Elvis Concerts

WHEN ELVIS RETURNED TO THE stage after the success of his 1968 TV special and the wrap-up of his movie contract obligations, he opened at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in the summer of 1969 for a 4-week, 57-show engagement that broke all existing Las Vegas attendance records. He returned to the International in early 1970, during the slow winter season, and broke his own attendance record. Right after that came a record-breaking six-show engagement at the Astrodome in Houston, where Elvis played to a total of 207,494 people. Elvis took his elaborate live show on the road in the latter part of 1970 for his first concert tour since 1957. Throughout the 1970’s Elvis toured America giving nearly 1,100 concert performances in all.

1969

July 26:

Elvis has a few opening shows for special guests and celebrities.
August:

Elvis begins his first engagement with the Las Vegas Hilton for all public audiences. Elvis breaks all Vegas attendance records.

1970

January:

the second and month long engagement in Las Vegas begins. Elvis breaks his own record of attendance.
February:

Elvis has two concerts at the Astrodome! Elvis breaks Houston's attendance record

( 210,000).
August:

Elvis begins his third engagement at the Hilton. The engagements have become known as the Elvis Summer Festival.
September:

First tour since 1958. Begins in Phoenix ends in Mobile, Alabama.
November:

New tour; begins in Oakland ends in Denver.

1971

January:

Elvis begins his winter engagement in Vegas.
July:

Elvis has two shows in Tahoe.
August:

Elvis Summer Festival begins in Las Vegas.
November:

New Tour; begins in Minneapolis ends in Salt Lake City.

1972

January:

Elvis begins his winter engagement in Vegas.
April:

New Tour; begins in Buffalo and ends in Albuquerque!

June:

Elvis plays four shows in New York at Madison Square Garden! Elvis is the first act to sell-out the Garden four straight times.
June:

New Tour; begins in Fort Wayne and ends in Tulsa.
August:

Elvis Summer Festival begins in Vegas.

1973

January:

Elvis plays his biggest crowd ever: "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" is broadcast to 38 countries and 1.5 billion people.
January:

Elvis begins his winter engagement in Vegas.
April:

New Tour; begins in Phoenix ends in Denver/ Lake Tahoe shows.
June:

New Tour; begins in Mobile ends in Atlanta.
August:

Elvis Summer Festival begins.

1974

January:

Elvis' winter engagement begins in Vegas.
March:

New Tour; begins in Tulsa ends in Memphis.
May:

New Tour; begins in California ends in Tahoe.
June:

New Tour; begins in Tarrant County ends in Salt Lake.
August:

The Elvis Summer Festival begins in Vegas.
September:

New Tour: begins in Detroit and ends in Tahoe.

1975 

March:

Elvis opens in Vegas.
April:

New Tour; begins in Macon ends in Murfreesboro.
May:

Part 2 of Tour; begins in Alabama ends in Memphis.
July:

New Tour; begins in Oklahoma City ends in North Carolina.
August:

The Elvis Summer Festival begins.
December:

Elvis opens in Las Vegas.

1976

March:

New Tour; begins in Johnson City and ends in St. Louis.
April:

New Tour; begins in Kansas City and ends in Spokane.
May:

New Tour; begins in Indiana and ends in Omni.
June:

New Tour; begins in Buffalo and ends in Memphis.
July:

New Tour; begins in Kentucky and ends in Roanoke.
August:

New Tour; begins in San Antonio and ends in Arkansas.
October:

New Tour; begins in Chicago and ends in Southern Illinois.
November:

New Tour; begins in Reno and ends in Anaheim.
December:

Elvis opens in Las Vegas.
New Tour; begins in Dallas ends in Pittsburgh.

1977

February:

New Tour; begins in Florida ends in Charlotte.
March:

New Tour; begins in Phoenix ends in Baton Rouge.
April:

New Tour; begins in Greensboro ends in Saginaw.
May:

New Tour; begins in Knoxville ends in Mobile.
June:

Final Tour; begins in Missouri ends in Indianapolis.