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Local History

Elvis Presley (4/26/1977)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Elvis Presley
Date: 26 April 1977
Tickets: $15.25/$12.75 (reserved seating)
Attendance: 7,300
Notes: Elvis’s second Wings Stadium appearance. Advance sellout

Return to the Wings Stadium Concert History page >

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 17 March 1977, (right) 25 April 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 19 March 1977, (right) 2 April 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 4-26 April 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

 

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 27 April 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 27 April 1977, (bottom) 30 April 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 17 August 1977, (lower right) 19 August 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 17 August 1977, (lower right) 21 August 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 17 August 1977, (bottom center) 20 August 1977, (bottom right) 24 August 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Elvis Presley at Wings Stadium, 26 April 1977. Photo courtesy, Ron Simmons.

 

Sources

Articles

“Presley Returns To Wings April 26”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 17 March 1977, p.1.

“Long Line For Elvis Tickets”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 19 March 1977, p.3.

“Take Picture For Vicky”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 1 April 1977, p.7.

“Why Not Mail Orders?”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 2 April 1977, p.4.

“Elvis Scheduled To Leave Hospital”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 4 April 1977, p.2.

“Here As Scheduled”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 5 April 1977, p.31.

“Going, Going”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 6 April 1977, p.53.

“Pop And Rock”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 24 April 1977, p.51.

“Oooooh, It’s Elvis!”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 25 April 1977, p.3.

“Half Hour Later”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 26 April 1977, p.29

“Yes, It’s ELVIS!”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 27 April 1977, p.1

“They Still Love Elvis, The Portly Patriarch Of Rock”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 27 April 1977, p.50

“Picky, Picky”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 30 April 1977, p.9

“Fans Mourn Elvis Presley Death”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 17 August 1977, p.1

“Elvis Presley Is Dead”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 17 August 1977, p.9

“The King Is Dead”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 17 August 1977, p.41

“Fans Swarm To Get Elvis Albums Here”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 18 August 1977, p.1/3

“Elvis Presley Had Phenomenal Impact On Our Culture, Values”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 18 August 1977, p.6

“In Memory Of Elvis”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 19 August 1977, p.3

“Presley Stories Hit”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 20 August 1977, p.4

“Elvis Presley Started The Shout Of The Young”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 21 August 1977, p.3

“Why Dwell On Fat?”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 24 August 1977, p.7