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For Elvis, the fact of being in Las Vegas was already a certain boredom, since the performances were always the same and he was beginning to feel very tired of the same routine and the same repertoires. He was not going through a good personal moment, his marriage was about to break up. His wife Priscilla would leave him at Christmas of that same year, taking their daughter Lisa Marie with her.

He also had some health problem, since he suffered from the flu and his vocal cords were affected.

Elvis also received three death threats and carried a gun in his boot while performing. But it wasn’t something Elvis hadn’t done before, as death threats weren’t new to him. The previous year he had also suffered serious threats.

The performances, especially on the nights at the beginning of the season, were very good. Elvis put, as always, all his effort in each show. Although he offers some shorter shows, due to his vocal cord problems, he delivers them in a very intense and fresh way.

It is curious to note that already in this year 1971, the difference between dinner shows and midnight shows was becoming noticeable. Elvis sounded a little more low-key during parts of the Dinner Shows, but he sounded impressive a couple of hours later at the midnight shows.