Watch this space for further details of the Top Elvis Tribute Artists who will be performing at the Printworks courtyard, before the show at the M.E.N Arena.
This is a free show brought to you by The Printworks and Ultimate Elvis.
Elvis is Back for a 2010 European Tour
Elvis Presley In Concert is an astounding production that reunites former Elvis band mates live on stage with a state of the art video-projected Elvis. In 2010, the concert returns for a tour through Europe.
In his lifetime, Elvis' only concerts outside the United States were five shows in three Canadian cities in 1957. A world tour was an unrequited dream for Elvis and his fans. Elvis fans, new audiences and even the most cynical of critics have been thoroughly wowed since 1998. Tours have included many American dates, highlighted by a three-show smash at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Outside the US, there have been several tours of Europe with sell-outs at London's famed Wembley Arena, and tours to Australia and Japan. In 1998, Elvis-The Concert was designated a Guiness World Record as the first live tour headlined by a performer who is no longer living.
The show's concept is to present an authentic as possible Elvis Presley concert. The producers edited together a collection of Elvis' finest concert performances that exist on film and video and removed virtually all sound from the footage except for Elvis' vocal. The Elvis footage is projected on a large video screen. On stage a 16-piece orchestra and some of Elvis' original bandmates from the concert era of his career and other cast members perform live with the Elvis video. All music heard in the concert production is performed live except for Elvis' voice. On either side of the Elvis performance screen are screens that carry live action from the stage. From the first song it's magic. You're at a real Elvis concert.
Performers currently scheduled to participate include: Joe Guercio, Elvis¹ orchestra conductor for many of his Vegas performances; members of the original TCB Band; Elvis¹ backup singers The Imperials and The Sweet Inspirations. To learn more about them and the other original Elvis group members who have toured with this show.
Today, people are accustomed to seeing giant video screens used in live concerts to bring the star closer to the audience. Elvis' recorded voice and his on-screen presence are so powerful, the interaction with the live musicians and singers so seamless, the audience reaction so intense that, a few songs into the show, one can almost forget that Elvis isn't really there in person. Everything in terms of staging, set design, lighting, sound, and overall production is as if Elvis were alive and back out on the road. The audience response to this concept has been overwhelming. Long-time Elvis fans who attended actual Elvis concerts say they feel that same original excitement and electricity. The fans who never got to see him perform, many of whom were born after Elvis' death, say it is a dream-come-true experience they thought had been lost to them forever. The production is so authentic and so well done that there are moments in the show when even Elvis' own bandmates and members of the production team almost think Elvis is really back in the building!
Elvis concert footage for the show comes primarily from material shot for the MGM concert films Elvis, That's The Way It Is (1970) and Elvis on Tour (1972) and from the historic 1973 global television special Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, via Satellite. This footage contains some of Elvis' finest performances from the big concert era of his career, the era that is celebrated by the Elvis Presley In Concert production. The other main criterion for selecting from these films is that they were originally recorded in multi-track. Thus, the producers are able to drop all sound from the footage, then return to the footage the isolated track that recorded only from Elvis' microphone in these exact concert performances. The 1970-1973 footage shows Elvis at the pinnacle of his superstardom, at the height of his powers as a concert performer, and in top form physically.
| February 19 | Sheffield, England | Sheffield Arena |
| February 20 | Birmingham, England | LG Arena |
| February 22 | Zurich, Switzerland | |
| February 23 | Frankfurt, Germany | |
| February 24 | Rotterdam, Holland | |
| February 26 | Manchester, England | Manchester M.E.N Arena |
| February 27 | London, England | Wembley Arena |
| February 28 | London, England | O2 Arena |
| March 2 | Belfast, Ireland | Odyssey Arena |
| March 3 | Dublin, Ireland | O2 Point Arena |
| March 5 | Newcastle, England | Newcastle Arena |
| March 6 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| March 7 | Liverpool, England | Liverpool Echo Arena |
| March 9 | Paris, France |
