Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Elvis features on the GCSE English Language paper set by the AQA Awarding body in 2015. The paper asks questions about a report on the rain-soaked 2005 Glastonbury Festival, by Elizabeth Day, writing for the Daily Telegraph . There is a question which asks candidates to compare Glastonbury Festival ...

Ross Bellenoit is a musician based in Philadelphia, PA. He has recorded and performed a number of EC covers and seems to have a particular love of Blood & Chocolate . On the charmingly titled "Future Corpses" project , he plays a very passable version of "All The Rage", altho...

News just broken - man shot dead on London tube this morning - possible bomber....... This shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station was the inspiration for ''One Bell Ringing'' on ''National Ransom'' released in 2010. On the album artwork it was labelled: "The Londo...

LKR website now lists the following performers:

"Bernie Williams & Darlene Love
Keb' Mo' and Paul Shaffer
Bettye Lavette
LKR students

And special guests Mike Myers and more"

Perhaps you'll get some Austin Powers nonsense?

MOOT

On 3 July 2014, The New Costelas (A Spanish String Quartet) performed "Cartas a Julieta": Details are here . "Nace en 2012 de la pasión de cinco amigas por la música de cámara y su admiración por músicos contemporáneos que incorporan el cuarteto de cuerda como base de sus composicione...

"Review" by Ross Leonhart published on 21 September 2017 in the Vail Daily . " Hike to the Mic brings together generations at Beaver Creek BEAVER CREEK — I've heard music has the ability to transport you places. For me, I was already there when the sounds of Elephant Revival filled th...

Preview by Brendan Kelly in the Montreal Gazette published on 18 September, 2017: " Leonard Cohen tribute at Bell Centre to feature Sting, Lana Del Rey The Nov. 6 Montreal concert will also feature performances by Elvis Costello, Feist, k.d. lang, Damien Rice, Adam Cohen and others. When he kne...

There is a list of 265 TV appearances here on the EC Wiki: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Category:TV_appearances The list can also be divided into different sub-categories (e.g. Awards shows, Letterman, SNL etc). This is an incomplete list, as not all those appearances listed in the G...

Apparently this appearance talking about Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink was filmed and appears in Ex-Libris a new documentary about New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6209282/ According to Anthony Lane in the New Yorker: "Other authors being inter...

The Radio Clyde Sessions that were released seem to have come out on River Records (whose own website is now a dead link). There is a good listing of the releases here: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Records (in Dutch) and here: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/river-records-mn0000083910 There ha...

In his tweet Elvis mentioned Mary McCartney. This made me think about this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10986 Were they filming the Elvis song? Good thought SP. In his Tweet, about the filming in Liverpool Chris "Toast" said: "Filming yesterday with Elvis Costello and some serious...

Just to note that this movie will be back in cinemas in the UK on 29 September, which is nominally the 20th anniversary of its initial release: Emma Kelly, writing in The Metro on 3 August said this: " This is not a drill – Spice World is returning to cinemas for its 20th anniversary Hold onto ...

I note that the Platinum and Premium donation packages ($5,000 and $2,500 respectively) come with an autographed Diana Krall CD, but no Elvis merchandise - other than a "Photo with Elvis".

Presumably someone has advised that autographed DK CDs have a higher value than EC's own.

MOOT

Preview article by Chryss Cada in the Travel section of the Denver Post . " Earning your Elvis Costello tunes at Hike to the Mic at Beaver Creek It’s always farther to the top than you think. Standing at the bottom of a ski hill during the summer, grass and wildflowers brushing your ankles, the...

Review by David Perez in Spanish magazine Efe Eme from 7 June 2016: " Elvis Costello o como amar la música y vivir para contarlo “Sin micro, acústica en mano, se baja del escenario y canta entre el público una ‘Alison’ que ojalá, sino estuviste allí, puedas experimentar alguna vez en la vida” E...

Review by Imke Staats in Die Tageszeitung on 16 March 2017: " Mit Scherz und Leidenschaft KONZERT Hutwerfen in der Hamburger Laeiszhalle: Elvis Costello beim letzten Stopp seiner autobiografisch inszenierten Detour-Deutschlandtour „Finally welcome!“, begrüßt der britische Weltstar am Dienstagab...

There is now a setlist posted at Setlist.fm . It reads: 1.The Loved Ones 2. ...And in Every Home / Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 3. Accidents Will Happen 4. Clubland 5. Tears Before Bedtime 6. Moods for Moderns 7. Shabby Doll 8. Human Hands 9. Green Shirt 10. Watching the Detectives 11. The Long Hon...

I have extended an invitation to attend to Mark Schnitzius. Mark has recently moved from Australia to England. Those of us who remember the Elvis Costello Home Page (when John Everingham hosted it), before Dr Spooky took it on and created the Wiki, may recognise the name. Mark is credited on the hom...

Hoping to join you all too, on this occasion, with my better half, who is now a veteran of 4 EC shows (including one with the Imps) in three countries.

Shall we all bring a copy of the Beano Summer Special, to help Terry find us?

MOOT

This interview with T-Bone Burnett by Christoph Dallach appeared in Der Spiegel , on November 27, 2014. Here is the original article in German: " Dylan-Projekt "Lost on the River" "Bob hasst es zurückzublicken" Eine Handvoll Musiker hat uralte Texte von Bob Dylan ausgegraben...

http://hifi247.com/mystery-release-from-lupe-o-tone-preorder.html Website now says "Availability: Out of stock" and "Due to popular demand this item is deleted..." Draw your own conclusions... This may simply mean that 1,000 copies have been pre-ordered by customers who are willi...

Tickets still available: https://concerts1.livenation.com/event/04005257E6D440A2

Who is going? Joyce and Wouter?

MOOT

While we wait to sort out the setlist, here are some photos, which appear to be bona fide taken by Kalvin Rivas and posted to Instagram . 2017-06-05 photo 01 kr.jpg 2017-06-05 San Diego photo 03 kr.jpg 2017-06-05 San Diego photo 04 kr.jpg Also this ten second video clip, if anyone can identify the s...

Is this accurate? I've read a report that suggested he played "The Lovers That Never Were." I was not there, no one who was has shared a set list here, hence I referenced Setlist.fm. I am surprised that none of the usual EC fan community was at this show. If you have better information, p...

Setlist from Setlist.fm : 01. The Loved Ones 02. ...And In Every Home 03. Accidents Will Happen 04. You'll Never Be A Man 05. Tears Before Bedtime 06. Moods For Moderns- including Shotgun 07. Shabby Doll 08. Human Hands 09. Green Shirt 10. Go Tell (Your Quiet Sister) 11. Watching The Detectives 12. ...