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Ian Prowse supporting some, but not all of these UK dates. 2024-09-00 UK Tour poster Prowse.jpg The "missing" dates are Glasgow (Sept 5th), Buxton (Sept 12th) and Cardiff (Sept 14th) and the second night in London (Sept 22nd) - when the Brodsky Quartet are joining Elvis and Steve. MOOT

Review by Courtney Dowdall published at The Arts STL on January 31, 2024: Concert review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton | 01.16.24, The Factory "To describe Elvis Costello as prolific is an understatement. His catalog begins with some quintessential sounds of the late ‘...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the London Palladium for the second of two nights on September 22, 2024. This will only be Elvis' tenth appearance at this venue. Curiously, he has never played the venue with a band, unless you count Larkin Poe on Detour in 2016...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert arrives at the London Palladium for the first of two nights on September 21, 2024. This will only be Elvis' ninth appearance at this venue. Curiously, he has never played the venue with a band, unless you count Larkin Poe on Detour in 2016. N...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the Regent Theatre in Ipswich on September 24, 2024. This will be Elvis' seventh appearance at this venue. He played a great show there with The Imposters in 2022. Elvis and Steve played the theatre on the Lonely World Tour in 19...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the Civic in Wolverhampton on September 25, 2024. This will be Elvis' fifth appearance in Wolverhampton, but his first since 1994. According to Wikipedia the venue opened in 1938, but was refurbished recently and only reopened in...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the Lighthouse in Poole on September 19, 2024. The Lighthouse was previously the Poole Arts Centre, until it was renamed following radical refurbishment in 2002. This will be Elvis' third appearance at the venue, and his first si...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the Beacon in Bristol on September 17, 2024. The Bristol Beacon was previously the Colston Hall, until it was renamed in 2020 . This will be Elvis' thirteenth appearance at the venue. He and Steve played here in 1999 on the Lonel...

This article by Allan Ulrich was published at SFGate.com on January 24, 2011. " Company C Contemporary Ballet review: no wincing DANCE REVIEW Since its founding almost a decade ago, Company C Contemporary Ballet has earned an admirable reputation for commissioning and incorporating dances for c...

In the light of the absence of Davey and Charlie from the show in Philadelphia on Wednesday, it is possible that tonight's show may be another "Attractions" only show. Or presumably Elvis might have had time to arrange some reinforcements or to borrow someone from Daryl Hall's band. Time w...

Text of review by Shaun Brady published in the The Philadelphia Inquirer on July 11, 2024. At the Mann, Elvis Costello played a unique set, but it was a Daryl Hall crowd “Once you come from here, you don’t leave here,” Hall said as fans danced in the aisles. Everyone at the Mann Center on Wednesday ...

Elvis posted on "X" (formerly Twitter) last night:
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A couple of audience videos are now up on YouTube thanks to Rick Reilly:

- Alison

- Peace, Love & Understanding

Odd to see Pete to the side of the stage, rather than at the back.

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Anyone going to be at this show tonight?

Happily no prospect of the show clashing with the England v Netherlands match at Euro 2024 (kick off 20:00 BST), even if it goes to penalties.

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Review of Daryl Hall's set, by Imaan Jalali published at LAexcites.com on June 20, 2024.


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Preview by Jane Stevenson published in the Toronto Sun on March 8, 2024. " Daryl Hall, Elvis Costello team up for summer tour coming to Toronto It is their only Canadian stop Daryl Hall is hitting the road with Elvis Costello. The veteran ‘70s hitmakers are teaming up for a double bill North Am...

Another trawl of ASCAP today still shows no sign of the new songs (e.g. Tipsy Woman, I Don't Want Your Lyndon Johnson, Like Licorice On Your Tongue) from the recent tours, but the unreleased songs listed below are credited to Elvis Costello. All The Way (Work ID: 310745030) Don’t Put Me On (Work ID:...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the New Theatre in Oxford on September 15, 2024. This will be Elvis' tenth appearance at the New Theatre in Oxford (which was formerly the Apollo Theatre). He and Steve played here in 1999 on the Lonely World Tour. According to W...

On 10 July, 2024, a string quartet with vocalist will perform The Juliet Letters at 138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, New York, NY. Event details are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-juliet-letters-tickets-919084455347 "This event will showcase a fusion of classical and contemporary tune...

The UK and Ireland leg of Costello & Nieve In Concert continues at the New Theatre in Cardiff on September 14, 2024. This will be Elvis' 17th appearance in Cardiff, but his first at the New Theatre. According to Wikipedia the New Theatre opened in 1906. It seats 1,144 happy punters. Elvis was sc...

A couple of short clips of Almost Blue posted to YouTube:





The first is something of a rarity - Elvis conducting the jazz ensemble in playing his tune.

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So I have returned to this, mainly so as to be able to add a page of lyrics to the EC Wiki. Based on the recorded version on National Ransack , and a live version from the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2010, this is the best I can come up with. As others have noted, the first couple of lines are the ha...

Audience recording of Wonder Woman:



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Elvis' Co-Headlining tour with Daryl Hall, will continue at the Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL, on Saturday July 6th. Elvis will be joined by The Imposters and Charlie Sexton again. According to Wikipedia The Pavilion at Ravinia Festival is a 3,350-seat venue. There is also space available on t...