ELVIS CONCERT SET
— Professional Elvis tribute artist Shawn Klush will be in concert Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Union City Civic Auditorium. It is the second in the series of concerts for the Community Concert Association of Union City/Obion County. The show is sponsord by Little General. Tickets are available at Lanzer Printing and Office Supply Co. in downtown Union City for $20 each.
One of the world’s top professional Elvis tribute artists, Shawn Klush, is returning to Union City as part of the Community Concert Association of Union City/Obion County concert series.
He was first here in September 2013.
He is scheduled to perform Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Union City Civic Auditorium in a show sponsored by Little General.
Born and raised in the small coal-mining town of Pittston, Pa., Klush’s love for music led him to begin imitating his musical idol, Elvis Presley. He performed in the famous Poconos region followed by a tour of Canada, where he entered and won the $5,000 prize in the “Worldwide Elvis Competition” in Montreal. This caught the attention of the award winning Las Vegas show, “Legends in Concert” where for many years he starred as Elvis in their Myrtle Beach, Las Vegas, Branson and Atlantic City show rooms. Each January, he stars in the “Elvis Birthday Tribute Tour,” an Elvis extravaganza with Elvis’ own musicians, singers and friends, in major venues in multiple cities.
Klush has released five CDs. He has performed with Elvis’ closest friends, musicians and singers such as JD Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, The Jordanaires, The Imperials, DJ Fontana, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, The Sweet Inspirations, Joe Guercio, Jerry Schilling and Joe Esposito. He portrayed Elvis in the hit TV miniseries “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” which aired on CBS and VH1.
On Elvis’ 70th birthday, Klush became grand champion at the $25,000 “World Elvis Tribute Artist Competition.” He then received “The Peoples Choice Award” from Gibson Guitar Co. in Nashville for “Best Concert Elvis.” Klush was also named the “World’s Greatest Elvis” by 6.5 million international viewers on BBC1 Television in the United Kingdom. On the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ dead, Klush was named the first-ever “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist” by Elvis Presley Enterprises in Memphis.
Klush has had record breaking performances in the U.S., Switzerland, Canada Australia, the UK and South America. He was named “Worldwide Ambassador of Elvis” at the Las Vegas Hilton, where he headlines the annual Las Vegas Elvis Fest, celebrating Elvis’ historic Las Vegas performances.
He was a featured performer on the Late Show with David Letterman performing to over five million viewers with the entire CBS Orchestra on Network Television and has portrayed Elvis in the HBO TV hit series Vinyl produced by Martin Scorsese and Mic Jagger.
Memberships are available for $95 for families, $45 for adults, $40 for seniors and $25 for students. Individual show tickets are $20 and may be purchased at Lanzer Printing and Office Supply Co. in downtown Union City in advance. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door the evening of the concert.
Remaining shows include a Christmas Show, featuring local singing groups on Dec. 4 at 3 p.m.; platinum-selling Canadian tenors Tenore on Jan. 7, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.; and Jim Witter on April 22, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. with his show “I Write The Songs — The Music of Barry Manilow.”
For more information about Klush, visit www.shawnklush.com.
For more information about Community Concert Association of Union City/Obion County, visit the website www.communityconcertuc.com or follow the organization on Facebook at Community Concert Association.
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