Elvis (solo) plays Brussels , May 31'12

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Re: Elvis plays Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 17th '11

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Larkin Poe is added as a support act: http://www.cirque-royal.org/nl/activite ... o-17112011
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Re: Elvis plays Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 17th '11 -postponed

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Re: Elvis/Brussels,Nov. 17th '11 -new date is May 31'12

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Who's going?
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7 guitaren tot nu toe & just Elvis #fab #Costello
Watching the detectives door #elviscostello @ Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus http://instagr.am/p/LTWFKEIgFU/
I want you #elviscostello http://instagr.am/p/LTf6LTs2I1/
"No attractions, imposters, wheels or go-go dancers. Just me and you." 2,5 hours raw and uncut. #elviscostel http://instagr.am/p/LTh3UiqnfY/
I wonder what he's playing here:

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Re: Elvis (solo) plays Brussels , May 31'12

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Perhaps Motel Matches? This sounds like a very intriguing gig tonight, imagining a lot of surprises, looking forward to the reports.
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"This is for Ross".
These were the last words that Elvis said before he (and Steve!) left the stage.
It was a very strange gig indeed, with Elvis struggling with his emotions and searching for the right songs to honour Ross. It was a very difficult concert for him, he said, because it brought back memories of the death of his father Ross. (This concert was the postponed date for a concert in november that he had to cancel because of the death of his dad.)
Maybe not enough hits were played, but for a longtime fan there were plenty of highlights.

Setlist:
Red Shoes
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Veronica
Bullets For The Newborn King
Brilliant Mistake
New Amsterdam / Hide Your Love Away
Everyday I Write The Book
Bedlam
One Bell Ringing
All Or Nothing At All
She
The Meanest Gall, Josephine
Watching The Detectives
No Particular Place To Go
Our Little Angel
Church Underground
Suit Of Light
A Slow Drag With Josephine
Jimmy Standing In The Rain
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Poison Moon
Tramp The Dirt Down
For More Tears (piano)
Shipbuilding (piano)
National Ransom #4.
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All Time Doll (with Steve)
My Three Sons (with Steve)
Accidents Will Happen (with Steve)
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All These Strangers
I Want You (with Steve)
PLU (with Steve)
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Poison Moon!
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Sounds like a great evening. I should have been there but the Cirque Royal could not give me a definitive answer as to whether or not the ticket I (still have) from November's postponed show would still be valid, and I could not afford to lose out on a second set of Eurostar tickets and hotel accommodation if they would not let me in.
A real shame as I also had a ticket to Basingstoke so my E.C. season has been a lot shorter than I would have liked.
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sweetest punch wrote: Setlist:
National Ransom #4.
Note, elviscostello.com has it as National Ransom No. 9
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This is a review from both Belgian concerts: http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1011/Conce ... lvis.dhtml

Elvis Costello in Brussel: Van Circus Costello tot Eenzame Elvis ****

Dat Elvis Costello zich niet voor één gat laat vangen is bekend, maar de twee uitverkochte optredens die de gebrilde singer/songwriter de voorbije dagen afwerkte in de Ancienne Belgique en het Koninklijk Circus konden niet meer van elkaar verschillen.

Elvis Costello heeft meer dan dertig cd's achter zijn naam staan en zowat elk genre beoefend. Hij begon zijn carrière halverwege de jaren zeventig in de Londense pubscene, werd later één van de meest prominente figuren uit de Britse punk, en bouwde nadien een repertoire uit waarbij zowel country, soul, jazz, opera als klassiek aan bod kwamen. Daarnaast acteerde de man die eigenlijk Declan MacManus heet occasioneel, en de laatste jaren is hij op de koop toe een begenadigd talkshowhost geworden.

Dat laatste kwam woensdagavond uitstekend van pas in de Anciene Belgique, waar hij samen met The Imposters neerstreek voor een opvoering van The Spectacular Spinning Songbook, een concept waar Costello vorig jaar ook al mee door de Verenigde Staten tourde. Het idee is simpel: er staat een groot rad op het podium waarop songtitels en thema's staan vermeld. Costello's assistente -een hormonenspiegelverstorend Russisch type- pikt willekeurig mensen uit het publiek die eraan mogen draaien, en zo de setlist van de avond bepalen. Vervolgens worden ze -niet zelden onder lichte dwang- naar een kooi geleid waar ze ten behoeve van ons aller vermaak een dansje moeten plegen, daarbij geholpen door een wulpse professional wiens botten zowat van elastiek lijken.

Tussendoor kroop Costello woensdag in de huid van zijn sardonische alter ego Napoleon Dynamite en ontpopte hij zich als een circusdirecteur die -met hoge hoed en stok- de menigte entertainde. Om eerlijk te zijn: in wezen verschilde de set niet zoveel van een regulier optreden met The Imposters, maar de ingenieuwe verpakking zorgde ervoor dat de show al van bij de eerste noot een feestje werd. De band speelde strak en raasde tegen een onstuimig tempo door classics als 'I Hope You're Happy Now', 'Radio Radio' en 'Mystery Dance'

Tussendoor draaide de schuchtere Lana het intimistsche 'Almost Blue' op de setlist, en kreeg de ravissante Joke 'Clubland' op het programma. Nu, af en toe werd er wel eens vals gespeeld. Het obscure 'Hooverville' werd twee keer gedraaid maar niet gespeeld, en er was een bel die, mits kundig bewerkt met een hamer, een wildcard opleverde. Zo kwam op verzoek ook 'Alison' langs, ook al stopte het rad geen enkele keer bij dat nummer.

Costello maakte tot twee keer toe een wandeling in de zaal, bouwde een solomoment in om ook wat nieuw werk aan te prijzen -ondermeer het aan de zopas overleden Doc Watson opgedragen 'Dr. Watson, I Presume'. Maar na gesmaakte covers van Prince ('Purple Rain') en Johnny Cash ('Cry, Cry, Cry') werden in de laatste rechte lijn de hits toch weer uitgestrooid alsof het confetti betrof, met 'Oliver's Army', 'Indoor Fireworks', 'Pump It Up' en het als altijd bloedstollende 'I Want You' als apotheose.

Waar het optreden in de Ancienne Belgique eigenlijk één grote give the people what they want-show was, werd het soloconcert de dag nadien in het Koninklijk Circus er eentje voor de fijnproevers. Met veel minder voor de hand liggend werk, en een royale greep uit het National Ransom, zijn jongste cd. Geen erg, want die songs kwamen live buitengewoon goed uit de verf, met het intimistische 'Jimmie Stading In The Rain' en 'Bullets For The New Born King' als verrassende uitschieters.

Costello is naast een fabuleuze songchrijver ook een meesterlijk verteller, die er bijgevolg geen moeite mee had om het publiek in zijn eentje twee uur en drie kwartier op het puntje van de stoel te houden. Hij switchte tussen akoestische en electrische gitaar, week regelmatig af van de vooropgestelde setlist -zijn cover van Aznavour's 'She' was er eentje waar de krop bij in de keel kroop- en speelde op piano 'For More Tears', een uitstekend nieuw nummer dat nog niet eens is opgenomen.

Tijdens de bisronde stapte bij wijze van verrassing Costello's vaste pianist Steve Nieve het podium op, en hun sobere, half geïmproviseerde uitvoering van 'I Want You' -één van de weinige overlappingen met de set de dag voordien- was opnieuw een schot in de roos. Met het van Nick Lowe geleende '(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love And Understanding' - de traditionele uitsmijter- zat het erop. Twee keer Costello, twee keer anders, twee keer een uitstekend concert. Zoals het een echte Elvis betaamd.

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Elvis Costello in Brussels: From Circus to Lonesome Elvis Costello ****

Elvis Costello is not possible to collect a hole is known, but the two sold out performances, the bespectacled singer / songwriter in recent days and polishes at the Ancienne Belgique and the Royal Circus could not be more different.

Elvis Costello has over thirty CDs to his name and just about every genre practiced. He began his career in the mid seventies in London pubscene, later became one of the most prominent figures from the British punk, and later built a repertoire from which both country, soul, jazz, opera and classical were addressed.

In addition, the man who actually acted Declan MacManus called occasionally, and in recent years, he is the bargain become a gifted talk show host.This last Wednesday was very handy in the Anciene Belgique, where he and The Imposters descended for a performance of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook, a concept that Costello last year even though it toured the United States. The idea is simple: there is a big wheel on the stage on which song titles and topics are listed. Costello's assistant, a hormone-disruptive mirror Russian type up random people in the audience that it may move, and thus determine the setlist of the evening. Then they are often under light-forced into a cage where she led for a dance to entertain us all commit, aided by a lascivious professional whose bones seem almost elastic.

Meanwhile crept Costello Wednesday in the skin of his sardonic alter ego Napoleon Dynamite and he emerged as a circus director with high-hat and stick the crowd entertained. To be honest: in essence, the set is not much different from a regular gig with The Imposters, but hold the new packaging made sure the show right from the first note was a party. The band played tight and raged against a fierce pace classics like 'I Hope You're Happy Now, "" Radio Radio "and" Mystery Dance "

In between the timid Lana turned the intimistsche "Almost Blue" on the setlist, and was ravishing Joke 'Clubland' on the program. Now, occasionally there was ever cheated. The obscure "Hoover Ville 'was run twice but not played, and there was a bubble that provided reproductive worked with a hammer, yielded a wildcard. So come on request 'Alison' along, even stopped the wheel any time at that number.

Costello made twice a walk in the hall, built a solo moment to some new work for the prices-including the recently deceased Doc Watson dedicated 'Dr. Watson, I presume. " But after well-received covers of Prince ("Purple Rain") and Johnny Cash ("Cry, Cry, Cry") were in the final straight hits yet again scattered like the confetti was concerned with "Oliver's Army ',' Indoor Fireworks' , "Pump It Up 'and as always thrilling' I Want You" as a finale.

Where the concert in the Ancienne Belgique actually give the people a great show What They Want, was the solo concert the next day at the Royal Circus one for the connoisseur. With much less obvious at work and a generous selection from the National Ransom, his latest CD. No problem, because those songs were very well live up to its promise, with the intimate "Jimmie Stading In The Rain" and "Bullets For The New Born King" as surprising outliers.

Costello is a fabulous addition songchrijver also a masterful storyteller, who therefore had no difficulty to the public on his own two hours and three quarters on the edge of the chair to keep. He switched between acoustic and electric guitar, week regularly on the set setlist, his cover of Aznavour's 'She was one where the crop in the throat crawled and played on the piano' For More Tears ", an excellent new song not even included.

During the bisronde got as a surprise Costello pianist Steve Nieve on stage, and their austere, semi-improvised version of 'I Want You "-one of the few overlaps with the set the day before, was again a hit . With Nick Lowe borrowed '(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love And Understanding "- the traditional bouncer, was it out. Twice Costello, two different times, twice an excellent concert. As befits a true Elvis.


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I 've finally learned how to upload on Dime and this show is up now: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=413216 .
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thanks! Been wanting to hear one of the solo shows!
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Nice recording. Thanks!
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Thanks Punch, really good recording of what's really my kind of EC gig (solo, chatty, by turns edgy, funny, heart-stopping...)
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