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Elvis Costello Announces Fall 2012 'Centenary Shows'

Dave Lifton — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:43:05 +0000

It’s rare that musicians are around to celebrate their 100th birthday with the rigors of a concert tour. Elvis Costello, who was born in 1954, is fully aware of this and has announced six solo concerts in California for this fall that he is calling “2054 – The Centenary Show.”

Elvis Presley's Crypt Pulled from Auction

Dave Lifton — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:10:26 +0000

One of the creepier stories to pass through our desks recently was the news that the crypt that briefly housed Elvis Presley after his death was going to be auctioned off. However, Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, which was slated to sell the crypt on Sunday (June 24) as part of their “Music Icons” collection, has decided to pull the item.

Couple Married on Roller Coaster by Elvis Impersonator [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:42 +0000

It wasn’t enough for Jerry Fleming and Leslie Baia to simply have their wedding officiated by an Elvis impersonator. To make the event even more unique, they decided to have the ceremony on a gigantic roller coaster. Viva Las Vegas, indeed. The bride, groom and entire wedding party boarded the Voyage coaster at the Holiday [...]

Eric Bana to Play the King of Rock and Roll in 'Elvis & Nixon'

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:10 +0000

Australian actor Eric Bana will play Elvis Presley in the movie ‘Elvis & Nixon,’ which is based on the 1970 White House meeting between the music legend and the 37th president. The film will cover the events that were set into motion when Elvis wrote then-President Richard Nixon a six page letter suggesting Nixon make him a [...]

Couple Married Atop Roller Coaster by Elvis Impersonator [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:00:16 +0000

An Ohio couple decided the best way to kick off the thrill ride that is matrimony is to get hitched atop a roller coaster with their friends and family in the cars behind them.

And since they had already strayed so far from a traditional ceremony, they decided they may as well also have an Elvis impersonator officiate their big day, too.

Jerry Leiber, Co-Writer of Songs for Elvis Presley and Other Legends, Dies

Chris M. Junior — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:15:57 +0000

Lyricist Jerry Leiber, who with composer and longtime collaborator Mike Stoller wrote songs recorded by Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones and many others, died Monday in Los Angeles. Leiber, 78, had been battling cardiopulmonary disease. “He was my friend, my buddy, my writing partner for 61 years,” Stoller said in a [...]