After a break of six weeks Elvis started another tour. The ticket sales grossed 2,107,146 USD, the merchandising earned another 212,165 USD. After the deduction of all costs and Colonel Parker's share Elvis took home 700,000 USD.
Tour Stations
10/14/1976: Chicago, Illinois; Chicago
Stadium (20,000 spectators)
10/15/1976:
Chicago, Illinois; Chicago Stadium (20,000
spectators)
10/16/1976: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Arena (7,718 spectators)
10/17/1976:
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Metropolitan Sports
Center (17,000 spectators)
10/18/1976: Sioux
Falls, South Dakota; Sioux Falls Arena (7,903
spectators)
10/19/1976: Madison, Wisconsin;
Dane County Coliseum (10,200 spectators)
10/20/1976: South Bend, Indiana; Notre Dame
University (11,773 spectators)
10/21/1976:
Kalamazoo, Michigan; Wings Stadium (7,321
spectators)
10/22/1976: Campaign, Illinois;
University Of Illinois (16,938 spectators)
10/23/1976: Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Coliseum
(21,422 spectators)
10/24/1976: Evansville,
Indiana; Roberts Stadium (13,600 spectators)
10/25/1976: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Memorial
Coliseum (9,324 spectators)
10/26/1976:
Dayton, Ohio; University Of Dayton (13,788
spectators)
10/27/1976: Carbondale, Illinois;
Southern Illinois University (10,200 spectators)
Musicians
James Burton (guitar), John Wilkinson (guitar), Charlie Hodge (guitar and harmony vocals), Jerry Scheff (bass), Ronnie Tutt (drums), Tony Brown (piano), David Briggs (keyboard) and The Joe Guercio Orchestra. The harmony vocals were provided by The Sweet Inspirations (Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell & Estelle Brown), J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (Larry Strickland, Ed Hill, Ed Enoch, Pat Brown (October 14th to 19th) & Gary Buckles (October 20th to 27th)) as well as Kathy Westmoreland and Sherrill Nielsen.
About The Tour
Originally the tour was about to start on October 15th, but when the vast Chicago Stadium was sold out within a couple of days, the venue was also booked for October 14th. Not every concert was a sell-out, especially in the the cities Elvis had visited during the troublesome tour in September/October 1974 it was noticeably harder to attract people. Colonel Parker tried to sell the merchandise products at higher prices. In some cities he raised the prices of certain articles, but soon found out, that All Star Shows already took market prices. Compared to the previous tours of 1976 Elvis appeared to be in better shape. He had lost a significant amount of weight and was able to wear some of his older stage costumes again. And so he re-vived the "Embroidered Arabian Suit" (1974), the "Inca Gold Leaf Suit" (1974), the "Blue Swirl Suit" (1974), the "Indian Chief Suit" (1975) and the "Red Phoenix Suit" (1975). With the "Flame Suit" he even introduced a new outfit, even though it supposingly was also made in 1974/1975. The king took the "Chinese Dragon Suit" (1974) and the "Mad Tiger Suit" (1974) with him as well, but never wore it on stage. Musically Elvis displayed a newly discovered flexibility, too, and included songs like "One Night", "It's Now Or Never", "Little Darlin'" and "Steamroller Blues". However, a closer look at his face still revealed, that he wasn't a healthy man. His eyes often were swollen and he looked pale. Elvis also wasn't as energetic as he had been in the summer of 1975 or earlier. But at least he once again was interested in delivering a good show and his voice also sounded better than on many other occasions this year.
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