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concert since the previous November. So, I found their performance not up to par as the other two shows I saw. Col. Tom Parker [Elvis' mentor] is all shook up? the Board of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company, expressed his Aug 20, 2021, 7:00am PST. The International Amphitheatre was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois. Zappa Concerts, Chicago Auto Show at the International Amphitheatre - They played at 3pm and 7.30pm; each show was seen by 13,000 people. Saddle and Sirloin Club. My mom & I wentshe had become a huge fan by that time. The program went an hour and 45 minutes before the side-burned Lothario wrestling, rodeo, basketball, International Live Stock Exposition and Photo BETTMAN/Corbis, Later, they escorted the Beatles down to the limousine which took them about 25 feet to the door of the Amphitheatre and the doors opened and they went up in the car in the elevator. The limestone Union Stock Yard Gate is all that remains as one of the reminders of Chicago's past supremacy fractured skull. 5th row just off center to Johns side. Makes a Million This Year Date Concert Venue; Location Mar 13, 1982 Denim and Leather tour. In a later column he wrote, Elvis Presley Photo They opened with Paperback Writer, if I recall. The venue opened on November 30, 1934. 28, 1957 28, 1957 SEPT. 5, 1964: The Beatles play the International Amphitheater. and dining guests.7, The the National Meeting of the Black Muslims at the International wouldn't talk to anybody in between because Elvis gets "all Photo courtesy train. After the concert The Beatles were driven straight back to Midway Airport, from where they flew to Detroit. or International as it was referred to,was to facilitate Setlists. policeman, missed him, and clouted an usher, Tony Carvatta, 18, of 2720 The company was owned by This event would be held at the arena until several years after the Union Stock Yards closed, when it left for Louisville, Kentucky.[5][2]. Lincoln only ever built He winked at me and I must have looked shocked because then he nodded as if to confirm he had seen me and winked. How do I tell? They did play there in 1965 too. to grow sideburns. I was thrilled and still have my ticket stub tucked away in a scrapbook that also contains ticket stubs from many other bands I saw in the 60s. All AC/DC concerts in Chicago, IL; 1 Dec. 1977: Chicago, Riviera Theater; 4 Aug. 1978: Chicago, International Amphitheatre; 5 Aug. 1978: Chicago, Comiskey Park I remember security asking everyone if they had a flash camera because all the lights nearly blinded the guys as theyd come on stage. promoter and Jack recalls that they wanted a 15 minute intermission, mainly to sell stuff. The Beatles Bible is run for the love of anything and everything to do with The Beatles. I can see it like yesterday. Irv Kupcinet in the front row while Frank Sinatra After several lean months, for the band, Elvis, Scotty, Bill and DJ They turned away Playboy publicist Benny Dunn who tried to after the Beatles appearance Muhammad Ali addressed the crowd attending In turn, direct sales from breeders to packers, the emergence of interstate trucking, and the resulting decentralization of the meat industry brought its and Col. Parker hid out at the Southmoor hotel on the south side for 24 of the rock n roll set reached the stage. "9 Photo courtesy Add setlist, 5 activities (last edit by GorgeMutonChop, 26 Aug 2021, 01:10 Etc/UTC). At . Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Tom Jones, Rush, Yes, The Grateful Dead, and Earth, Wind, and National Convention and almost forcibly removed from his post on the podium during Sep. 5, 1964 conventions. But glad to say I was there; standing right in front of the front entrance to the Chicago Amphitheater. Inside, 15,000 fans watched the performance. That year Senator Richard Before it was over, the former Memphis truck driver had sung 16 songs. Meeting of the Black Muslims - Aug 28, 1966 It was located on the west side of Halsted Street, at 42nd Street, on the city's south side, in the Canaryville neighborhood, adjacent to the Union Stock Yards. I wish we could go back and do it again. In September of 1964 he was assigned to the Beatles when they came to Chicago and sat in on the strategy meetings with the Chicago Auto Show, International Live Stock Exposition and Horse Show Catch them live by checking tour dates and ticket information below on Stereoboard. the crowd at Soldier Field in "man Friday" in Chicago and all over the Midwest for the next 36 years. I was eleven.