Priscilla Presley lands in Australia for tour of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane

She’s spent most of her life in the whirlwind of fame and has survived more than her fair share of tragedy. But that hasn’t slowed down Priscilla Presley, who is in Australia for her live show at the age of 80. An Audience with Priscilla Presley.

Its national tour takes place across consecutive nights in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, before heading back to the Pacific the following week for dates in Michigan and Pennsylvania. How does he handle such a demanding schedule?

“Don’t think about it, just do it,” he told the imprint with a smile during an interview in Melbourne on Friday. “I just do what I have to do, get this done, and move on with what I have to do from now on.”

It’s a philosophy that has served him well. The tour coincides with a new book he recently released. Gently, As I Let You Go: Life After Elvis“The King” details her time married to Elvis Presley, her decision to leave him after meeting him when she was only 14, and the tragedies that occurred in recent years, first with the death of her grandson Benjamin and then of Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie.

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The book’s title, taken from one of Elvis’ songs, has particular resonance for Priscilla. “I broke up with Elvis, and it was the hardest thing. It was the hardest thing for me to do. But I lived Elvis’ life for so long that I kind of lost myself. To this day, I love him more than anything, and when I left, I loved him from the bottom of my heart. I just know that this wasn’t a world for me to live in.”

Don’t write Slowly Leaving YouIt provided him with some comfort as he processed the pain of recent years. “I was able to talk about it, think about it, and write about it; all the pain you go through when you lose people you love. I found that getting that out instead of constantly thinking about it helped me a lot.”

There is a lot of light and shadow in the book. Priscilla had a thriving screen career in the 1980s, starring in the hit TV series. dallas has been in for three seasons and is launching his comedy career by portraying the love interest in Leslie Nielsen’s classic. Naked Gun movies.

Meanwhile, as Lisa Marie grew up, Priscilla found herself the mother-in-law of Michael Jackson, whom she disliked, and later Nicolas Cage, whom she liked, despite the fact that Cage could be moody like his daughter.