Elvis closed the tour with two performances in Charlotte/North Carolina. Even though the king had visited the city the previous year, he once again managed to sell out twice. Each show at The Coliseum was seen by 12,000 people. While in Charlotte, the king stayed at the Sheraton Hotel. Elvis wore the "Mexican Sundial Suit", which can be seen on the album cover.

In general Elvis uses the oldie to connect with the audience. The performance itself is nothing but routine.

Here Elvis is focusing on the music, it's obvious, that he likes the country-pop very much. However, his voice sounds somewhat worn out and short-winded.

The same can be observed here. Elvis still manages to impress by belting out a few lines, but he certainly cannot compete with earlier renditions of this musical soap opera.

Meanwhile this rock classic sounds more like Vegas than like gutter, but the audience loves it and happily claps along.

Before Elvis presents his biggest selling record, Sherrill Nielsen sings the original version. It's a bit of musical comedy, because he yelps in the highest pitches. It's not my kind of humor, but the people in the coliseum obviously love it. Finally the king takes over with "It's Now Or Never". He cannot hold the notes long enough and misses several others. In-between he jokes with the fans and has to laugh several times.

The song is presented with zest, but also a bit short-winded. At the end Elvis surprises his band by repeating the last line one time less than usual. But the guys are on their toes and adjust themselves within a second.

Now the king mumbles two of his greatest hits. It's anything but a good performance. However, Elvis throws a truckload of scarfs into the audience and the ladies fight over each of them.

While the band plays the intro, the lead vocalist needs a zip of water and a lyric sheet. He can't do anything against his vocal shortcomings, but at least he tries and delivers a nice enough, at times even impressing performance.

Elvis' announcement to perform his latest single is met with applause. Unfortunately it soon turns out, that it wasn't rehearsed and cannot be staged right on the spot. Finally the king gives up and tears up the lyric sheet.

To escape the embarrassing situation, Elvis decides to sing the tried and tested crowd pleaser "How Great Thou Art". The king's voice sounds less powerful and less flexible than on the album "Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis" and text variants like "...how great I think you are" don't help either. But the king tries hard and at times his vocals are still impressive.  

Because the sound engineer didn't tape the "Introductions", the cd continues with the next musical performance of the evening. The power ballad is presented well. When Elvis wants to repeat the last part, the coordination with the band doesn't work and they have to start again.

As usual the rock'n'roll classic is played much too fast and the king's vocals are a joke. But the audience doesn't care. After the song is butchered, Elvis receives a picture, that shows him at the age of three. He tells the crowd, that he originally wanted to sing in a gospel group and intones "My Wish Came True".

Now Elvis walks over to the piano to perform "Unchained Melody". According to him the show is recorded, but until today nothing more than the usual soundboard recordings have turned up. Felton Jarvis didn't start to tape portions of the shows professionally before March 1977. Maybe Elvis was referring to test recordings. The first attempt to present "Unchained Melody" fails, because the king has "19 frogs" on this throat. The second try works well, but in general the performance is not nearly as good as the one on the "Moody Blue" album.

Finally the king says goodbye, sings the usual "Can't Help Falling In Love" and disappears to the sounds of the "Closing Riff". The latter one is faded out.