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LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER - 08/25/1967

LAS VEGAS, NV - U.S.A.

Venue Address: 3150 Paradise Rd. - Las Vegas, NV
Promotion: Scenic Sounds
Event: In Concert

Also Performing:
Hamilton Streetcar
Gross National Product
Scatter Blues

Setlist:
Soul Kitchen
-Pray The Lord
(Incomplete)

Recordings / Film:
Unavailable

Photographers:
Unavailable

Reviews / Info:
-The Doors stay at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
-Tickets for this show are $3.75.
-8:00pm scheduled start time.
-Promotional artwork by Wilfred Weisser (Poster; Flyer;)
-Approx. 2,058 in attendance.
-The Doors are interviewed backstage for TeenSet Magazine (See Below).
-Scenic Sounds offers a package deal for this performance that includes backstage access following the show (See Below).
-The audience leaves behind large amounts of footwear upon exiting the venue.

PUBLISHED INTERVIEW

Publication: TeenSet Magazine
Issue: January - 1968
Interview Date: August 25th - 1967
Publish Date: January - 1968
Interview Location: Las Vegas, NV

Info:
The Doors give a short interview to Pamela Fourzon of TeenSet Magazine backstage at the Las Vegas Convention Center on August 25th, 1967. Ray and Robby don't partake. John Densmore discusses the idea of The Doors performances being like theatre, and their plans to do more of it. He also discusses the current album, Strange Days, and how it was put together using a wide range of different instruments. Jim Morrison is next to be interviewed, and again discusses the future of recording, and The Doors rejection of an offer to do a movie with Roger Corman. Finally, the article goes on to describe The Doors performance given that night.

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Newspaper: Las Vegas Review Journal
Author: Mary Miller
Publish Date: August 29th - 1967
Copyright © Mary Miller
The Doors - Las Vegas 1967 - Review