hint that the ticket prices were higher than average for the time.

In fact, given Elvis time on stage and looking at the production overall, $15 in 1977 was pretty expensive.
Seeing Elvis on stage was priceless of course
I do think profitability must have been kind of under pressure looking at the number of people involved in the EP show (>110)

But still, if you look at other rock acts in 1975-77 Elvis stage production didn't really evolve as time went by.

[rlj4ep]

A local DJ out of Philadelphia told me that the Col. was trying to book Elvis at the Kingdom in Seattle, Washington, for December 31, 1977 New Years Eve show. Have never seen that confirmed, however.

rlj

[brian]

A local DJ out of Philadelphia told me that the Col. was trying to book Elvis at the Kingdom in Seattle, Washington, for December 31, 1977 New Years Eve show. Have never seen that confirmed, however.

rlj

That's seems plausible since Elvis had been doing New years Eve concerts for the past couple of years and the Kingdom was an indoor stadium.

[Francesc]

[Big Boss Man]

What might have been

[Francesc]

Forgot to mention that this article is from August 6. Later on, some other dates were added.

[elvis-fan]

What might have been

Classy...

[billyblues]

It may offend some people but sadly that was the situation of our hero in those last days...

I'm not sure if I laugh or get depressed.

[Big Boss Man]

Agreed, the initial faux tour lineup for Sept 77 I shared is a sad representation based on events that had occured earlier in the year and was meant mostly as a sarcastic joke.

However, lets say that Elvis managed to "turn the corner" in late 77 and began to straighten himself out, not only physically, but adding a few new songs to the show and eliminating some of the boring titles he'd been stuck doing for so long (ex: Love Me, I Got A Woman/Amen). This will be depicted here. I did keep a few titles he'd been doing, because it's my belief had he actually lived and made changes to the show, some of of his usual staples would probably had been kept around.

[YDKM]

nice song list and nice try.....but then again look at his 25/1/73 rehearsal list and what ACTUALLY eventuated by the next opening night! same again with 16/8/74 and opening night! its still just a wistful guess!

[Billy Budd]

In august - and September - which jumpsuits would Elvis have used? We know the the new light blue one wasn't 100% ready for use. So what would he have been wearing in Portland?