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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Mighty Like A Rose at 30
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11479
Re: Mighty Like A Rose at 30
Definitely in my top 5 Elvis albums. It hit me hard at a very significant and emotional time in my life (aged 21) and had a big impact. All Grown Up, How To Be Dumb, So Like Candy and Couldn’t Call It Unexpected are four of his very greatest. The only disappointment for me was that the tour was kind...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:23 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
Re: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
Yes that would be a nice touch. Really saddened to read the news this week about Moles Club in Bath closing down. Brilliant local venue that had survived for many years. A big loss!
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:32 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:00 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
Re: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
Excellent! That's good timing
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:06 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
Re: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
Bristol tickets in the presale start at £85, up to £115. Sorry Elvis, that's too much for me.. unless some cheaper balcony seats show up in the general sale on Friday, my 29th Costello show might be some time away yet :( By way of comparison, balcony seats for Squeeze at Bristol Beacon next October ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:01 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
Re: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
Why does everyone announce next year's tours at this time of year when spare cash is at a premium?! I just splashed out for Squeeze tickets last week...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:17 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20127
Costello & Nieve September 2024 UK tour
COSTELLO & NIEVE ANNOUNCE SEPTEMBER DATES! Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve have announced a 15 date tour of the UK & Ireland for September 2024, playing selections from a songbook that is fifty years long and twice as deep. The tour kicks off in Glasgow on September 5, includes the London Pal...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:02 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What's your best ever EC gig?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 371455
Re: What's your best ever EC gig?
Yes, I remember the Shepherds Bush gigs in 96! I went to the second show and the last one. Human Hands and Motel Matches.. I should probably add that to my Top 3
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What's your best ever EC gig?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 371455
Re: What's your best ever EC gig?
Tough question! I've managed to narrow it down to 2 or 3.. Royal Albert Hall April 1999 (Lonely World Tour) - epic 30+ song set and I had a front row seat! Bristol Academy Sept 2002 - absolutely packed venue, blistering set finishing with the most intense version of I Want You that I've ever heard ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:49 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: What's your best ever EC gig?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 371455
Re: What's your best ever EC gig?
Tough question! I've managed to narrow it down to 2 or 3.. Royal Albert Hall April 1999 (Lonely World Tour) - epic 30+ song set and I had a front row seat! Bristol Academy Sept 2002 - absolutely packed venue, blistering set finishing with the most intense version of I Want You that I've ever heard H...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:47 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & Steve, Geneva (Switzerland), October 2, 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18419
Re: Elvis & Steve, Geneva (Switzerland), October 2, 2023
A setlist including Shot With His Own Gun, Party Girl, Kid About It & Shabby Doll shows good taste indeed! Nice one Steve. Makes me even sadder that this tour hasn't visited the UK...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:36 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: “Just For One Day”: stage musical about Live Aid, 2024
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5229
Re: “Just For One Day”: stage musical about Live Aid, 2024
probably not! The way it gets talked about sometimes, you'd think U2 and Queen were the only bands who played...
- Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:13 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, MI, June 27, 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4954
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, MI, June 27, 2023
Must have been a good audience, they got an encore!
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:01 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16014
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2023
I agree with both Verbal and Psc - prefer more short songs. Let’s keep the punk spirit going- extended solos with musicianship for its own sake is not my cup of tea. Part of the reason I loved Elvis in the first place were the succinct punchy tunes. Disagree. I loved the show in SF. I think EC/Imps...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:06 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16014
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2023
I agree, it does seem that EC's shows are leaning towards a more "rockist" approach with extended jamming. I'm based in the UK and saw the show in Bath this time last year so that's my only recent experience, but I wasn't a major fan of the extra guitarist and classic rock style covers etc...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:26 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA, June 14, 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17218
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA, June 14, 2023
Wow that's a pretty upbeat rocking setlist! Jealous...any videos please?!!
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:06 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16600
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023
Ha of course, missed that! As they aren't touring the UK I didn't take much notice of the tour promotional stuff
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:16 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16600
Re: Elvis & The Imposters with Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, June 7, 2023
Wow, worth it just to hear The Beat and Town Cryer! Great setlist..
- Thu May 04, 2023 2:50 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Video from original Spinning Songbook shows?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7023
Re: Video from original Spinning Songbook shows?
I've seen the odd clip on Youtube - there is a clip of EC singing Knowing Me Knowing You which I remember was played at the RAH show I attended in 1987 (my first Elvis show!), but I think the film may be from Liverpool? Apart from that I haven't been able to find much else
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:28 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Juliet Letters 2022 reissue on purple vinyl
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5089
Re: The Juliet Letters 2022 reissue on purple vinyl
Just a quick heads up. I spotted that this is heavily discounted on Amazon at the moment so I ordered a copy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Juliet-Letters-180-Coloured-Vinyl/dp/B0B46X1677/ref=sr_1_10?crid=38X2GSSP5K9IF&keywords=juliet+letters+elvis+costello&qid=1680499562&sprefix=Juliet+lette...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:56 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: "The Resurrection of Rust" - 2022 album by Rusty (EC & Allan Mayes)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 59683
Re: "The Resurrection of Rust" - 2022 album by Rusty (EC & Allan Mayes)
Spotted a copy of the vinyl in my local HMV this week. £37 for a six track EP is extracting the urine so I walked away...
- Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:31 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Tokyo Storm Warning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2875
Re: Tokyo Storm Warning
That is a great read, thanks for sharing! If ever anyone doubts Elvis' abilities as a lyricist I would just quote the first verse of this song, amazing imagery. I still can't quite believe that they had the nerve to release it as a single in the UK but I have a vague memory of EC appearing on Breakf...
- Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:42 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Elvis & The Imposters, Copenhagen (Denmark), June 30, 2022
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7774
Re: Elvis & The Imposters, Copenhagen (Denmark), June 30, 2022
Wow sounds like a brilliant night! It seems like these European shows are a step up from some of the UK ones, in terms of setlist and performance. I need to get over to Europe next time
- Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:53 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
- Replies: 1637
- Views: 2696576
Re: Relatively Insignificant EC Stuff. . .
I can totally recommend his memoir "Cider With Roadies" in which he talks a lot about his love for Elvis and his music. So much so, that at one point when they were students him and his mates spent some time following Ross MacManus around on tour and Ross started to recognise them and play...
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Elvis Costello General Discussion
- Topic: The Juliet Letters 2022 reissue on purple vinyl
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5089
Re: The Juliet Letters 2022 reissue on purple vinyl
ooh yes please! no pre-order link yet but I'll keep an eye out for this..