Elvis Solo, Wilmington DE June 27, 2014

[sweetest punch]

Approximate setlist from wiki: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Wilmington
01. Jack Of All Parades
02. Green Shirt
03. Either Side Of The Same Town
04. Veronica
05. Poison Moon
06. Cheap Reward
07. I Cried For You
08. New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
09. Ascension Day
10. Everyday I Write The Book
11. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
12. Ghost Train
13. Wave A White Flag
14. Shabby Doll
15. Beyond Belief
16. Come The Meantimes
17. Senior Service
18. Big Boys
19. Alison
20. Watching The Detectives
21. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
22. Cinco Minutos Con Vos
23. A Slow Drag With Josephine
24. Jimmie Standing In The Rain
25. Almost Blue
26. The Last Year Of My Youth
27. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
28. He's Given Me Things
29. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

[FAVEHOUR]

This setlist looks like one of mine, slightly out or order and with at least one omission.

Red Shoes was played.

Big Boys preceded Senior Service, they were both acoustic guitar numbers.

He's Given Me Things was not right at the end, it was in the 2nd encore, Almost Blue and that one on piano. Last encore was Last Year, PLU, and then CCIU # 4.

Beyond Belief was not played in its usual spot, but later in the encores, standing up.

Shabby included Here I Am.


Dave

[bronxapostle]

sure hope we get to hear this show....

[And No Coffee Table]

I assume "IAR" and "L.V." are "In Another Room" and "Lipstick Vogue" — but what's "N.O."? "The Nameless One"??

[sulky lad]

Senior Service - unbelievable. Sometimes I wish I was Favehour instead of BA

[bronxapostle]

Senior Service - unbelievable. Sometimes I wish I was Favehour instead of BA

haha...ME TOO!!! Fave has seen him DOUBLE what i have...

who knows what N.O. and L.V. mean after RADIO SOUL? i imagine IAR is IN ANOTHER ROOM after Alison!

oh, i guess LIPSTICK VOGUE. N.O. is still stumping me.

[FAVEHOUR]

The Nameless One?


Dave

[And No Coffee Table]

Elvis Costello's aim is true at Grand
By Ryan Cormier, The News Journal 3:53 p.m. EDT June 28, 2014

Even though was joking, Delaware Elvis Costello fans couldn't help but feel giddy when the British rocker delivered this line at The Grand Friday night: "As you know, rock 'n' roll was invented here in Wilmington."

The Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer couldn't help but play around with his surroundings during his endlessly enjoyable two-hour, triple encore solo performance on Market Street.

"It's a secret recipe that they had just here in Wilmington," he continued. "They put it in a bottle and it floated away to sea and it landed in Liverpool."

By this point in the night, Costello had already woven The Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" into his song "New Amsterdam."

Surrounded by seven guitars, the British rocker stayed on the acoustic side of things for much of the show, sitting down for part of the set and strumming with his legs crossed.

As he sang and whistled from under his trademark hat, he seemed like he was channeling Leon Redbone as he casually delivered songs like 1930's "Walkin' My Baby Back Home." He played it because he was "feeling all kind of frisky" knowing that his wife, jazz artist Diana Krall, was headed back to their home from a trip to Paris.

"Hand in hand to a barbecue stand," he sang in dedication to Krall, who was mid-flight at the time. "Right from her doorway we roam."

Throughout the night, Costello gave a guided tour of his 40-plus year career, jumping from hits like "Alison," "Veronica" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?" to hidden gems like "Senior Service" and "Jimmie Standing In The Rain."

He got a big laugh when he referred to his earlier work as "punk rock songs or whatever they were."

For this tour, dubbed "The Last Year of My Youth" tied to his 60th birthday in August, Costello has been creating one-and-done themed setlists for each show.

"I pick a theme that I make up in my head on the day. I take a look at the hall, and I might say, 'Tonight, it's all songs about love and deceit,' of which I have quite a few,'" he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" earlier this month. "I try to connect the songs together in my head. I don't have a script, but I have lots of songs and I try to write a program that's linked together. That way it's more immediate for me and hopefully the audience hears something unique."

And unique it was.

The show was a mix of "VH1 Storytellers" and a late night campfire jam as Costello showed off his skills as an all-around entertainer -- skills he honed a few years back hosting two seasons of the excellent (and now defunct) music-themed talk show "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..."

"It's good to be here in Wilmington," said Costello, complimenting the opera house and musing if it was his first time performing in Delaware's largest city. "There's always someone in the back who yells, 'You were here in 1975!'"

Coming off a pair of sold out shows this week at New York's Carnegie Hall, Costello was chock full of insight about his songs and upbringing.

He said he wrote 1983's "Everyday I Write The Book" in 10 minutes. "And it was a hit, so I feel guilty," he added.

Later, he reminisced about his father, who was a musician and far from the buttoned-down conservative you might have expected growing up in England in the 60s.

"He went a little crazy. He grew his hair long and would say things to me like, 'You're a disgrace to the family. Grow your hair you f--king skinhead,'" he said.

Costello's stories and songs made the sold out 1,200-person opera house feel like a living room -- a living room that just happens to have a rock icon unspooling his heart for two hours straight.

Rock 'n' roll may not have been invented in Delaware, but for one night Costello made it the only place for a rock fan to be.

Setlist (This is an approximation. Any clarifications accepted.)

Jack Of All Parades
Green Shirt
Either Side Of The Same Town
Veronica
Poison Moon
Cheap Reward
Ascension Day
New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Everyday I Write The Book
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Ghost Train
Wave A White Flag
Shabby Doll
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Come The Meantimes
Alison
Watching The Detectives
Big Boys
Senior Service
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Cinco Minutos Con Vos
Beyond Belief
A Slow Drag With Josephine
Jimmie Standing In The Rain
Almost Blue
He's Given Me Things
The Last Year Of My Youth
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

[FAVEHOUR]

That setlist looks more accurate in terms of the sequencing.

Dave

[rockcat]

Here is the correct setlist/sequence:

01. Jack Of All Parades
02. Green Shirt
03. Either Side Of The Same Town
04. Veronica
05. Poison Moon
06. Cheap Reward
07. Ascension Day
08. New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
09. Everyday I Write The Book
10. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
11. Ghost Train
12. Wave A White Flag
13. I Cried For You
14. Shabby Doll - including Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
15. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
16. Come The Meantimes
17. Alison
18. Watching The Detectives
ENCORE
19. Almost Blue
20. He's Given Me Things
21. Big Boys
22. Senior Service
23. Cinco Minutos Con Vos
24. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
ENCORE
25. Beyond Belief
26. A Slow Drag With Josephine
27. Jimmie Standing In The Rain - including Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
ENCORE
28. The Last Year Of My Youth
29. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
ENCORE
30. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

[Azmuda]

Here is the correct setlist/sequence:

Thanks, rockcat!

[sweetest punch]

The wiki says that an audience recording exists.
Can someone upload to Dime please, I'm dying to hear the new BB/EC song.

[bronxapostle]

and then get an mp3 of the song here too please!

[rockcat]

...coming soon. Hopefully, within the next week (or two).

[The imposter]

The wiki says that an audience recording exists.
Can someone upload to Dime please, I'm dying to hear the new BB/EC song.

Did I miss this ? Or as it not been uploaded yet ?

[docinwestchester]

The wiki says that an audience recording exists.
Can someone upload to Dime please, I'm dying to hear the new BB/EC song.

Did I miss this ? Or as it not been uploaded yet ?

Never uploaded. But here's the new BB/EC song which he sang later in the year in Vienna:

[The imposter]

Thanks Doc !