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===Concerts and entertainment=== Notable performers who held shows at the venue included [[Dale Evans]] and [[Roy Rogers]], [[Evel Knievel]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[The Who]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[AC/DC]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Ike & Tina Turner]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Van Halen]], [[Aerosmith]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Selena]] and [[The Jackson 5]].<ref name="Backc"/><ref>{{cite web |title=International Amphitheatre |url=https://interactive.wttw.com/timemachine/international-amphitheatre |website=WTTW Chicago |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=25 November 2013}}</ref> The Amphitheatre is noted for being the site of one of [[Elvis Presley]]βs most notable concerts, on March 28, 1957, with the singer wearing his now legendary gold lamΓ© suit for the first time.<ref name=Elvis>{{cite journal| title=Elvis in Chicago Was 'Electrifying': An 80th Birthday Celebration| url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150108/bridgeport/elvis-chicago-was-electrifying| last=Cora| first=Casey| date=January 8, 2015| journal=[[DNAinfo.com]]| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316215423/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150108/bridgeport/elvis-chicago-was-electrifying| archive-date=March 16, 2016}}</ref> On September 5, 1964, and August 12, 1966, [[The Beatles]] performed at the Amphitheatre. The 1966 show was the first show of what proved to be their [[The Beatles' 1966 US tour|last tour]].<ref name=BB>{{cite web| title=Live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago| date=5 September 1964| url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/09/05/live-international-amphitheatre-chicago/| publisher=The Beatles Bible| access-date=2016-02-03}}</ref> For eighteen years, the arena was the site of Chicago visits by the [[Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus]].<ref name="Backc"/> In October 1978, English rock group [[UFO (band)|UFO]] recorded parts of what would become ''[[Strangers in the Night (UFO album)|Strangers in the Night]]'' at the International Amphitheatre.
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