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Elvis: The Concert
Elvis: The Concert (also known as Elvis Presley In Concert) is a concert tour started in 1997 that features audio and video recordings of Elvis Presley, accompanied live by his 1970s backup band, backing vocalists, and orchestral musicians. In 2001, Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), on the website Elvis.com, described this show as, "in effect, Elvis' first-ever world concert tour, which began in America in 1998." According to EPE in 2006, the tour also features a 16-piece orchestra; at least for the major anniversary concerts, this role was fulfilled by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
According to EPE, in 1998, the tour received a Guinness World Record "as the first live tour headlined by a performer who is no longer living." The tour visited the United States, various countries in Europe, Australia, and Japan, including such notable venues as Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY, US and Wembley Arena in London, England, UK. Elvis: The Concert shows were also performed every year during this time during the annual Elvis Week festival organized by EPE and Graceland.
The main series of concerts continued until 2014, when they were succeeded by a similar style of tour but not utilizing the TCB Band or original 'alumni' backing vocalists or musicians. In 2017, this similar style of tour (not featuring the TCB Band, original backing vocalists, or any other original musicians) performed across the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere in Europe, to promote the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) remix albums If I Can Dream (2015) and The Wonder of You (2016), as well as the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. The UK tour featured the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while the US and European tours featured different orchestras in place of the RPO.
In 2019, for the first time since 2014, members of the TCB Band performed a new Elvis: The Concert-style show, alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, combining elements from the 2016-2018 Presley/Philharmonic tours with the old 1997-2014 TCB Band tours; however, no further tours with the TCB Band members were booked after this point. Despite this, the TCB Band (then composed of Burton, Hardin, and Tutt) performed at the Elvis: The Concert show that year during Elvis Week, alongside "other veterans" of Elvis Presley's 1970s-era touring group.
In the mid-1990s, Elvis Presley Enterprises started experimenting with recordings of Presley's live concerts, and discovered that through the use of sound mixing they were able to eliminate virtually all of the ambient noise from the multitrack recordings, thus leaving only Presley's voice. After some work, they conceived a special concert, entitled "Elvis In Concert' 97", to be held on August 16, 1997, the twentieth anniversary of Presley's death. Johnson "directed and staged" the performances, with Guercio credited with "musical direction". The show was conceived by Todd Morgan, Randy Johnson, Elvis' touring orchestral conductor Joe Guercio, and Stig Edgren. Elvis Presley Enterprises produced the main anniversary shows in Memphis, while Stig Edgren and his company SEG Events produced the touring versions. Johnson "directed and staged" the performances, with Guercio credited with "musical direction".
The show featured the core of the longest serving lineup of Presley's 1970s back-up band, the TCB Band (lead guitarist James Burton, bassist Jerry Scheff, pianist Glen D. Hardin, and drummer Ronnie Tutt) and his backup singers (The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, and Millie Kirkham). Rhythm guitarist John Wilkinson, having suffered a stroke in 1989, was unable to join the band and was replaced by Tony Smith. Nashville session drummer Paul Leim occasionally substituted for Tutt while Tutt was (simultaneously) touring with Neil Diamond (Tutt has toured with Diamond since 1981).
The inaugural show was performed at Memphis, Tennessee's Mid-South Coliseum. The format of the show generally follows one of Presley's 1970s live concerts, albeit somewhat differently to take advantage of the select amount of professional video of Presley's performances. The professional footage used comes from Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970), Elvis On Tour (1972), and Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (1973) and from outtakes from the 1970 and 1972 documentaries/concert films. In later years, footage from Singer Presents...Elvis, also known as "the '68 Comeback Special" was added to the tour.
During the initial August 16, 1997 show, Priscilla Presley introduced a music video of Lisa Marie Presley performing a "virtual duet" with her father on his 1970 hit "Don't Cry Daddy". It was so successful that the video was shown again. At the August 16, 1997 show, Presley's former announcer Al Dvorin closed the show by saying "Elvis has left for Graceland".
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Elvis: The Concert
Elvis: The Concert (also known as Elvis Presley In Concert) is a concert tour started in 1997 that features audio and video recordings of Elvis Presley, accompanied live by his 1970s backup band, backing vocalists, and orchestral musicians. In 2001, Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), on the website Elvis.com, described this show as, "in effect, Elvis' first-ever world concert tour, which began in America in 1998." According to EPE in 2006, the tour also features a 16-piece orchestra; at least for the major anniversary concerts, this role was fulfilled by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
According to EPE, in 1998, the tour received a Guinness World Record "as the first live tour headlined by a performer who is no longer living." The tour visited the United States, various countries in Europe, Australia, and Japan, including such notable venues as Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY, US and Wembley Arena in London, England, UK. Elvis: The Concert shows were also performed every year during this time during the annual Elvis Week festival organized by EPE and Graceland.
The main series of concerts continued until 2014, when they were succeeded by a similar style of tour but not utilizing the TCB Band or original 'alumni' backing vocalists or musicians. In 2017, this similar style of tour (not featuring the TCB Band, original backing vocalists, or any other original musicians) performed across the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere in Europe, to promote the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) remix albums If I Can Dream (2015) and The Wonder of You (2016), as well as the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. The UK tour featured the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while the US and European tours featured different orchestras in place of the RPO.
In 2019, for the first time since 2014, members of the TCB Band performed a new Elvis: The Concert-style show, alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, combining elements from the 2016-2018 Presley/Philharmonic tours with the old 1997-2014 TCB Band tours; however, no further tours with the TCB Band members were booked after this point. Despite this, the TCB Band (then composed of Burton, Hardin, and Tutt) performed at the Elvis: The Concert show that year during Elvis Week, alongside "other veterans" of Elvis Presley's 1970s-era touring group.
In the mid-1990s, Elvis Presley Enterprises started experimenting with recordings of Presley's live concerts, and discovered that through the use of sound mixing they were able to eliminate virtually all of the ambient noise from the multitrack recordings, thus leaving only Presley's voice. After some work, they conceived a special concert, entitled "Elvis In Concert' 97", to be held on August 16, 1997, the twentieth anniversary of Presley's death. Johnson "directed and staged" the performances, with Guercio credited with "musical direction". The show was conceived by Todd Morgan, Randy Johnson, Elvis' touring orchestral conductor Joe Guercio, and Stig Edgren. Elvis Presley Enterprises produced the main anniversary shows in Memphis, while Stig Edgren and his company SEG Events produced the touring versions. Johnson "directed and staged" the performances, with Guercio credited with "musical direction".
The show featured the core of the longest serving lineup of Presley's 1970s back-up band, the TCB Band (lead guitarist James Burton, bassist Jerry Scheff, pianist Glen D. Hardin, and drummer Ronnie Tutt) and his backup singers (The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations, and Millie Kirkham). Rhythm guitarist John Wilkinson, having suffered a stroke in 1989, was unable to join the band and was replaced by Tony Smith. Nashville session drummer Paul Leim occasionally substituted for Tutt while Tutt was (simultaneously) touring with Neil Diamond (Tutt has toured with Diamond since 1981).
The inaugural show was performed at Memphis, Tennessee's Mid-South Coliseum. The format of the show generally follows one of Presley's 1970s live concerts, albeit somewhat differently to take advantage of the select amount of professional video of Presley's performances. The professional footage used comes from Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970), Elvis On Tour (1972), and Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (1973) and from outtakes from the 1970 and 1972 documentaries/concert films. In later years, footage from Singer Presents...Elvis, also known as "the '68 Comeback Special" was added to the tour.
During the initial August 16, 1997 show, Priscilla Presley introduced a music video of Lisa Marie Presley performing a "virtual duet" with her father on his 1970 hit "Don't Cry Daddy". It was so successful that the video was shown again. At the August 16, 1997 show, Presley's former announcer Al Dvorin closed the show by saying "Elvis has left for Graceland".