Las Vegas NV 1967 & 1969

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It is surprising that given the proximity to Los Angeles the band only appeared there twice during 1967-1972.
Of course Vegas tried to prevent them appearing second time around, due to Miami, but failed in that attempt possibly souring any chance of more shows.
But that can be said of many places in the US that banned The Doors so it still remains an enigma why the band were such infrequent visitors to Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Convention Centre NV 25th August 1967








29-8-1967
Las Vegas Review Journal


What would nowadays be called a VIP Package offering access to the bands.

Teenset Magazine interviewed The Doors backstage at the Vegas gig and there is a small part that reviews the concert.

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Las Vegas Ice Palace NV 4th October 1969

This concert is stopped by the Vegas sheriff who misrepresents the band and refuses to licence the concert.
But to his chagrin he is overruled by the DA who says such a move is illegal and the concert goes ahead.


30-9-1969
Las Vegas Sun NV


1-10-1969
Las Vegas Review Journal NV


2-10-1969
Las Vegas Sun NV

Though several websites & On The Road put this show—the LA quartet's second Vegas performance (Convention Center, August 25, 1967 was the first)—on November 1, the date of the media reports pin that date down with total certainty to October.
Ultimately, it matters little, compared with the circumstances surrounding Jim Morrison's arrival the same year he'd been charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour, indecent exposure, profanity and drunkenness in Miami, to say nothing of his arrest on vagrancy charges during a Las Vegas visit in January, 1968.
Mike Tell, who promoted some of the area's earliest rock shows in the mid-to-late '60s, remembers the hubbub: "The district attorney in Vegas, George Franklin, went on national TV and said, ‘If Jim Morrison does one thing wrong I'm gonna arrest him and promoter Mike Tell.' I had more police around the stage than ever before. So I went backstage to Morrison, and I said, ‘Jim, this is the only place kids have in Vegas. Please don't do anything.' And he went onstage and sang ‘When the Music's Over' for about 45 minutes and didn't move a muscle."



2-10-1969
Las Vegas Deseret News NV


2-10-1969
Las Vegas Sun NV


3-10-21969
Las Vegas Deseret News NV




6-10-1969
Las Vegas Sun NV


7-10-1969
Las Vegas Deseret News NV



5-10-1969
Las Vegas Review Journal NV