Emilio Santoro, the 2024 winner of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist competition, recreates Elvis Presley's early career with his band The Creoles.
Emilio Santoro brings his Elvis tribute to the Swansea Grand Theatre on Friday 16 April 2027, starting at 19:00. He'll be backed by his band, The Creoles, and the show is billed as his 50th Anniversary tribute.
If you're not familiar with the name, Santoro has a bit of a pedigree behind him. In 2024 he won the 'Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist' competition at Graceland in Tennessee, which is the top prize in the field and the one that means Elvis Presley Enterprises officially recognises him. His rise has been fast: in 2022 he won the European Elvis Championships in Birmingham and collected the main Elvis Europe titles, and that same year he took the People's Choice Award at the Elvis Niagara Falls festival in Canada and the 'Images of the King' World Championship on Elvis Presley Boulevard — the youngest European ever to do so. He also reached the final round of America's Got Talent alongside Metaphysic.ai.
On stage, he and The Creoles recreate the sound of the 1950s and bring Elvis's early career back to life, from the Sun Records recordings and the classic film years through to the 1968 'Comeback Special'. You'll hear the well-known hits, including Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes, Devil in Disguise and Suspicious Minds.
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The show is at the Swansea Grand Theatre (Theatr y Grand Abertawe) on Singleton Street, Swansea SA1 3QJ, on Friday 16 April 2027 at 19:00.
