Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I've been waiting for about ten years to be able to afford to go to an EC gig and it's finally happened. This was my first show, and it was everything I expected and more. I got pulled up on stage with my ladyfriend and got the double spin for I've Been Wrong Before and Chelsea. You have revealed y...

I'm going on Saturday, can't wait.

You've got Strangeways, but don't go Altrincham.

Great night, nice to meet everyone!

Don't worry, we've agreed a system of codewords and secret handshakes.

See you all later

Hello, I'll definitely drop in once I can get out of work, do you think you'll still be in the Garrick around 5.30-6?

I'm in (4pm is unlikely though, will be more like 6)

I'd rather see Dave Lee Travis play Macbeth.

The first half of the album is outstanding, but... isn't it just a bit too long? I find everything after Pads, Paws & Claws a bit superfluous.

In the interests of full disclosure I went for Manchester, RAH & Cambridge in the end.

Once again, whoever booked this tour seems to have been really up for it around B in the alphabet on the venues list, then gradually lost interest through L, M and gave up after N. Bad news for Oxford, Plymouth and Sheffield. MOOT I know quite a few people in Zeal Monachorum who were hoping he'd pl...

docinwestchester wrote:

the_roofdog wrote:Argh argh argh. Already have a ticket for Manchester and planning on an RAH one. Brighton as well would be too much.



Wouldn't it?

Careful... The SSS show is highly addictive!

In the end I decided going to Brighton would be silly. So I'm going to Cambridge instead.

Anybody know the Cambridge Corn Exchange? There seem to be standing tickets on sale which I assume are the best option?

Bit the bullet and went for Stalls L. I'll watch what's available on Friday morning with interest. Thanks for the advice everyone!

Pro-tip: it's saying there are no stalls available but hit 'Choose for me' and they're still coming up.

Well whatever they call them, are they going on sale on Friday or is "stalls g-m" the best I'm going to get?

I take it they're never going to release stalls A-F, or they're gone already?

Which date are you talking about there snapyou?

The only pre-sales I can find for London RAH are way up in the Gods, has anyone found anything better?

Argh argh argh. Already have a ticket for Manchester and planning on an RAH one. Brighton as well would be too much.



Wouldn't it?

I'll bring the Stetsons.

Hurrah! Booked for Friday 9th.

I was sent the paperback copy of the same book, and discovered that the 2,000-word update I had written for the revised edition had been omitted entirely through an act of almost heroic incompetence. Wow! Well if you're going to do incompetence, do it properly. Did this update ever see the light of...

Everytime I see this thread bumped I get all hopeful... then it usually turns out to just be some Americans come in to gloat

As long as they enjoy EC responsibly.

I've read both 'Complicated Shadows' and 'I Shot A Man In Reno' but hadn't realised they were by the same guy till this thread! 'Reno' I found very interesting and whizzed through in a weekend: the writing is vastly superior to 'Shadows', which I found very by-the-numbers. Interesting for him to tac...

Sorry I couldn't make it. Lunch at a friend's house followed by various pre-arranged evening activities meant we didn't even set foot in a pub until Sunday. Shocking, I know.

Hope a good time was had by all.

I think there was a whole raft of TV comedians in the 80s that were kept in business solely because 8 year olds thought they were funny (because surely no one else did): Cannon & Ball, Russ Abbott, Hale & Pace.

I don't count Little & Large in this group, they were proper class.