#American Concerts

[huariqueje]

The Concert - John Koch , 1954.

American, 1909 - 1978.

Oil on canvas , 25 x 30 cm.

[stonerfromlesbos]

BILLIE TALKING ABOUT THE US ELECTIONS, IM SOBBING SO BAD RN

[numnum-num]

Grace Jones, 31st December 1987. Dress painted by Keith Haring.

[cejav13]

Liza Colón-Zayas participated in The American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection Concert 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on January 30, 2025 in New York City. 

The fashion-forward, musical celebration in New York City serves as the national marquee event for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement, celebrating progress made while calling for a renewed commitment to the fight against cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women.

[agelessphotography]

Tina Turner singing with Mick Jagger at the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Amy Sancetta, 13 July 1985

[jaexxie]

⎯ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱 ׂ ꕤ

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[sbrown82]

This performance lives rent free in my head! 🤌🏿🔥

[cesiousblue]

Saw a cool concert the other day~

(Buy me a coffee over on My ko-Fi)

[jessiesjaded]

now you know how the rest of us feel

[hooked-on-elvis]

Those are absolutely two of my favorite pictures of Elvis. Of course I like the details and all the info I can get on the pictures. One thing I have to say is that in that moment Elvis was in his 7th season at the International Hotel in Las Vegas (August 4th - September 4th 1972), and it was the first time he brought Linda Thompson to accompany him during the concerts (prior to that she had only accompanied Elvis during rehearsals in July). You can imagine how jealous I am of her because, well, just look at Elvis! 🫠🥲 Anyway, here's a little story about the fans with Elvis in those pictures:

Las Vegas, NV. Monday, August 28, 1972. Elvis with two Italian fans. The woman is Nicla Crippa and the man was the President of the Italian fan club, his name is Livio Monari. Livio Monari started the Italian FC in 1962. Together with Nicla Crippa, a personal friend and member of his Fan Club, they met Elvis just after the Midnight show on 26th August 1972. Photos taken that day didn't come out, so they asked to see Elvis again... to have new ones taken on the 28th August (2nd meeting) which are the ones shown above. They had just attended the Dinner & Midnight shows on the 28th Aug: when a waiter approached them - that Elvis was waiting for them.

Nicla said the following about the meeting:

1972 was a special year for me, I picked up all my saving of a year and together with Livio Monari at that time president of the E.P.F.C. of Italy, I flew to Las Vegas in August to see Elvis performing. When we arrived we were so excited that we started immediately to ask anybody of Elvis entourage if we could meet Elvis, crook Col. Parker was at a gambling table with his cigar and he said very rude "NO, you cannot met Elvis", then Joe Esposito who said No too, and when I told him "Hey Joe you are Italian like us" he answered "I'm not Italian, I was born in Chicago" very rude too... until I saw the name of Emilio Muscelli on an office door, I knocked and entered and I said with all my 18 years old enthusiasm (in fact I was not yet 18, I would have turned 18 on December 30) "Hi Emilio, we are Italians and we are here to see Elvis concerts and meet him"... well he took it good to his heart and from that point on he treated me like his daughter - he was 50 years old. We saw 14 concerts in 7 days and we met Elvis TWICE, the first time on August 26 but the pictures Joe Esposito took with Livio's camera did not come out as Livio due the emotion charged an already used film in the camera... the second time on August 28, this time we called a professional photographer to take the 2 pictures to be sure. When I saw Elvis the first time coming out of his dressing room I ran towards him and I almost jumped on him, I hugged and kissed him and he returned the hugs and kisses to me and he asked me "Hey baby how old are you" I answered "18" and he said "And you came all the way from Italy just to see me?" "Yes Elvis" and he "Oh baby..." and he hugged me again very tight. We stayed with him for 15 minutes, we gave him a trophy we brought from Italy unfortunately we have no picture of Elvis with our trophy but I saw it at Graceland Trophy Room in 1987. He wrote a dedication to me, and one to Livio, on 2 LPs we brought with us, he gave us a yellow scarf each, but especially I held his right hand in my hands for a long time, and he did not withdraw it, on the contrary he caressed my hands. He was such a gentle, sweet and tender person, he made us feel at ease and he slowed down speaking English as at that time I could not speak English well. We asked "when will you come to Europe?" he said looking at Joe "I definitely wanna go, after a project I have for January 1973 (Aloha from Hawaii) I'll ask Parker to organize a tour to Europe". The night after Emilio gave us seats in the first row, Elvis saw me from stage and he stooped down and he put a red scarf around my neck... and on August 28 we met him again same place backstage and he said "Hey you are still here, good", he had such a sense of humour. Those 2 meetings with Elvis still are the best moments of my life!

Credits: elvis-collectors.com

[possible-streetwear]

[digitallhell]

I love that I'm being accused of being a "pedophile cosplaying as a kid" on this blog on tumblr meanwhile im just a nerd and on the other tab i have my english homework, im working on geometry, and im dancing to chappell roan

do yall really think teenagers dont care about politics?? we literally have a politics club at my school. im just trying to stay educated on whats going on in the world lol

[meep-meep-richie]

Omg😍😍😍

[greendayauthority]

The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada, 24 September 2004

“I served the band @ Bistro 990 after this show. Thanks to Skip their manager. They couldn’t have been nicer or more generous to look after. They really enjoyed their meal and even thanked our Chef Chris Hounsell. Super nice, particularly [sic] Billy. He went out of his way to engage in conversation with me. Pure class. The crew too, they were 12-14 people.” — Heidi Johanne Petersen

[agelessphotography]

Tina Turner performs during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Walter Iooss Jr, 28 November 1969

[newwavesylviaplath]

lana del rey performing at her first SOLD OUT STADIUM SHOW!!!! at fenway park in boston (06/20/24)