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• This Year's Girl ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• Jack of All Parades ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Waiting for the End of the World ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Shot With His Own Gun ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• Like Licorice on Your Tongue ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Stick Out Your Tongue ( Elvis Costello and The Roots  cover) Play Video
• Veronica ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Pills and Soap ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• The Windows of the World ( Burt Bacharach  cover) Play Video
• Toledo ( Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach  cover) Play Video
• Hamburg - A Postcard ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Watching the Detectives ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Accidents Will Happen ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• The Comedians ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• I Do (Zula’s Song) ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• I Still Have That Other Girl ( Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach  cover) Play Video
• She ( Charles Aznavour  cover) Play Video
• (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding ( Brinsley Schwarz  cover) Play Video
• I Want You ( Elvis Costello & The Attractions  cover) Play Video
• Alison ( Elvis Costello  cover) Play Video
• Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 ( Elvis Costello  cover) ( sung without microphone, using solely the gorgeous acoustics of the venue ) Play Video

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• (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding by Brinsley Schwarz
• Accidents Will Happen by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Alison by Elvis Costello
• Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 by Elvis Costello
• Hamburg - A Postcard by Elvis Costello
• I Do (Zula’s Song) by Elvis Costello
• I Still Have That Other Girl by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach
• I Want You by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Jack of All Parades by Elvis Costello
• Like Licorice on Your Tongue by Elvis Costello
• Pills and Soap by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• She by Charles Aznavour
• Shot With His Own Gun by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Stick Out Your Tongue by Elvis Costello and The Roots
• The Comedians by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• The Windows of the World by Burt Bacharach
• This Year's Girl by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Toledo by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach
• Veronica by Elvis Costello
• Waiting for the End of the World by Elvis Costello
• Watching the Detectives by Elvis Costello

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• Sep 19 2023 Elbphilharmonie This Setlist Hamburg, Germany Start time: 8:10 PM 8:10 PM
• Sep 20 2023 Verti Music Hall Berlin, Germany Start time: 8:05 PM 8:05 PM
• Sep 22 2023 Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg Start time: 7:50 PM 7:50 PM

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Elvis Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus on the 25 August 1954, he is an English singer/songwriter from Paddington, London, UK.

Born in Paddington, London, UK, Costello is the son of parents Lilian Alda and Ross MacManus, the latter of whom was a trumpet player and band leader.

Costello’s first musical endeavour was with the band Rusty, which he started when he moved to Liverpool, UK, with his mother in 1971. After returning to London, another band Flip City came into fruition and saw the singer/songwriter adopt a pub-rock style of music and performance. He was later signed to the independent label Stiff Records which suggested a name change, to which he combined Elvis Presley’s first name with the name his father performed with on stage, Costello. The label released the debut album “My Aim Is True” in 1976 to good reviews as well as the reggae-driven “Watching The Detectives”.

Later being associated with the punk and new wave scenes due to Costello’s unabashed passion and vigour. He soon made a name for himself with his eclectic, widely influenced instrumentation and style, drawing influences from folk and rock to ska and reggae, along with seemingly infinitely-literate lyrics. The 1978 album entitled “This Year’s Model” was the first recorded with his backing band The Attractions and featured more of a hard-rock sound than his earlier material.

Costello’s ambitious 1979 album “Armed Forces” took the band to No. 2 in the UK chart, as did Costello’s most successful single “Oliver’s Army”. This same year Costello found time to produce the debut album for the band The Special, sparking a ska revival.

The early 1980s were a very good time to be an Elvis Costello fan, in which time he released no fewer than nine albums including “Trust”, “Imperial Bedroom” and “Punch the Clock” and consistently toured with The Attractions, before tensions were raised between Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas, which caused a split by 1986.

The majority of Costello’s work since the split has been as a solo artist, defined by his smart and diverse wordplay, genre-blurring music style and inherent passion. Costello has been awarded numerous awards throughout his career including a grammy, two Brit Award nominations for Best British Male, has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Rolling Stone ranked the band 80th on their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list.

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I've been a fan of Elvis Costello's since the Seventies and must have seen him live more than fifty times, in all his different incarnations.It's a widely held view that he's at his best when playing on his own, an

opinion I share.

His Cardiff gig on the tour he'd decided to name, with his trademark wry humour,Detour, was a good example of how one man armed only with a piano,some stringed instruments and a career's worth of great songs can provide great entertainment.The set spanned his whole career,from the likes of 'Red Shoes' to a song from The New Basement Tapes album ('Down On The Bottom').

Along the way there were the hits e.g. 'Oliver's Army' and 'Watching The Detectives' and enough rarely heard songs, like 'Ghost Train', 'Watch Your Step','Love Field' and 'Kinder Murder' to keep Elvis snobs like me happy.

Add a few judiciously-selected covers ('She' and 'Side By Side', among others) and the return of the frontwomen of support band Larkin Poe to much appreciative applause to help rock up the last third of the show,and you had a fine performance.

Pride of place must go, however, to 'Shipbuilding',performed alone at the piano with an intensity that rolled back the years to the time it was written.As always with Elvis, the political side of his character was not left unexplored, both in such songs and his chat between them.Also worth mentioning was the tailoring of the stage set to acknowledge that Elvis was in Wales,the sort of attention to detail which is always appreciated.

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Veteran rock icon Elvis Costello has now reached his 60s yet shows no sign of slowing down his relentless touring schedule. Delighting fans globally, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee is considered to be one of the most well known singer/songwriters who has collaborated with a huge amount of stars.

His discography stands at 30 albums so condensing this into a 20 song setlist is a difficult task however the way in which Costello is able to charm a crowd means they remain enthusiastic to whatever he chooses to play. There are of course big cheers for his hit single 'Veronica' which clearly a lot of the audience were hoping he would play. The songwriter delights his fans with tales of years past, the beginnings of his career and his travels around the globe. He also speaks fondly of his supportive musicians and introduces them each to the crowd who cheers them on.

Big finisher 'Watching the Detectives' leaves the crowd cheering and stamping their feet for the reappearance of Elvis. He leads the musicians back onstage and performs a final time before exiting proving he truly is an icon of rock.

Elvis was absolutely spectacular, combining a mix of jovial storytelling and timeless classics marked on a night that all of the New Orleanians in attendance will not soon forget. His video clip of "Papa Costello" aka Ross McManus rocking If I Had A Hammer on BBC television "back in the day" was just plain COOL! To top it all off, he had local R&B legend Alan Tourssaint join him onstage to thoroughly captivate an already grateful audience. My personal favorite was the two singer/songwriters performing Deep Dark Truthful Mirror. The intimate Civic Theatre was the perfect venue for one of the best shows I've seen, since moving to the Big Easy five years ago.

Elvis Costello came to Jazz festival 2014 in Montreal. I am a big fan of his work. I reserved 2 tickets as soon as I could in the new Maison symphonique.

I was amazed with his solo show. Him, by himself playing all his guitars (about 15 different ones) and his voice, deep, true and very melancholic.

Felt swept up my feet when he sang Alison, shipbuilding (with keyboard), everyday I write the book, Peace-love and understanding, etc. I would have sat there for another 3 hours.

Can't wait for him to come back solo or with his band. Amazing man, creator and music industry underdog leader. Bravo Elvis.

Elvis Costello was once again played Glasgow and as usual I attended .

Although I had never seen him in The Armadillo it was a great night.

It was a tour through his greatest hits and a joy with 2 old Attractions band members playing along side him with 2 female backing singers and bass all covered brilliantly.

I did although find Elvis voice somewhat strained at times on certain songs (Which I have never seen happen before).

Finished of with Pump it Up ! And that they did pumped it up until the roof nearly came of the building.

Thanks Elvis.

Jesus Christ on a broomstick this show was painful. Elvis sounds like something wounded. Long, incoherent, rambling stories may have been a saving grace from his singing. No crowd atmosphere - people seemed to be chatting. I left after 45 minutes. And no - it could not have gotten better. The main sounds like he is in the painful pushing throes of constipation.

Kingsbury Hall was the perfect venue to see Elvis...Larkin Poe was the opening act and they were very talented...Elvis was amazing...only had to wait 39 years to see him and the wait was worth it...basically a "Storytellers" type show...great visuals and he was in fine form...I would highly recommend as my wife and I came out totally satisfied with the show...

Such an intimate evening! Can you imagine how it feels to have Mr Costello behind your seat singing Allison to you? Now i can! Genius! Nice set up, i only missed Oliver's Army, but such a good set list. You don't miss anyone, he's good enough by himself playing acoustic. GREAT EXPERIENCE

I have been listening to him since i was 14.my favorite line is "who put these fingerprints on my imaginstion.i have a lot of favorite singer song writers, but find him the most versatile.if i could pick one person to sit with in a pub, and talk it would be him.di

Musically good. Visually good.

Too loud for the Ryman.

Elvis Costello was obviously focussed on his new album as he didn't play many hits.

Certainly not my favourites: Oliver's Army, Good Year for the Roses, Veronica or I can't stand up for falling down.

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We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday Tour kicks off this summer

Elvis Costello & The Imposters say We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday with a 23 date tour produced by Live Nation. Commencing on June 7th in Vancouver, BC Canada, the tour includes stops at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets will open all of the coast-to-coast dates and Charlie Sexton will appear on all dates.

The general on sale begins Friday, March 31st at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster .

Since returning to the road in the summer of 2021, in the guise of Elvis Costello & The Layabouts, E.C. and The Imposters – Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas, Davey Faragher and augmented by Texas guitarist Charlie Sexton – have undertaken three tours in the United States and one in the U.K. and northern Europe. Most recently Costello played the highly-acclaimed “100 Songs and More”, a ten-night engagement at the Gramercy Theater, NYC at which he played more than 230 original songs, repeating only three titles. The shows that began in solo performance went on to spring nightly surprises, involving everything from an ensemble including musical saw, fiddle and Uillean pipes to an eight-person Broadway vocal chorus led by M.D. Rob Mathes, duets with jazz bassist, Endea Owens and, from the halfway point, performing with Steve Nieve at the piano before adding two different horn sections, led by trumpet player and arranger, Michael Leonhart. The stand included guest vocal appearances by Rebecca Lovell, La Marisol and JSWISS and concluded with a more than three hour finale performance with the full band line-up.

The We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday dates will follow two headlining appearances at the Byron Bay Bluesfest in Australia, three nights at the Sydney Opera House and a show at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne. In May, Costello and Steve Nieve will return to the concert hall stage together for the first time in 20 years, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Further dates are planned for later in the year and will be announced shortly.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters have announced “We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday,” a new 2023 North American tour taking place this June and July.

Beginning June 7th in Vancouver and wrapping up July 14th in Philadelphia, Costello’s show features regular Imposters Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas, Davey Faragher, as well as blues guitarist Charlie Sexton. Nick Lowe , Costello’s longtime collaborator, opens each of the 23 tour dates with his band Los Straitjackets. The tour comes after upcoming Costello dates in Australia and Iceland, and is followed by September shows across Europe. Check out the artist’s full 2023 itinerary below.

Tickets to “We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday” go on sale Friday, March 31st at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster , with a Live Nation pre-sale occurring one day earlier on Thursday, March 30th (use access code OPENER ).

Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at  StubHub , where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Costello’s last album,  The Boy Named If , came out last year, and he’s been touring on-and-off ever since. Revisit our recap of his recent Port Chester, New York show here .

Elvis Costello & The Imposters 2023 Tour Dates: 04/06 — Byron Bay, AU @ Byron Bay Bluesfest 04/09 — Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera House Concert Hall 04/10 — Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera House Concert Hall 04/11 — Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera House Concert Hall 04/13 — Melbourne, AU @ Palais Theatre 05/28 — Reykjavík, IS @ City of Fire – Harpa 06/07 — Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre ^ 06/09 — Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery ^ 06/10 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater ^ 06/11 — Reno, NV @ Silver Legacy Casino Reno ^ 06/13 — San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre ^ 06/14 — Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre ^ 06/16 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre ^ 06/17 — Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort ^ 06/18 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre ^ 06/20 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion ^ 06/21 — Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha ^ 06/23 — Hammond, IN @ The Venue at Horseshoe Casino ^ 06/24 — Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest 06/25 — Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center ^ 06/28 — Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^ 07/01 — Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood ^ 07/02 — Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom ^ 07/05 — Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ^ 07/06 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^ 07/08 — Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theatre ^ 07/09 — Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric ^ 07/12 — New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre ^ 07/14 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia ^ 09/02 — Granada, ES @ Teatro del Generalife 09/04 — Madrid, ES @ Teatro Lope de Vega 09/05 — Barcelona, ES @ Palau de la Música Catalana 09/09 — Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki House of Culture 09/11 — Stockholm, SE @ Filadelfia 09/13 — Copenhagen, DK @ Koncerthuset 09/15 — Randers, DK @ Vaerket 09/17 — Oslo, NO @ Oslo Opera House 09/26 — Amsterdam, NL @ Concertgebouw 09/27 — Brussels, BE @ Bozar

^ = w/ Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets

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Tour season continues for Elvis Costello and the Imposters as they plot their next stretch of shows on the road. The We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday tour is scheduled for June and July 2023, with Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets joining as special guests.

The 23-date North American tour is scheduled to begin on June 7 in Vancouver and extends through July 14 with a final show in Philadelphia. Elvis Costello and the Imposters will stop in Reno, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Omaha, Nashville, Bridgeport, Boston, Baltimore, New York, and more.

General sale for the We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday tour begins Friday, March 31 at 10 a.m. local time.

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“With Burt Bacharach, it was very different. It was predominantly music first and often one or the other of us would make the first musical statement,” Costello told Rolling Stone last year. “In some cases, I wrote a melody to which he would write the bridge. Sometimes writing every other line would come from one or the other of us once we’d got a dialogue going. But then my job would be to respond to the mood and the implication of that music, what would serve that music in a narrative. The mood of the music was very apparently melancholic and reflective, so I didn’t want to overcomplicate lyrics with lots of showy images.”

Elvis Costello & The Imposters “We’re All Going On A Summer Holiday” Tour Dates June 7 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre June 9 – Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery June 10 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater June 11 – Reno, NV @ Silver Legacy Casino Reno June 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre June 14 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre June 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre June 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort June 18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre June 20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion June 21 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha June 23 – Hammond, IN @ The Venue at Horseshoe Casino June 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest* June 25 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center June 28 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre July 1 – Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood* July 2 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom July 5 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater July 6 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway July 8 – Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theatre July 9 – Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric July 12 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre July 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters Announce Spring and Summer 2023 Tour Dates

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After wrapping up a New York residency and some recent dates , Elvis Costello & The Imposters have announced a spring and summer 2023 tour of North America. The tour, called We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday, takes place in June and July, and the band will be joined on the road by Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets . Find the full itinerary below.

Earlier this year, Costello released the compilation The Songs of Bacharach & Costello . At a concert in February, Costello paid tribute to Burt Bacharach , who died earlier this year.

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With the thickest, deepest, most eclectic songbook of any artist that first recorded in the 1970s, Elvis Costello rolled into Chateau Ste Michelle outside of Seattle for a return engagement on June 9, 2023. What a lovely setting for a show: very casual, intimate and comfortable.

Despite a seemingly endless choice of songs, the former computer programmer from Britain pulled heavily from his debut and sophomore albums. With Costello deftly remixing various arrangements, those who were with him from day one were rewarded with a blissful evening.

Earlier in the year, Costello commanded an epic 10 nights at New York’s Gramercy Theatre, barely repeating a song. Despite a few rusty joints, he and his crack quartet the Imposters shifted gears smoothly through the evening.

Over the decades and across 30-plus albums, Costello, born August 25, 1954, has explored myriad styles (country, string quartets, Americana, to name a few) and collaborated with master tunesmiths like Paul McCartney and Burt Bacharach. He has adroitly recorded with key members of the other Elvis’ band. But at this show, Costello eschewed all that and reached into the early chapters of his songbook. Although those songs were written when he was slathered with the ‘angry young man’ label, the songs have withstood the test of time, and were delivered with a solid punch. Original members Davey Faragher (bass), Steve Nieve (keyboards) and Pete Thomas (drums) were joined by Charlie Sexton, the fierce guitarist who turbocharged Bob Dylan’s band for years.

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Costello opened with an explosive “Mystery Dance” and moved to his second album with “This Year’s Girl.” A relatively new song, 2013’s “Come the Meantimes,” slithered into a ska-inflected beat and then morphed full bore into “Rudie Can’t Fail” (pulled from the Clash’s landmark 1979 London Calling album).

Costello delivered an excellent intro about the risk of picking the “wrong” album at a record store but delicately selecting Bruce Springsteen’s first album (“a Dutch singer, right?”), then blasted into a torrid “Radio Radio.”

Costello then went back to his first album, serving up the disc-closing “Waiting For the End of the World.” He also assayed the album’s opener, “Welcome to the Working Week,” in countrified fashion. As if transporting us back to the late ’70s, he also delivered welcome versions of “Watching the Detectives,” “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea” and a blazing “Pump It Up.”

“(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” was the perfect way to complete the circle of the evening. Written by Lowe, made famous by Costello on an album produced by Lowe, the song inadvertently made Lowe very wealthy when Curtis Stigers’ version landed on The Bodyguard soundtrack.

The evening’s closing number seemed foretold, and indeed Costello delivered a tender version of “Alison.”

As only the second date on his summer tour, odds are the Costello setlist will evolve by the time it hits your town.

Nick Lowe at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, Wash., June 9, 2023 (Photo by Brad Auerbach, used with permission)

Opening act Lowe will likely stick to his polished set. As the ace producer behind Costello’s first five albums, Lowe is well attuned to songcraft. His evolution from scrappy new waver (“Cruel to be Kind” and “So It Goes”) to well-aged observer (“Lately I’ve Let Things Slide”) puts Lowe in rarefied territory. His enigmatic band Los Straitjackets come equipped with lucha libre masks, matching sparkly guitars and superb stage polish.

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That was the worst show I’ve ever witnessed in my entire lifetime. Worse than bad karaoke.

Elvis’s voice wasn’t great, sound mix was woeful, and Nick Lowe didn’t come back for Peace, Love and Understandin’. Greek Theater.

I stuck it out to the end of EC’s show because I knew that Nick Lowe would come back and duet on “What’s So Funny”…. then he didn’t come out. But I couldn’t blame him, because Elvis did a woeful bass-heavy version that totally downplayed the killer chord progression on guitar that MAKES the freaking song! I didn’t get EC at all this show. Here’s some advice for Elvis…..just honor the original arrangement.

Saw him in Vegas last night. The reviewer for this article must have been on crack. I’m a big Costello fan and last night I was embarrassed for him. The arrangements for his ‘classics’ were pure garbage. His solos with just piano were like cats howling. After an hour in, the aisles were steady with people leaving. We joined them. Don’t waste your money.

I would say…. When the imposters were just riffing, it was a cool vibe. But as soon as Costello joined in, the vibe was gone.

Just saw the show last night in Michigan. The 4th time I’ve seen him (three prior times were amazing) and had to leave after an hour. The Worst. Arrangements-WTF? Mix-painful and shrill with over bearing drums (and totally different mix from Nick Lowe’s whose sound was clean and crisp so EC must have had his guy working the board for him.) Performance shockingly bad (timing was off, not even in the same key at times, piano solo ended with awkward silence and then hit a single key-I think EC missed the transition). Horrific singing. And most disturbing, EC had trouble handing off the guitar to a roadie and stood there in a stupor blankly staring into the crowd motionless for what seemed an eternity and then almost fell over when handed a guitar. He is ill or was very drunk.

Elvis Costello is an artist that I’ve wanted to see for years. I attended his concert in Phoenix and was hugely disappointed. I was hesitant to see him when I looked at the setlists of some of his previous shows on this tour, and I should have followed my instincts. He could have played so many great, familiar songs like “Veronica”, “Everyday I Write the Book”, etc but the setlist left a lot to be desired. He sang a slow, dirge-like version of “Accidents Will Happen” accompanied by only a piano that was truly horrible. Vocally he sounds like he has really slipped since his heyday. Having been a fan of his for decades, seeing him in person was a big letdown.

The concert was extremely poor. Almost laughable in parts.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters

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Multi-award winning singer-songwriter and rock ’n’ roll hall of famer Elvis Costello returns to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – with his legendary band The Imposters – for the first time in 17 years.

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Frequently asked questions, pump it up with the return of a rock 'n' roll legend.

His career is legendary, spanning more than four decades and thirty-plus albums, and his songs – “Alison”, “Pump It Up”, “This Year’s Model”, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” – are classics, explosive punk energy channeled through the timelessness of classic rock ’n’ roll songwriting. Now, after 17 long years, multi-award winning singer-songwriter Elvis Costello is returning to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for three dynamite, career-spanning performances, and he’s bringing his indefatigable band The Imposters along for the ride.

Costello has written lyrics for compositions by Charles Mingus, Billy Strayhorn and Oscar Peterson and musical settings for words by W.B. Yeats and Bob Dylan.  Costello’s songs have been recorded by a great number of artists, including George Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Georgie Fame, Chet Baker, Johnny Cash, June Tabor, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Robert Wyatt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Solomon Burke and Darlene Love.  

During his career, Costello has received numerous prestigious honours, including two Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, a BAFTA for the music written with Richard Harvey for Alan Bleasdale’s television drama series “G.B.H.” and a Grammy for “I Still Have That Other Girl” from his 1998 collaboration with Burt Bacharach, Painted From Memory. In January 2020, Costello received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his 2018 studio record,  Look Now .  Elvis Costello and The Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. The same year, Costello was awarded ASCAP’s prestigious Founder’s Award.  In 2016 Elvis Costello was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in the company of Chip Taylor and Tom Petty.

Fresh off their most recent album, this year’s  The Boy Named If , Elvis Costello and The Imposters – essentially the Attractions plus bassist Davey Faragher – have been touring an electrifying two-hour set with the combustible energy of men a third their age, drawing heavily on a beloved back catalogue that runs from early, stone-cold classics like records My Aim is True, This Year’s Model and Armed Forces to their latest work.

Whether you’re a diehard fan or a Costello newcomer, this is one show you won’t want to miss.

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