Elvis Costello Fan Forum

A really great CBC Radio interview here: http://www.cbc.ca/q/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2652145290

Condolences to the family. Tough time of the year to lose a parent. Seems like an appropriate time to post this - a piece called Jimmie, from Diana's 1st album, written for her dad and piano teacher Jimmy Rowles: _glRrjf0kOY Here's the obituary: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/comoxvalleyecho/obitu...

Any idea who might be producing this?

Via twitter: ‏@mtilsonthomas Nov 20 @DianaKrall and @ElvisCostello stopped by today's @SFSymphony rehearsal @CarnegieHall. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B26tBO_IIAAc5Z5.jpg ‏@SFSymphony Nov 20 Look who stopped by rehearsal @carnegiehall! @DianaKrall & @ElvisCostello w/ @mtilsonthomas & @joshua...

Just saw Burt in concert at Royal Festival Hall. No mention of either of the musicals but they did do God Give Me Strength.

Interesting post from Larry Smith of SMITH Magazine/ Orange is the New Black fame:

https://medium.com/brushes-with-fame/ev ... 09f56fd755

This makes me awfully sad. I hadn't realized he was unwell. Was definitely one of the greats and will be missed.

I finally got around to uploading my videos from the soundcheck: Subterranean Homesick Blues 1 Subterranean Homesick Blues 2 Ophelia 1 Ophelia 2 Ophelia 3 (entire tune) Whispering Pines Here is an audio of André Ménard presenting the Spirit Award during EC’s show at the Maison Symphonique: http://yo...

Can’t really find any of the stuff I saw on TV online except this CBC story (but that’s live from 11pm news so before EC came out for the encore). I have some soundcheck videos which I'll try to upload shortly. Also, someone posted this bit referred to earlier. There are some nice photos from both s...

Diana and Elvis graced pretty much all the local newspaper covers today. Not surprising seeing as that concert brought downtown Montreal to a standstill (depending who you believe, 100-200,000 in the audience). I’ve definitely seen her play better shows, but you can’t beat that kind of atmosphere. L...

EC's solo setlist according to setlist.fm : 01. Jack Of All Parades 02. 45 03. Either Side Of The Same Town 04. Veronica 05. Poison Moon 06. Everyday I Write The Book 07. Walkin' My Baby Back Home 08. Ascension Day 09. New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 10. Beyond Belief 11. Ghost Tr...

They worked in a tiny bit of Pump it up into Subterranean Homesick Blues. Was pretty special.

Some videos (not mine):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqvdN8LNSPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kIFVx_uDVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4DEcbIb6WM

Just watched Diana's 2-hr soundcheck/ rehearsal. Elvis was there and they did Ophelia, Whispering Pines and Subterranean Homesick Blues together (all regular tunes on Diana's setlists on this last tour). EC was having a really tough time with that last one! She sent him off to his own rehearsal with...

Press release from FIJM: http://nouvelles.equipespectra.ca/blogue/?p=8170&lang=en Elvis Costello Recipient of the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award Posted on 29 June 2014 by Communication Montréal, Sunday, June 29, 2014 — The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is proud to announce the ...

Walked by the press area earlier today & discovered Elvis is doing a press conference re. the Spirit Award at 14:30 on Sunday. No public access but I imagine they'll post excerpts at http://www.montrealjazzfest.tv. Diana's presser is at 2pm tomorrow.

Me! Probably not staying until the end though because I want to see Diana at 9:30, and given that it's one of the flagship outdoor shows there is easily going to be 100,000+ people there and the crowds are going to start gathering around 7:30/8, so getting a decent spot at 9:30 will be impossible.

Couldn't Call it Unexpected and Voice in the Dark were highlights for me. I wish he had done more tunes on keyboard...but with 38 songs and just under 3 hours, who can complain!

According to Twitter Steve Buscemi and Laurie Anderson were both there last night.

It seems Carnegie Hall is not quite use to this kind of show... usher in my section had her hands full running around telling people to please stop dancing and sit down! :roll: Great show, though I too expected more of a departure from the usual setlists. Loved hearing For More Tears and Man Out of ...

Elvis has a touring librarian? Vancouver Orchestra’s new Composer in Residence writes for the curious And, though she’s first and foremost a creative and innovative new music composer, she’s had some very high level contact with the non-classical music world, specifically with jazz diva Diana Krall ...

This show is now on dime

http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/atlanta-music-scene/2014/jun/16/elvis-costello-gets-stripped-down-atlanta/ His vast network of musical friends might soon find themselves mentioned in Costello's upcoming autobiography, though they needn’t worry about him mentioning drunken nights or embarrassin...

Looks like it's on:

Elvis Costello @ElvisCostello
Massey Hall here I come. Doc's orders obeyed. Hope to sing well for you. See you later. E.C.

Would be a shame if he had to postpone since the fabulous Massey Hall is celebrating its 120th birthday today.
No news on their twitter page: https://twitter.com/masseyhall