Elvis/Ploce,Orlando, FL 16 May '08

[johnfoyle]

Anyone going ?

Local 'paper preview -

http://orlando.metromix.com/music/pop/t ... 42/content

[johnfoyle]

Another preview comment -
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/communit ... 803.column

[notangry]

This is from memory and I was drinking heavily so it's probably close. Was able to hear some of the sound check since we were in a club inside the arena before the show. I mentioned to the wife that they were checking Oliver's Army which they had not played yet this tour. She asked if that was a new song and I replied "yes, in 1979." Also heard Harry Worth in the sound check but it was not played. EC was in fine voice and spirit. Just wished for a full show instead of the Police hit machine. Stuart Copeland was fun to watch, however. Here are some great photos, with EC from #15 to #23.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertai ... otogallery and review:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entert ... -powe.html


01. Stella Hurt
02. Pump It Up
03. Everyday I Write The Book
04. American Gangster Time
05. Oliver's Army
06. Flutter & Wow
07. Mystery Dance
08. No Hiding Place
09. Turpentine
10. Watching The Detectives
11. Alison - with Sting
12. Go Away
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

[johnfoyle]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/communit ... 5699.story

Jim Abbott | Sentinel Pop Music Critic
May 19, 2008
(extract)

If the Police occasionally took the subtle approach, opening act Elvis Costello and the Imposters banged away with arena-worthy intensity in a terrific 50-minute set that mixed songs off the new Momofuku with a reliable batch of favorites.

It was interesting to hear how smoothly chestnuts such as "Mystery Dance" segued into new songs such as "No Hiding Place," perhaps the hookiest Momofuku track.

Costello had some help from Sting on "Alison," but the big, brash ending wasn't as cool as the understated country touches that Costello has employed in smaller halls. His unhinged, distorted guitar solo in "Watching the Detectives," however, was sheer bliss.

[legman open to offers]

Friggin fright night in Orlando, Sting is scary!