| Oct 9, 2009 Lisa Performs Live! Lisa Performs Live in London with Richard Hawley Lisa Marie Presley appeared onstage with Hawley as a surprise guest during his concert last night to announce their songwriting partnership. Former Pulp and Longpigs guitarist Hawley recently rejuvenated the career of Amarillo singer Tony Christie and is currently working with Dame Shirley Bassey on her comeback album. He has also written for Robbie Williams and Nancy Sinatra. Presley, who appeared at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire, said she chose to collaborate with rockabilly crooner Hawley after she became a fan of his music. The two have already written a couple of songs together - one of which, Weary, they performed together last night. Speaking after the concert, Presley said: "I wrote the lyrics, Richard wrote the music. I am the first person he has written a song for in that way." She added that the collaboration had so far been top secret, and that her decision to go on stage was spur of the moment. Presley said: "I only knew I was coming on stage four hours ago. I was working with Richard today and we decided that I should go on, so I didn't have long to think about it." But the singer, said she was happier going on stage in the UK than in America. She added: "I hadn't been on stage for a long time but I felt better about doing here. People are more music-focused here than they are in America. There when you go on stage you feel like they're going to rip you to shreds, here everyone is very welcoming." Presley has recorded two previous albums, To Whom It May Concern and Now What, the most recent in 2005. But she said there is no game plan for her comeback at present other than to write more songs with Hawley, whom she described as a "lovely man" and a "good friend". She also denied her 17-year-old son Benjamin was following in her and her father's footsteps by going into music. "He's just a student and has no plans to be a rock star," she said. Although Hawley is a known Elvis fan - and has covered his songs at gigs - she said her father had not yet been discussed. "We don't talk 4about him ... he just hasn't come up," she said. June 26th, 2009 Lisa Blogs About Michael Jackson's Passing He Knew: Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general. I can't recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my Fathers Death. At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, "I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did." I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that. 14 years later I am sitting here watching on the news an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the Cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did the unstoppable tears. Click here to read the full blog. Feb 1st, 2009 Happy Birthday Lisa! Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Lisa, from LPU!  Jan 14th, 2009 First Photo of the Twins  Time to paint Graceland pink! Elvis Presley's only daughter, Lisa Marie, is now a doting mom to 3-month-old girls Finley and Harper � and she is showing off her tiny additions in the new issue of PEOPLE. "I really wanted these babies," says Presley, 40, who tried for two years to get pregnant before conceiving the twins. "My blood was too thick and would clot, which caused several miscarriages," she tells PEOPLE. "The moment I took blood thinners, I got pregnant." Presley and her guitarist husband Michael Lockwood, 47, also share their L.A. home with Presley's children from a previous marriage: daughter Riley, 19, and son Benjamin, 16. Life as a bustling family of six is "chaotic bliss," says Presley. The outspoken star � who proudly bared her baby bump after tabloids accused her of having an "unhealthy appetite" � also opens up about losing her baby weight. "I was unable to see my toes by the fourth month," she admits. "But I only gained 30 lbs. total. I worked out up until the seventh month." For much more on this story, check out the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. |
