Priscilla Presley

2022 - 3 - 18

Elvis Presley

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Priscilla Presley helps Bendigo Art Gallery open Elvis: Direct From ... (Newcastle Herald)

The Elvis: Direct from Graceland exhibition in southern Victoria will open to sold-out crowds this weekend with the official launch being held on Saturday night ...

Chris has been with the Bendigo Advertiser for more than 10 years. He has great passion for the performing arts and is very supportive of the Bendigo live music scene. Chris has been with the Bendigo Advertiser for more than 10 years.

Priscilla Presley – regional Victoria receives an unlikely visitor (The New Daily)

Rock and roll royalty Priscilla Presley is as wowed by Bendigo as is the town she calls 'quaint and unusual' by the museum's exhibition of Elvis ...

Following Elvis’ death Priscilla became the chair of his estate, and despite receiving advice to sell Graceland she opened it to millions of adoring fans. To be able to share, to be remembered. But she said her wedding outfit revived the most touching memories. “This is not a travelling exhibition. “Now to share this with the world, this was everything he ever wanted. “So I think it will be exciting for all of you to share his life and the things he did, the clothes he wore and all the things that meant something to him,” Ms Presley said.

Priscilla Presley opens Elvis exhibition in Bendigo (ABC News)

She travelled to Bendigo to open Elvis: Direct from Graceland at The Bendigo Art Gallery. The exhibition features around 300 authentic artifacts owned by Elvis ...

- 13mins 47secs Priscilla Presley opens Elvis exhibition in Bendigo Priscilla Presley opens Elvis exhibition in Bendigo Priscilla Presley has helped to turn Graceland into one of the America's biggest tourist attractions, rivalling the White House for the number of visitors it attracts.

The Elvis items that stopped Priscilla in her tracks at major new ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Amid the hundreds of items, small and large, unassuming and diamante-studded in the new Elvis exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery, a handful stopped ...

“He was a truly very special person.” “I got a little teary-eyed actually,” says Presley, tearing up again as she recalls it. “I became a fan,” she says. “I was very, very proud of him. I wanted it very simple, I didn’t want it to be flashy in any way.” It was 1967 and she had to shop on the quiet: “We didn’t want the publicity, we didn’t want the fanfare,” she recalls – there were some fans who would not be happy to see Elvis off the market.

Priscilla Presley mobbed by fans in Australia as she opens new ... (Daily Mail)

The American actress was mobbed by admirers as she arrived at the Bendigo Art Gallery in Victoria to open the new Elvis Presley exhibition, Elvis: Direct from ...

It was different, but it was ours.' This is a town I'm in love with. It was a good life. Drawn on her thoughts about the town of Bendigo, where the exhibition is being held. This is so quaint and unusual. As her car pulled into the venue, the 76-year-old was completely surrounded with fans peering in the windows as she offered a friendly wave.

Priscilla 'emotional' at launch of Elvis exhibition (Herald Sun)

Priscilla Presley has become emotional and teary while looking through the Elvis: Direct From Graceland exhibition in Bendigo.

Direct from Graceland: Elvis Presley exhibition opens at Bendigo Art ... (The Australian Financial Review)

Bendigo Art Gallery needed “something big” to bring back the crowds and nobody is bigger than The King.

Graceland has become the second most visited historic home after the White House and has had more than 23 million visitors, with Elvis enjoying another renaissance thanks to an upcoming Baz Luhrmann biopic. “Those were fighting words to me and forced me to roll up my sleeves because I said, we will never sell Graceland.” “One of them was Priscilla’s wedding dress. He writes on news, business and leadership. Elvis’ all-black outfit from that performance is one of the 300 authentic artefacts on show at the exhibition which opens on Saturday having come direct from Graceland. “One of the attorneys came up to me and said we are going to have to sell it [Graceland],” Presley says at the launch of the exhibition on Friday. She is, at times, emotional.