28th June 2010
Kirk at the Royal London Opera House
Kirk sang at the Royal London Opera House, Covent Garden on Friday 25th June in front of 200 guests at the 2010 BUPA One Life Awards day...
16th May 2010
Kirk breaks his personal record at the Manchester 10K Run
Kirk has just got back home from the Manchester 10K Run and is happy to announce that I completed the course in 43m41Secs which is the fastest time I have ever done, Whoop Whoop... Out of nearly 36 Thousand runners I came 1263rd...
Thanks for all your support and for those of you who have taken the time to sponsor me for running for Marie Curie Cancer Care, you can still contribute for the next 3 months at www.justgiving.com/Kirk-Turner, I will post in the next few weeks the total amount of money I managed to raise too...
Enjoy the rest of your weekend guys...
18th April 2010
Kirk to perform at the Collingwood Elvis Festival
Kirk is off to the Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival in Ontario, Canada on the 20/07/2010 this year to take part in their four day Elvis Festival and will be also entering the competition in the Early Years Pro category...
"I'm really looking forward to being a part of the Collingwood Elvis experience and meeting news friends, Elvis fans and watching some of the best ETA's in the world showcase their tribute's to the King".
19th March 2010
Getting Elvis Involved...
Kirk was recently mentioned in [Let's Talk], a newsletter from the registered Baby charity Tommy's, as he performed at a fund raising event for Natalie and Lee Shaw, who's baby boy, Alfie, was stillborn in May 2009 and to date, they've managed to raise £4,970 for their chosen charity.
Follow the links below to view the article, front cover and Tommy's website.
1st March 2010
Kirk Kreole makes the News and Channel 4's Shameless...
It has been a right roller coaster start of the year for Award Winning Elvis Tribute Kirk Kreole, the Manchester based ETA (Elvis tribute Artist) has appeared on channel 5's news on 08/01/2010 with them interviewing him in his dressing room before , during and after his transformation into the King of Rock & Roll – Elvis Presley...
In February (19/02/2010) he opened up the Elvis weekender with the Red Alert band at Bridlington's Spa Theatre and also appeared on Yorkshires ITV's Calendar News Programme...
Kirk will also be appearing on Channel 4's Episode 7 of Shameless on 02/03/2010 at 11:00pm channel E4, and also the week later (09/03/2010) on Channel 4 at 10:00pm as Elvis singing in the world famous Jockey Pub...
Also on 09/03/210 he will be being interviewed on Salford City Radio afternoon show with Eddie Carrol between 12:00 til 01:00pm, please tune in on 94.4FM or see www.salfordcityradio.org for further details...
Thanks for listening Folks...
30th January 2010
Sponsor Kirk in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care
Once again I'll be competing in the Manchester 10K run on Sunday 16th May 2010, last year I managed to raise £500.00 which my company, BUPA,match funded to £1000.00 and I completed the 10k (6.2 Mile) course in 45:22, this year I want to raise double that amount so I've set up a Just Giving account where you can sponsor me online and all proceeds will go to the Marie Curie Cancer Care, please follow the link below for more information...
11th January 2010
Kirk Kreole in the top ten in Europe, its official!
Kirk Kreole is now officially ranked in the top ten Elvis Tributes in the Whole of Europe as endorsed by the Walk A Golden Mile in my Shoes Annual Elvis Professional Contest/Convention.
8th January 2010
Kirk Kreole was broadcast on Channel 5 news on at 5pm
Channel 5 News interviewed Kirk in the afternoon before his first heat on the Friday evening in his room for a before and after transformation piece for the TV News channel... Step by step they chatted to him as he, for the first time, applied his makeup and Broadway Elvis early years wig on camera.
6th December 2009
Kirk Kreole to open The Elvis Weekender
Kirk Kreole opens up The Bridlington Elvis weekend as the Early Elvis at the Spa Theatre on 19/02/2010... Please click on link for further details...
15th November 2009
Kirk Kreole on Facebook
Kirk now has a Fan Page set up on Facebook so come along and join for event updates, news and online chat.
18th October 2009
'Shameless' calling Kirk Kreole!!!
Kirk will be appearing on Channel 4's New Series of Shameless on Episode (7) starting in the new year 2010, so stay tuned into the programme and look out for him in the Jockey Club making his screen debut as an ETA...
11th October 2009
Ladies & Gentleman, Boys & Girls...
There's a guy from Manchester who's full of Rock & Roll, and he's a guitar man with a great big heart, he sings up a storm like a ton of coal and now goes by the name of Kirk Kreole...
15th August 2009
Ultimate Elvis Experience at The Queens Hotel Blackpool 14th, 15th & 16th Aug 2009
On Sunday night, 16th of August 2009, The Ultimate Elvis Convention will be broadcasting worldwide a live stream show on the internet of all the ETA's featured over this fantastic weekend's entertainment at the Queens Hotel in Blackpool. This is the first time such technology has been used at an Elvis convention in the UK and the whole of Europe all thanks to www.ultimateelvis.synthasite.com
The link to access the live broadcast is www.starkingtv.co.uk, to use, click the 'On Demand' button on the media player, then select the Ultimate Elvis option.
3rd August 2009
60's Bridlington Tribute Festival – 01/08/2009
Kirk has just performed at the Bridlington 60's Festival Tribute to the stars show at the Spa Theatre in Bridlington, which featured all top class tribute artists to Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Buddy Holly, The Shadows, Ricky Nelson, Gene Pitney, Bobby Vee, Helen Shapiro, Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison, Billy Fury, The Everly Brothers, These Beatles and the sensational sounds of the Merseybeat Legends and of course himself performing as Elvis Presley in the early Rock & Roll years.
27th June 2009
Kirk's latest article in the Salford Advertiser
Kirk is featured in this weeks Salford Advertiser reporting on his latest fund raising effort for Marie Curie when he competed in the 10k Manchester Run last month, to read the article, click the link below.
16th June 2009
Kirk raises £1000 for Marie Curie
Kirk's 10k Bupa Manchester Run finally pays off as he manages to raise just over £1000.00 for Marie Curie Cancer Care from his sponsorship collected and match funded by BUPA's Community Connections Team. Kirk completed the 10K course on May 17th in a time of 45m25s and hopes to beat this time next year and more importantly try and raise more money for this great charity.
2nd May 2009
Kirk hits YouTube
A video of Kirk performing at the recent Images of The King Contest at the Hi Tide in Porthcawl Wales in April 2009 has appeared on YouTube and has now been linked into this very site which can be viewed on the Video Files page.
21st February 2009
Kirk in Salford Advertiser
Kirk hits the local papers again with a story detailing his latest forthcoming public show and his journey to raise as much money for Marie Curie Cancer in his Manchester Bupa run effort on the 17th May 2009.
13th February 2009
Sponsor Kirk online.
Kirk has set up an account (link below) if you wish to sponsor him to help raise as much money as possible for the Marie Curie Cancer group when he does the Manchester 10K run on Sunday 17thy May 2009.
2nd February 2009
Kirk enters the Manchester 10K BUPA run
Kirk this year is raising money for the charity who kind of got him started as an Elvis Tribute nearly 4 years ago - Marie Curie Cancer Care staged a search for a star competition all over the UK at all the Brannigan's chains and Kirk won the competition singing Suspicious Minds and since then he hasn't looked back.
This year he has a chance to raise as much money as possible for a great cause and hopes he can also do it in an impressive time (sub 50 minutes).
Please follow the link below for further details if you or any others may be interested in being a part of this special day.
8th January 2009
Kirk interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester
Kirk and fellow Elvis tribute Garry John from Leigh were recently invited to come and talk to Eamonn and Dianne on BBC Radio Manchester morning show on Thursday the 8th of January (Elvis's birthday) in a build up to the week end's largest European Elvis convention and competition which both Elvis tribute artists were attending.
They were on air at 08:50 and in full costume in the studio, Kirk sporting his G.I. Uniform and Garry in full 70's Era Comet Jumpsuit.
Kirk quoted, "It was a great experience and me and Garry really enjoyed ourselves and giggles as he shook Dianne's hand and sneaked a cheeky kiss on the cheek and told her he was a huge fan of her weather updates".
You can listen to the interview online via the BBC website (link below), which starts around 2 hours 46 mins in, although we suspect, this will only be available for a limited time.
18th December 2008
Ultimate Christmas Parties
Kirk has just recently performed 5 nights down at Hylands Park in Chelmsford Essex for events company Ultimate Christmas Parties infront and up to audiences of 950 people plus, pictures from the event can also be viewed at Picture Pal, if you type in Hylands park and scroll to the following dates 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th & 17th of December 2008.
23rd November 2008
Pre-Fight Entertainment for Ricky Hatton
Kirk was the pre fight entertainment for Ricky Hatton's latest victory over Pauli Malignaggi in Las vegas for UK Fans at the NEW Village Hotel, Thameside, Ashton on Moss.