LISA 2003
Feb.3	Atlanta, GA	Star 94FM (Steve & Vikki) (Pics) (Interview - MP3)
Feb.4	New York, NY	Z100 (Elvis/Zoo) (Pics) 95.5 WPLJ (Big Show) (Pics)
Feb.5	Boston, MA	Kiss-108 FM (Matty in the morning) Mix-98.5 FM (John Landers) WBOS (Neal Robert) (Pic & Interview)
Feb.6	Dallas, TX	Mix 1029 (Jeff & Anna) (Pics) (Interview - MP3) Kiss FM (Kidd Kraddick) (Pics) (Pics) (Interview - Real)
Feb.7	Houston, TX	104 KRBE (The Morning Show) The New Mix 965 (Roula & Ryan) (Pics)
Feb.10	USA	CD release, "Lights Out" (Capitol)
Feb.10	Los Angeles, CA	KIIS-FM (Rick Dees) (Pics) (Interview - Real)
Feb.11	San Francisco, CA	Radio Alice (Morning Show) (Pics) (Interview - Real) Star 101.3FM (Don Bleu) (Pics)
Feb.24-28	Tokyo, Japan	Feb.25; Press Conference. Music magazine interviews
Feb.26, 28	USA	VH1 "Lights Out" Video Premiere. 10 pm ET on Feb.26. 11 pm ET on Feb.28.
Mar.9	USA	"E! True Hollywood Story" (2-hour) (8 pm ET & 11 pm ET) Re-air; Mar.12 - 8 pm and Mar.16 - 6pm
Mar.18	Orlando, FL	The first live performance by Lisa at the NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Convention
Mar.22	Germany	ZDF-TV appearance Wetten, dass..?
Mar.24	Germany	CD release, "To Whom It May Concern" (EMI-Electrola) (Amazon.de)
Mar.24	Germany	CD-Single release, "Lights Out" / "Savior" (EMI-Electrola) (Amazon.de)
Mar.-Apr.	USA	"Howard Stern Show" ?
Mar.28	USA	Rolling Stone (Cover story)
Mar.29	Japan	CD release, "To Whom It May Concern" (Toshiba EMI)
Mar.31	Australia	4-track CD-Single release, "Lights Out" (EMI-Australia)
Apr.3	USA	The first TV performance on ABC's "Good Morning America". Diane Sawyer interviews Lisa on "Primetime Thursday"
Apr.8	USA, Canada	CD release, "To Whom It May Concern" (Capitol)
Apr.	Tokyo, Japan	TV appearances
Apr.21	Australia	CD release, "To Whom It May Concern" (EMI-Australia)
Compiled by Haruo Hirose

(Feb.20, 2003, Thanks to Forever Lisa)

Letter from Lisa from Wow. I just read many sincerely warm and supportive emails and responses to me and the record. I must say they all came at the perfect time. (Right after I read some nasty ones, saying I'm not Elvis and I should go back to spending Daddy's money!?) I am trying not to focus too much on that stuff while at the same time trying to keep a good balance of what's being said so I don't loose any grips on reality. Your supportive emails I did read and they are so appreciated by me. I just had to respond. Thank you so much for the support. They truly warmed me. I'll be looking forward to your responses to the whole album when it comes out. Thanks again. That I have moved you enough to write lets me know I've done a good thing here. Love Always, LMP

Lisa Marie's First Video to Air VH1 Video Premiere Lisa Marie Presley Wednesday - February 26, 2003. 10:00 pm - 10:05 pm ET Friday - February 28, 2003. 11:00 pm - 11:05 pm ET Premiere of the Lisa Marie Presley video "Lights Out".

(Feb.19, 2003)

Rosen the honoree at NARM convention Feb. 18, 2003 This year's NARM convention will feature performances by a number of high-profile acts, as well as a special honor for keynote speaker Hilary Rosen. The confab, called "Insights & Sounds .03," is set for March 16-19 in Orlando. The opening business session on March 17 will feature the keynote address by outgoing RIAA chairman and CEO Rosen, who will also be presented with NARM's Harry Chapin Memorial Award for, among other achievements, her work as a defender of free speech. The Irish Tenors will perform that night at the Scholarship Foundation Dinner, followed by bluegrass at Club NARM with Railroad Earth, Marty Raybon, Jerry Douglas, and the Del McCoury Band. Product presentations March 18 include the first-ever live show by Lisa Marie Presley. That night's Club NARM will be a country showcase with Amy Dalley, Blake Shelton, Steve Wariner, and Jimmy Wayne. Finally, awards banquet on March 19 will feature Kathleen Edwards, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and the Funk Brothers. The evening's host will be Chuck Barris.

(Feb.19, 2003, Thanks to FireEyes)

Lisa in San Francisco on Feb.11. Lisa on VH1.com

(Feb.18, 2003)

Lisa at the Downtown Independent Gallery in Los Angeles, Dec., 2002.
"Art in America" by Gottfried Helnwein (large image)	With Gottfried Helnwein (large image)

(Feb.16, 2003)

More pics of Lisa in Dallas (Kidd Kraddick) on Feb.6.

(Feb.15, 2003)

Lisa Marie Was Rejected By Elvis' Label Lisa Marie Presley's new album was rejected by RCA, the lifelong home of her dad's recordings. An RCA insider confirmed for me this week that Lisa Marie actually came in and played demos of her songs "three or four years ago." Those songs have now been remixed and processed for release as a Capitol Records album called To Whom It May Concern. But the songs on To Whom were played for RCA executives a long time ago, apparently, and they were rejected outright. "They weren't very good," said one listener, "and there wasn't much we could do for them. We told her that it wouldn't be right to release just because she was Elvis' daughter. And she understood that." Presley at one time had let Alanis Morissette's producer, Glen Ballard, do the production work on the album. "But even that didn't help," says the RCA insider. "I don't know what they've done to the stuff to make it work now. We heard the song about her father. That is not a new song. It's been around for a while. And look, she can't really sing." Indeed, in her first radio interview to promote the album, a rather naive Presley told as much to the DJs in Atlanta. She confessed that the tracks had been worked on and re-worked from their original versions. In a Texas radio interview, she actually balked when one interviewer suggested playing a track from the album. Evidently it wasn't her favorite. He had to suggest a couple more before Presley selected one she wanted to hear. And then again, her radio interviews -- at least the early ones -- have been kind of interesting for their candor. Presley has talked about her marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage, calling the former one "a real marriage."

(Feb.14, 2003)

Lisa in Houston on Feb.7.

(Feb.13, 2003)

Lisa at KIIS-FM in Los Angeles on Feb.10. Presley: Don't be cruel to Jackson Feb. 12 - Lisa Marie Presley is jumping to ex-hubby Michael Jackson's defense. Elvis's daughter was so outraged by ABC's controversial interview with the King of Pop - to whom she was married for 18 months - that after watching it, she called her ex to voice solidarity. PRESLEY, who is currently promoting her first album, "To Whom It May Concern," told KIIS-FM in Los Angeles that the documentary on Jackson was "messed up." "There will be no further comment," Lisa Marie's spokeswoman told The Scoop. But a KIIS-FM producer told us: "She said the way it made Michael Jackson look had a lot to do with the way the show was edited. . . . And said she thought it was really messed up that they showed him to be that way. She said the Michael that was portrayed there is not the real Michael."

(Feb.12, 2003)

Lisa in San Francisco on Feb.11

(Feb.11, 2003)

Personally, Lisa Marie Elvis' daughter's bluesy, introspective single, 'Lights Out,' is already on radio playlists in major markets, including in Los Angeles. By Robert Hilburn, LA Times (February 10, 2003) What are the odds that the debut single by the daughter of the king of rock 'n' roll would be anything more than a fleeting novelty? Fifty to one? Fifty thousand to one? Take that bet. Lisa Marie Presley's first single, "Lights Out," is a powerful, hauntingly personal work. Capitol Records is releasing "Lights Out" to radio stations today, and many of the nation's most powerful pop outlets, including KIIS-FM (102.7) in Los Angeles, have already added it to their playlists. Presley's gutsy, blues-edged voice has a distinctive flair, and her lyrics on the song feature a memorable image about going through life under the weight of the Elvis Presley legacy: Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis That's where my family's buried and gone Last time I was there I noticed a space left Next to them in Memphis in the damn back lawn. In the accompanying video, Presley, who shares her father's striking, pouty good looks, shows ample charisma and presence, and other key songs on her upcoming album also have a strong, introspective edge. That collection, titled "To Whom It May Concern," will be released April 8. Lots of celebrity offspring have enjoyed pop success, including the sons or daughters of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, John Lennon and Brian Wilson. But no offspring arrives with as much public curiosity surrounding her as Presley, as measured by the constant tabloid attention and her high-profile former marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. Far from the anonymous pop that dominates radio these days, "Lights Out" and other songs on the album are hard-edged reflections on Presley's experiences and relationships -- and they didn't come easy. She has been exploring a music career for more than a decade and spent more than four years at Capitol working on this album before she felt comfortable with it. "Most people want to be pop stars because they want attention, but I've already had plenty of attention," Presley, 35, said Friday by phone from Houston, where she was on a brief promotional tour of top radio stations. "I wanted the music to be real so that people would know who I am based on my artistry, not based on what they might have read about me." Presley, who was 9 when her father died in 1977, began working in 1998 with writer-producer Glen Ballard, whose Java Records label was affiliated with Capitol. He's best known for his work with Alanis Morissette on the Grammy-winning"Jagged Little Pill," another pop-rock collection with a dark, personal tone. As he had with Morissette, Ballard helped Presley gain confidence as a writer and helped shape her vision in the studio. Presley, who was raised by her mother, actress Priscilla Presley, wrote "Lights Out" with Ballard and songwriter Clif Magnes, but progress on the album was slow. The project was jump-started when Andy Slater took over as president of Capitol Records in 2001. He was intrigued by some of the songs, but he felt Presley's creative voice was lost in the arrangements and he helped her further shape her vision. "I was impressed when I read the lyrics," said Slater, who had previously worked as record producer and manager with Jakob Dylan, Fiona Apple and Macy Gray. "I felt this was someone who was facing the real issues of her life, but I couldn't find the soul of the artist in the record." Slater, who produced the "Lights Out" single, put Presley together with Eric Rosse, who produced Tori Amos' first two albums, to rework the record. Like Slater, Scooter Weintraub, who manages Presley, was also impressed by her seriousness. "What struck me about her right away is that she is very, very honest," he said. "There's no pretense whatsoever." Dan Hubbert, senior vice president of promotion for Capitol Records, says mainstream pop radio stations have been so enthusiastic about the record that he predicts it'll be a top 10 single. "The remarkable thing about the single is that normally you try to break a new record in small markets and then hope it gets so popular that big-market stations jump on it, but the big stations are going right on it -- and it's not because she's a celebrity. That's not enough to get airplay on these stations." John Ivey, program director at KIIS, confirms that it takes more than the Presley name to make it onto the air in the competitive radio market. "We wouldn't play it unless it was a good record," he said last week. "Lots of celebrities who have made records never made it onto the radio -- except maybe once as a novelty. This record has the stamp of a serious artist all over it." Weintraub said the singer is already rehearsing with a band with an eye to doing live shows, but she is expected to start on a limited scale before any formal tour -- some club showcase appearances or maybe guest spots on radio station concert bills. Presley was pleased Friday about the early radio response to the single, but she was more interested in talking about the music. "This whole process was a great big ride for me," said Presley, who lives in Los Angeles. "On the album, I tried to address every facet of my life, everything that is important to me or outstanding in my life. The single is my take on one part of it -- a dark, ominous look at where I've come from. I don't think I was ready, emotionally or creatively, to do that until now."

(Feb.11, 2003)

Lisa Marie Presley Follows in Dad's Footsteps By Steve Gorman (Mon Feb 10) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty-five years after Elvis Presley's death, the only child of the king of rock 'n' roll is launching her own musical career with a newly issued record that has some critics all shook up. "Lights Out," the bluesy first single from Lisa Marie Presley's upcoming debut album, was officially released to radio stations around the country on Monday by Sony Corp.'s Capitol Records, the latest example of pop music progeny following in the footsteps of famous parents. Whether Lisa Marie, 35, achieves the success of Jakob Dylan, Julian Lennon or Hank Williams Jr. remains to be seen. Her recording debut poses the twin challenges of overcoming inevitable comparisons to her legendary father and years of tabloid headlines borne of her high-profile former marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. But "Lights Out," which contains an eerie lyrical reference to her Presley heritage, has received glowing early reviews. Los Angeles Times music writer Robert Hilburn calls the song "a powerful, hauntingly personal work" and writes that Presley's "gutsy, blues-edged voice has a distinctive flair." Bill Ellis, writing for the Memphis, Tennessee, Commercial Appeal, says that judging from a four-track sampler circulated to critics, the album is "better than you might think." "Lisa Marie is a solid singer with plenty of character in her husky voice, a cross somewhere between Sheryl Crow and Cher," he wrote. 'SERIOUS ARTIST' The album, "To Whom It May Concern," is due out April 8, and "Lights Out" actually has received some advance airplay since it was leaked to a Memphis station last month. "We wouldn't play it unless it was a good record," Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM's program director, John Ivey told the Times. "This record has the stamp of a serious artist all over it." Presley, who was 9 when her father died in 1977 and was raised by her mother, actress Priscilla Presley, confronts her family's past with haunting lyrics: "Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis/That's where my family's buried and gone/Last time I was there I noticed a space left/Next to them there in Memphis in the damn back lawn." "I never wanted to write a song, ever, about anything indicating my genetic code whatsoever, or my background. But if I had to do it, then 'Lights Out' would be that song," Presley said in promotional materials for the album. "It's kind of a darker, odd take on it. It's not like, 'Woo! I'm from Memphis, and look at my life and it's so wonderful."' "Lights Out" was produced by Capitol Records president Andrew Slater, who previously has worked with such acts as Fiona Apple, Macy Gray and Jakob Dylan's band, the Wallflowers. Although lyrics for the album were penned almost entirely by Presley, she received songwriting help from Glen Ballard, the producer who signed her five years ago to his then- Capitol-distributed label and is best known for his work on Alanis Morissette's blockbuster release "Jagged Little Pill." Other collaborators include songwriter-musician Danny Keough, Presley's first husband and still close friend, as well as former Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan, who co-wrote and plays on a track titled "Savior."

(Feb.9, 2003)

Lisa Marie's singing, writing pretty good By Bill Ellis, The Commercial Appeal, February 8, 2003 So how is that Lisa Marie Presley record? Judging from a four-song advance, it's better than you might think. The album, "To Whom It May Concern," doesn't come out till April 8, though its label, Capitol Records, has fed media an EP sampler that features four tracks: S.O.B., The Road Between, lead single Lights Out and Nobody Noticed It, a song the fledgling singer premiered at last year's "Elvis - The Concert" event inside The Pyramid. It's easy to see why Presley, 35, waited so long to make her splash in the recording arena. She's at a disadvantage from note one: How do you carve a niche for yourself when your pop happens to be one Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll? In all fairness Lisa Marie can't compete with Elvis. She isn't the vocalist, interpreter or ecumenical stylist her famous dad was (nobody is, for that matter). But to her credit, she doesn't try. People will still be tempted to juxtapose the two - and she did have the most awkward of debuts when she sang a video duet with her late father at the Mid-South Coliseum's "Elvis in Concert '97," a blase performance of Don't Cry Daddy that showed little promise. One can see Elvis fans being both the most forgiving - Lisa Marie is the King's only child after all - and the most critical - what would Elvis have said about the profanity in her lyrics? In the middle lies the truth. Lisa Marie is a solid singer with plenty of character in her husky voice, a cross somewhere between Sheryl Crow and Cher (though not as strong as either of those singers). And she has some good songs Dolled up in a VH1 rock-friendly manner, the material is contemporary with a roots rock edge not unlike Crow or Shelby Lynne. Two of the better tunes musically - S.O.B. and Lights Out - are those she co-wrote with producer/songwriter Glen Ballard, the Natchez, Miss., native behind Alanis Morissette's breakout success and the person who signed Lisa Marie in 1998 to his then Capitol-distributed label, Java Records. Ballard didn't produce any of the tracks on "To Whom It May Concern," now a Capitol release proper; that task went instead to Tori Amos studio pro Eric Rosse and Andrew Slater (Macy Gray, the Vines), who helmed the single Lights Out. Some have noted how Lights Out buries Presley's voice in the mix, implying that it was done perhaps to cover up her singing flaws. Bear in mind the arrangement and mix befit a rock song, not a pop tune where vocals are front and center. And for all her photo options with Pink and Avril Lavigne, Lisa Marie definitely is of a generation that prefers to rock. What grabs the ears most, however, are the lyrics, all penned by Presley with a frankness some may find surprising. On song after song, the performer dissects relationships with her dad, herself and men (and with three marriages under her belt, she should have enough life experience to keep the albums coming for some time). "This is me. This record is me. Every song is me," says Lisa Marie in a Capitol press release. S.O.B. is a dark, vilifying stab that lashes both outward and inward ("You said I wouldn't rot but worms are crawling on me/Well I'm just a [expletive] no matter what you say"), while The Road Between heads into even deeper dysfunctional territory. Both Lights Out and Nobody Noticed It address her father, the former with embittered feelings ("You were a million miles behind/And I was crying every time I'd leave you/Then I didn't want to see you"); the latter in more poignant terms ("You're still lovely/You were lovely then . . . Well, they tried to make you look broken/But not while I'm living"). It's a load off her chest, this album, one that's defiant, open and confident. The biggest question, of course, is, would this be getting attention without the big E's name attached? Maybe not. Being a chip off the old block is one thing. Being talented is another. Yet there's enough of the latter that Lisa Marie has nothing to be embarrassed about. The best songs here, in fact, suggest that she has a musical career ahead of her, if not a legendary one.

(Feb.9, 2003)

Lisa in Boston From Boston Globe 2/6/2003 A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION That whooshing sound you heard yesterday was Lisa Marie Presley, who was in town for minutes (actually a few hours) to promote her single ''Lights Out'' and her CD ''To Whom It May Concern,'' which arrives in stores April 8. Presley traveled from Matt Siegel 's morning show on Kiss-108 FM to Brighton for an on-air appearance on Mix-98.5 FM, before closing out her Boston rounds on WBOS with DJ Neal Robert at the station's Morrissey Boulevard studios. The scion of Elvis was surrounded by the usual touring entourage and a slew of suits and brass from Capitol Records. While on Siegel's show, Presley said she felt sorry about her former husband Michael Jackson 's troubles but added that they've had no contact since their divorce and noted that she wishes he would ''get help.'' While on-air with Robert, they talked about a host of things, including her father, her kids, Eminem, her shyness, and her new album. After the station visits, she and the gang headed back to her private jet at Logan.

(Feb.9, 2003)

Harmon's Radio GaGa Lisa Marie Presley lost her virginity to STAR 94, kinda. Lisa Marie woke up this morning on the Steve and Vikki morning show on star 94 to debut her new CD "To Whom it may concern". As we opened up the interview coming out of her new song, she remarked this was the first time she had ever heard herself sing on the radio,and it was her first time doing a radio show. She was a little nervous,but answered everything we asked including questions about the king of pop(she said "it was dark alot in the rooms") to Nick Cage,who she realized just wanted to collect her as ELVIS memorabilia. For someone who had a Jet named after them at 8 years of age--she seemed remarkably normal.She says she only owns one home,and only has one car. Steve and Vikki < I heard her on Kidd Kraddicks Show today..She said she regrets the haze of the Michael Jackson interview years, and sometimes "blows up" if she eats wrong..which can happen anytime.

(Feb.7, 2003)

WPLJ, New York on Feb.4 Kiss FM, Dallas on Feb.6 Mix 1029, Dallas on Feb.6

(Feb.6, 2003)

Lisa at Star 94FM station in Atlanta on Feb.3.
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(Feb.4, 2003)

Lisa's CD in Japan Lisa's CD, "To Whom It May Concern" will be released in Japan on March 29. (Thanks to K.Suzuki) Lisa on Radio Lisa will be on radio today Z100 (Elvis/Zoo) & 95.5 WPLJ (Big Show) Lisa will be on cover of "Rollins Stone" March 28 issue.

Urgent! Lisa Marie Presley on Radio in New York City today (04/FEB/2003) 7:20am Z100 (Elvis/Zoo) (Listen it on line) 8:30am 95.5 WPLJ (Big Show)

http://LisaMarie.tripod.co.jp