{"id":142617,"date":"2025-11-19T08:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/142617\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:05:06","slug":"sir-cliff-richard-and-priscilla-presley-reunite-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/142617\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Cliff Richard and Priscilla Presley reunite in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhat a gorgeous evening spent together, I cherish those moments \u2013 they light up my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Sir Cliff Richard and Priscilla Presley caught up over drinks in Christchurch while on separate tours. Photo \/ Sir Cliff Richard\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Sir Cliff Richard and Priscilla Presley caught up over drinks in Christchurch while on separate tours. Photo \/ Sir Cliff Richard<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Tonight, Richard will perform his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/sir-cliff-richard-announces-new-zealand-2025-tour\/T4JWTCGHMJFHLGSQSJMDP3JA2I\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/sir-cliff-richard-announces-new-zealand-2025-tour\/T4JWTCGHMJFHLGSQSJMDP3JA2I\/\">Can\u2019t Stop Me Now tour<\/a> at the Christchurch Town Hall, more than 12 years after he last performed for Kiwi audiences in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The 85-year-old British singer and actor has sold in excess of 250 million records worldwide, securing his place among the best-selling artists of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">He remains the only artist to achieve top-five albums across eight consecutive decades in Britain and in 1995 became the first pop star to receive a knighthood, which he received for his philanthropic endeavours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Just down the road, Presley will be at the Isaac Theatre Royal for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/priscilla-presley-to-tour-new-zealand-in-november-with-christchurch-and-auckland-shows-for-new-memoir\/IVXRKINAZFGD5AEVESTFZ6TCOM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/priscilla-presley-to-tour-new-zealand-in-november-with-christchurch-and-auckland-shows-for-new-memoir\/IVXRKINAZFGD5AEVESTFZ6TCOM\/\">An Evening with Priscilla Presley, Life After Elvis<\/a> tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The show is expected to offer a raw insight into Presley\u2019s time at Graceland, her marriage to the King of Rock and Roll and her journey after separating from him in 1973.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">It will be the first time the 80-year-old New York native has come to New Zealand for a show of her own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat a gorgeous evening spent together, I cherish those moments \u2013 they light up my life.\u201d Sir Cliff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9331,95,6326,4487,12636,156,1437,305,78,21409,111,139,69,9380,13726,46987,9874,15160,12641,51519,8485,196,6123],"class_list":["post-142617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-chance","tag-and","tag-biggest","tag-christchurch","tag-cliff","tag-entertainment","tag-global","tag-have","tag-in","tag-names","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-presley","tag-priscilla","tag-reconnect","tag-reunite","tag-richard","tag-seized","tag-separate","tag-sir","tag-tours","tag-while"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}