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Beatles Reunion @ Hollywood Bowl

A Beatles reunion is scheduled Aug. 27 at the Hollywood Bowl.Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will perform with digital images of the late John Lennon and George Harrison, plus supplemental live musicians, for the closest thing to a Beatles concert since 1966. Much like Elvis In Concert with James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Jerry Scheff & Ronnie Tutt have been doing for many years now. The concert will reportedly be a benefit for world peace and breast cancer charities. No announcements have been made about ticket prices. No confirmation was forthcoming from McCartney, Starr or Apple Records. The Beatles performed two legendary concert dates at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965 and 1966.

Engelbert Humperdinck Influenced Elvis Presley’s Sideburns & Jumpsuit?

What do you think? Is Engelbert right or recreating history? Post your comments.

Elvis Returns To Radio City Music Hall In NYC!

SEG Events, in association with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., is proud to announce a one-night-only presentation of Elvis Presley in Concert back where the magic first happened! The initial tour in 1998 included a three-show sell out at New York's Radio City Music Hall. This will once again be the venue for this astounding production on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Elvis Insiders will be first in line to purchase tickets with a pre-sale beginning Monday, December 6, 2010 at noon EST. A link and code to purchase tickets will be posted on the Elvis Insider's message board at that time. The pre-sale for Insiders ends on Friday, December 10 at 10:00 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, December 11 at noon EST. Elvis Presley in Concert reunites some of his former Elvis band mates live on stage with a state of the art video-projected Elvis.

Lamar Fike Hospitalized Again

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BackinMemphis.com has exclusively learned that Memphis Mafia member Lamar Fike has been hospitalized again. Lamar has had some serious health issues in the past. Please keep him in your thougths & prayers for a speedy recovery.

Graceland Elementary School Teacher Robbed @ Gun Point!

For those of you traveling to Memphis in January, be alert and cautious at all times! The schoolis located @ 3866 Patte Ann Drive in the area behind Graceland mansion where many of the homes of relatives and friends of Elvis once lived, so if you decide to sight see back in that area, please be safe! View Larger Map

Elvis on Fox 75th Anniversary Collection

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Fox 75th Anniversary Collection Available December 7, 2010 Product Description: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment paints the town diamond white with the release of the Twentieth Century Fox 75th Anniversary Gift Set, a 75-film, three-volume set, highlighting a remarkable, rich and unparalleled heritage of classic films, Academy Award® winners and box office smashes. Each of the three volumes cover 25 years of the studio’s legacy along with an exclusive hard cover book detailing the historic filmmaking of some of the greatest movie stars and directors from yesterday and today. The massive DVD set features a variety of genres and some of the finest films of all time from South Pacific to Star Wars, Alien to Avatar and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to The Devil Wears Prada. Among its 46 Academy Award®-winning features, the collection highlights seven Best Picture winners including How Green Was My Valley, All About Eve, The Sound of Music, Patton, The French Connection, Slumdog Milli...

A King's Ransom - The Fall Of Graceland

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Available now for your Kindle is A Kings Ransom, The Fall of Graceland by Mark Brown. And if you don't have a Kindle, you can download this book to your PC using the free Kindle App.

Wanda Jackson Talks Elvis, Jack White & Amy Winehouse

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In a new interview with BlackBookMag.com, Wanda Jackson “the Queen of Rockabilly” shares her memories of Elvis Presley and talks about her new project with Jack White. Jackson credits Elvis with shaping her as a performer. “He challenged and encouraged me,” she said. “He said, ‘You can see that it’s the young people that have money now and they don’t want to buy their parents music, they want their own kind, and they like what I’m doing and that’s what you need to get in on.’ So my dad and I thought on that a while, and we realized he was right, and luckily my producer was open-minded and let me record whatever I wanted.” Lately, Jackson’s been working with White on a new album. She was hesitant to record White’s first suggestion: a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good.” “That was Jack’s idea. I wasn’t going to sing it, and my husband thought I was wrong,” she said. “Jack was very firm about it and wanted me to do that song. So it was kind of a tough situation for a littl...

Elvis In Seattle September 1, 1957 Newspaper

Lisa Marie Has Left The Building....LA That Is!

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Lisa Marie Presley has sold her Hidden Hills, Calif., estate for $5 million. The five-bedroom main house features a master bedroom that’s connected to a home office via a catwalk. The 3-acre estate also includes a guest house, a three-stall barn and an annex/studio with a sound booth and guest bedroom.