Dean Vegas

In July 2006, Vegas was appearing at the Collingwood Elvis Festival in Canada. He was now a favorite at the festival since being grand champion in 2000.[12] In 2007, Vegas was invited to play in Tupelo, the place where Elvis was born. While there, the Mayor handed him the key to the city. While there he received a guitar as a gift from the hardware store where Presley got his first one. After that he performed with the Sweet Inspirations, the female group that provided backing vocals for Presley during the 1970s.[13][14] On 16 August 2007, which was the 30th anniversary of Presley's death, Vegas was interviewed by Paula Kruger for The World Today program on ABC Radio. Among the other questions asked, he was asked what he thought about Lisa Marie's vocals being added to the original recording of "In the Ghetto", which was to be released to mark the 30th year following Presley's passing. His answer was that he thought the idea was great and that she should have done it years ago.[15]

In January 2011, he appeared at the Elvis Festival in Parkes, New South Wales.[16] October 2011 was Vegas's first time performing in Norfolk Island. He played at the Paradise Hotel there accompanied by two local dancing girls. Later that week he was set to perform at the Leagues Club there backed by islander Trent Christian and his band. The speculation by the reporter Jemima was correct about the visit to the island not being his last,[17] Vegas was back there in 2015 as part of the Legends of Rock, which featured Vegas as Elvis, Dennis Knight as Johnny O'Keefe and Chris Knight as Buddy Holly.[18] 2012 saw Vegas, who is a fan favorite, back at the Collingwood Elvis Festival. At that time had been coming on various occasions for about ten years.[19] Around September 2013, Vegas was on stage at the Logan Entertainment Centre for the 2013 Logan Mayoress' Annual Gala Dinner and Show Fundraiser, hosted by Logan Mayor, Pam Parker. The event which attracted 480 guests raised $70,000.[20] In early 2014, he appeared at the Australia's international tattoo festival, SURFn'ink. He played a show at 6 Pm which was followed by rocker Angry Anderson.[21] Clive Palmer hired Vegas in June 2014 to entertain guests at Coolum Resort in Queensland's Sunshine Coast.[22] In July 2014, Vegas was on Norfolk Island, hosting the Norfolk Island Rock'n'Roll Festival which ran from the 19th to the 26th of that month.[23] In September 2014, at the Victor Harbor Rock 'n' Roll Festival, Vegas was the feature performer for that year. The event, which is held in South Australia runs from the 20th to the 21st of that month.[24] In June 2015, along with Dennis Knight, and Kris Knight, he headlined the Elvis and Friends show. From 19 June 2015 – 21 June 2015, they appeared at the Hopgood Theatre, Chaffey Theatre, and Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre in South Australia.[25] In early 2016, he was part of the Ultimate Vegas Show in Adelaide.[26][27]