Graceland Celebrating The King with Elvis Week

It's Elvis Presley's 75th birthday year, and Graceland is preparing to leave The King's fans all shook up with a blowout bash!

Taking place August 10-16 at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Elvis Week 2010 will feature a host of special events and concerts, including the finals for the international Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, a special screening of 'Elvis on Tour' (featuring a newly-remastered version of the award-winning concert documentary), fan club events, charity fundraisers, celebrity guests and more.

The screening of the 1972 Golden Globe Best Documentary winner, 'Elvis on Tour,' will be held on Saturday, August 14 and will also feature a specially produced retrospective from Priscilla Presley. In addition, the premiere event at The Orpheum Theatre will also include raw, never-before-seen Elvis tour footage from the Warner Bros. vault as well as montage sequences produced by Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese, special celebrity guests and a short concert by backup singers who performed in 'Elvis on Tour' as part of J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet.



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