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Elvis Week is August 10-16, 2016 @ Graceland! The schedule of events includes the Candlelight Vigil, Official Graceland Insiders Conference, The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Concert event, Designing for the King, Elvis Fan Reunion, Conversations on Elvis: Elvis' Co-Stars, The Auction at Graceland and much more! Join great performers and guests as they share their favorite Elvis stories and music. Guests for 2016 include drummer DJ Fontana , TCB Band member Glen Hardin , Elvis co-stars Francine York and Celeste Yarnall , former members of The Stamps Quartet, Terry Blackwood and The Imperials, Charles Stone, Terry Mike Jeffrey, Andy Childs, Jamie Kelley - and many, many more! Graceland Insiders ticket pre-sale will start on Tuesday, April 5, at 8:30 a.m. CST . Tickets will go on sale for the general public on Thursday, April 7, at 8:30 a.m. CST. To see the full line up of events , click  HERE

Randy Travis spoke for the first time since his stroke at the 2016 Induction ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville . This took a lot of courage. God bless him! We love him and pray for him everyday. Randy has more courage than most! I adored Randy Always! I was in his fan club, had his albums (yes,dates me!), I even met him in NYC after a Letterman appearance and he could not have been nicer! I was to see him in Philly in 1991 but the night before my 19 year old cousin Doug was killed. April 8, 1991. I couldn't listen to his music for a long time. Randy, keep fighting! And keep going! You are so courageous! My brother is deaf and he talks funny to many. Sometimes people laugh and it hurts. My mom had a stroke a few years ago, and people laughed when she talked. It took a lot for me not to knock them out. But she carried on and talks fine today! But you're more courageous than them! Keep TCBing! We love you and are praying for you!

The Country Music Association announced three newly elected inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame . Charlie Daniels will be inducted in the Veteran’s Era category. Fred Foster will be inducted in the Non-Performer category. Randy Travis will be the 2016 inductee in the Modern Era category. These artists will be inducted during a special Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in the CMA Theater later this year. During the Medallion Ceremony, friends and colleagues pay tribute to each inductee through words and song. Bronze plaques honoring each inductee are unveiled, to be displayed later in the museum’s Rotunda.Brenda Lee is THE COOLEST! You can watch the announcement above, the video lasts 55 minutes. Source: Country Music Hall of Fame

On this day in Howard Ster n History MARCH 30, 2005: LISA MARIE PRESLEY VISITS! The Stern Show got a visit from rock royalty when Lisa Marie Presley , daughter of Elvis Presley , dropped by to talk to Howard. Howard and Lisa discuss how the media twists issues. Before the camera is on, the reporter is so nice and once the camera is on, everything changes. They discuss Riley as a model, Michael Jackson, Nic Cage, Mike Edwards being a perv and Mama Bear Priscilla protecting her, marriage and more! Bobo calls in with some interesting questions and comments. Lisa admits Howard is better looking than Nic Cage! Lisa said Howard was sweet after the show. This was Lisa's last appearance on Stern. And she needs to return especially since Howard has become PC and soft. This is adult humor so if you are sensitive, you are warned!

Proud Mama, Priscilla Presley and her son Navarone Garibaldi talked to a photog about his band   THEM GUNS leaving a gig earlier this month.   Here's a few things we learned from the interview:   Priscilla Presley bought him his first guitar at the age of 8. hmmmm...Sound familiar?   Navarone confesses to putting it down for a few years. Picking it back up at age 12 or 13. And started writing songs immediately! He is inspired by Nine Inch Nails, Chemical Brothers , and everything from 60's on . He'd love to collaborate with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails . His goals? To play to as many people as possible and to get our music heard as far around the world as we can! Towards the end, The photog askes Priscilla who is the bigger showman, Elvis or Trump ? Priscilla Presley , THE Classiest, most graceful celebrity handled this perfectly!   Navarone reminds me of a young Shane MacGowan of The Pogues . Navarone and his band, THEM G...

On Friday night, Joel took the stage of FedExForum — playing his first local gig since 2001 — and the audience could not have been more emphatic or adoring, as the he sang, played and charmed his way through a two-hour-plus, 27-song concert. The show had the added distinction of breaking the Forum's attendance record, previously held by Bon Jovi. Joel — clad in a dark suit and sitting at a piano that rotated throughout the night — led an energetic nine-piece band through a set that was heavy on hits, but which also dug into the lesser-known corners of his catalog, and included a number of Memphis-centric digressions. "Here I was playing in Memphis, in Elvis' hometown," continued Joel, reminiscing, as he played a snatch of the King's "Suspicious Minds," while donning pair of gold Elvis sunglasses and sideburns. Joel would work up several other Presley numbers in part or full, including "Don't Be Cruel" and "Jailhouse Rock....