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  1. Elvis Presley
    On August 22, 1974, Elvis Presley performed two shows at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas before 2,200 spectators. The evening show began at 8:30 p.m. and included Also Sprach Zarathustra, See See Rider, I Got A Woman/Amen, Love Me, If You Love Me, It's Midnight, Big Boss Man, Fever, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up, I'm Leavin', Softly, As I Leave You, Hound Dog, You Gave Me A Mountain, Polk Salad Annie, If You Talk In Your Sleep, Why Me Lord, Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel, Heartbreak Hotel, Hawaiian Wedding Song, Let Me Be There and Can't Help Falling In Love. Elvis wore the 1974 American Eagle suit. The midnight show included Also Sprach Zarathustra, See See Rider, I Got A Woman/Amen, Love Me, If You Love Me, It's Midnight, Big Boss Man with a reprise, Fever, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up, I'm Leavin', Softly, As I Leave You, Hound Dog, You Gave Me A Mountain, Polk Salad Annie, If You Talk In Your Sleep, Why Me Lord, Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel, Help Me, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Let Me Be There and Can't Help Falling In Love. Elvis wore a simple beige two-piece leather suit.
  2. The Eagles
    The Eagles performed at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts.
  3. Aerosmith
    Aerosmith performed at the Parthenon Theatre in Hammond, Indiana, a former 1920s cinema with a capacity of more than 2,500 people.
  4. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight show at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, both with a capacity of 2,200. The evening performance began at 8:30 p.m.; the source mentions, among others, “Big Boss Man”, “Fever”, “The Wonder Of You”, “If You Talk In Your Sleep” and “Can't Help Falling In Love”. During the midnight performance, he wished Kathy Westmoreland a Happy Birthday.
  5. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in the evening show at 8:30 p.m. and again at midnight, in both cases before approximately 2,200 people. The evening show included „See See Rider“, „Big Boss Man“, „The Wonder of You“, „If You Talk in Your Sleep“ and „Can't Help Falling in Love“, while the midnight show included „See See Rider“, „It's Midnight“, „Big Boss Man“, „Bridge Over Troubled Water“ and „Can't Help Falling in Love“.
  6. Traffic
    Traffic played their final live performance at the annual Reading Festival in the U.K. Also performing that day were Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Greenslade, Heavy Metal Kids, G.T. Moore, Thin Lizzy and Procol Harum.
  7. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed an evening and a midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas for approximately 2,200 spectators. The evening programme included “See See Rider”, “I Got A Woman/Amen”, “Big Boss Man”, “Fever”, “The Wonder Of You”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “If You Talk In Your Sleep” and “Why Me Lord”. The midnight programme was similar and also included “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
  8. Elvis Presley
    Both of Elvis Presley's scheduled concerts at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas were canceled because of his exhaustion.
  9. Rush
    Rush performed at The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio.
  10. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed an evening concert and a subsequent midnight concert at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Songs included “See See Rider”, “I Got A Woman/Amen”, “Love Me”, “Fever”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “If You Talk In Your Sleep”, “Why Me Lord” and “Can't Help Falling in Love”. After the previous concert, Elvis painted the decorative angels on the showroom wall black.
  11. Hawkwind
    Hawkwind performed at Home Park in Windsor, England.
  12. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas before an audience of 2,200. During the evening, he gave an 8:30 p.m. concert as well as a midnight concert. During the evening performance, he gave an extensive karate demonstration with Red West; he put on a karate uniform over his stage costume and spoke at length about his knowledge of karate. He wore a two-piece Mermaid costume. The setlist included "Big Boss Man", "Fever", "An American Trilogy", "Suspicious Minds", "How Great Thou Art", "Let Me Be There", and "Can't Help Falling in Love". A recording of the evening performance was released under the title "Larger Than Life", while a recording of the midnight performance exists under the title "Las Vegas Show".
  13. The Ramones
    The Ramones performed at CBGB in New York, appearing during one of their many performances there.
  14. Aerosmith
    Aerosmith performed at the Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
  15. David Bowie
    David Bowie played the first of seven sold-out concerts of his Diamond Dogs Tour at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California.
  16. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed his final evening and midnight shows in Las Vegas as part of his engagement at the Hilton Hotel. During the final evening, he delivered a long and personal monologue in which he spoke, among other things, about his relationship with Priscilla, who was in the audience with Lisa Marie.
  17. Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath performed at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
  18. The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones performed at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.
  19. ZZ Top
    ZZ Top vystoupili v Calderone Concert Hall v Hempsteadu v New Yorku.
  20. The Rolling Stones / Bobby Womack / The Outlaws
    The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack and The Outlaws performed at the then-Summerfest at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
  21. Eric Clapton
    He performed at the Coliseum in Denver.
  22. Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began a legendary five-night residency of ten sold-out shows at The Bottom Line in New York. The heavily publicized performances generated massive media buzz just days before the release of his breakthrough album "Born to Run," helping Springsteen launch into national stardom.
  23. The Grateful Dead
    The Grateful Dead performed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. A recording of the concert was subsequently broadcast by the Metromedia Network on September 1.
  24. Eric Clapton
    He performed at the LA Forum in Los Angeles.
  25. Eric Clapton
    He performed at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California.
  26. Blue Öyster Cult
    Blue Öyster Cult performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.
  27. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed in the showroom of the Las Vegas Hilton on the opening night of a new engagement. During the performance, after “Polk Salad Annie,” he sat down at Ronnie Tutt's drums, and a female fan who had climbed onto the stage gave him “mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.”
  28. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley continued in Las Vegas with the routine he had begun in North Carolina, with Charlie Hodge selecting audience requests from a bucket and Elvis attempting to fulfill them. During the evening show, Elvis at one point lay down on the stage while singing. The program included “See See Rider”, “I Got a Woman/Amen”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “If You Love Me”, “It’s Now or Never”, “My Boy”, “Love Me”, “Loving You”, “Suspicious Minds”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Hail Hail Rock’n’Roll”, “T-R-O-U-B-L-E”, “Why Me Lord”, “How Great Thou Art”, “Let Me Be There”, “Crying in the Chapel” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included “Young and Beautiful”, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, “Softly, as I Leave You”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Love Me Tender”, “All Shook Up”, “Hound Dog” and “My Boy”.
  29. Elvis Presley
    Elvis initially wanted to cancel both evening concerts in Las Vegas because he was not feeling well, but Colonel Parker insisted that he perform. Elvis ultimately performed both the evening and midnight shows at the Hilton Hotel. The evening program included, among others, “Hound Dog”, “It's Now Or Never”, “And I Love You So”, “Burning Love” and “Can't Help Falling In Love”; during the midnight performance, James Burton's birthday was celebrated. After the engagement ended, the following 36 concerts were canceled.
  30. The Eagles
    The Eagles performed at the Paramount Northwest in Seattle, Washington.
  31. America
    America performed at Canadian National Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.
  32. Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath performed at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois.
  33. Reading Festival
    Alan Stivell, Babe Ruth, Heavy Metal Kids, Kursaal Flyers, Snafu, Supertramp, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Thin Lizzy, Yes and Zzebra performed at the Reading Festival.
  34. Elton John
    Elton John performed the first of three nights at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. The concerts were intended to raise $150,000 for the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA.
  35. Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton performed at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  36. Aerosmith
    Aerosmith performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.
  37. ZZ Top
    ZZ Top performed at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
  38. Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton performed at the Scope arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
  39. Rod Stewart; Faces; Loggins & Messina; Fleetwood Mac; Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Rod Stewart and the Faces, Loggins & Messina, Fleetwood Mac and Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California.
  40. The J. Geils Band
    The J. Geils Band performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario.
  41. Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley performed a three-night concert run at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville, North Carolina, from August 3 to August 5, 1976.
  42. Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead performed at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.
  43. Robin Trower
    Robin Trower performed at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.
  44. Elton John
    Elton John byl hlavní hvězdou každoročního festivalu Summerfest na Rich Stadium v Buffalu v New Yorku. Jako předskokani vystoupili John Miles a Boz Scaggs.
  45. Aerosmith
    Aerosmith performed at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  46. Elton John
    Elton John played the first of a series of sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The concert series grossed $1.25 million and surpassed The Rolling Stones’ 1975 record. Elton John was promoting his current single with Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” and the live album “Here and There.”
  47. Eric Clapton
    Eric Clapton performed at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.
  48. Neil Diamond
    Neil Diamond performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.
  49. Elton John
    As part of the Rock of the Westies Tour, he stopped at Madison Square Garden in New York.
  50. Yes
    Yes performed at Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky.