{"id":1953890,"date":"2025-08-11T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1953890"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:36:31","slug":"what-was-elvis-last-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-was-elvis-last-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"What was Elvis&#8217; last performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"85531817007\" title=\"Elvis Presley landmarks to visit in Tupelo: A video tour\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/05\/PMCA\/85531226007-250731-elvisin-tupelo-02.JPG?crop=3999,2250,x0,y208\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" 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life take form in both murals and statues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/news\/history\/retroindy\/2025\/01\/17\/retro-indy-elvis-presley-final-show-at-market-square-arena\/76959208007\/\">Elvis Presley\u2019s final public performance<\/a> took place in Indianapolis on June 26, 1977, some seven weeks before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/08\/16\/how-did-elvis-presley-die\/74621613007\/\">he died in Memphis on Aug. 16<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The concert, held at Indianapolis\u2019 Market Square Arena, was a sold-out event, attended by some 18,000 Elvis fans.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-two years earlier, in 1955, Presley made his first appearance in Indianapolis performing at the Lyric Theater as part of a bill topped by country star Hank Snow.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85569544007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ELVIS PRESLEY IN TUPELO: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/06\/elvis-presley-birthplace-tupelo-tour\/85422393007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Touring the Mississippi town where the King was born<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The June \u201977 show at Market Square saw Presley perform many of his biggest hits and favorite songs, with a setlist that included \u201cJailhouse Rock,\u201d \u201cHound Dog,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Now or Never,\u201d \u201cLove Me\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>His final number, and last of his performing career, was a rendition of \u201cCan\u2019t Help Falling In Love,\u201d a classic from his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2020\/08\/12\/elvis-movies-blue-hawaii-love-me-tender-harum-scarum\/3312902001\/\">1961 film, \u201cBlue Hawaii.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-11 10:01:45 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-11 10:01:45 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.commercialappeal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvis Presley landmarks to visit in Tupelo: A video tour Take a step into the past in Tupelo as you tour Elvis Presley&#8217;s birth 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