Elvis Costello Fan Forum

Review extracted from longer article in Blues Magazine : "Een liefhebber van ELVIS COSTELLO ben ik nooit geweest en na zijn optreden op Peer zal hij dat ook nooit worden. Nu ben ik niet zo’n ‘echte’ liefhebber van singer/songwriters. Elvis Costello probeert het solo in die richting maar hij kan...

Or you could post the material to the Wiki (hyperlinks and all).

It seems to work for the Pope - The Pope of Pop's EC Biography on the wiki

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You'd be pretty certain of meeting Elvis at one of the October proper tour shows rather than the RAH. I don't even bother hanging around after RAH gigs, and I am Fan Forum Royalty I have to agree with Verbal (about the RAH, not him being Fan Forum Royalty). Elvis either seems to linger in the green...

Apparently whilst in London this week, Elvis met with journalists in Chiswick at a playback session for the new album. David Churchill in The London Evening Standard reported it thus on 17 July: " Costello and Mumford bring Dylan lyrics to life ELVIS COSTELLO today spoke of the honour of bringi...

Elvis' half-brothers Ronan and Ruairi appearing as The MacManus Brothers supported Elvis at his show at Kew Gardens in London on 16 July. They also joined him on stage for a few numbers singing harmony and backing vocals. MacManus Bros.jpg They have a new album out, called Elephant In The Room, whic...

After the show, Elvis meets John Foyle and Goon Squad (IIRC)
This may have been the point where John mentions his visit to the basement of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Richmond.

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Setlist: 01. Radio Soul 02. Welcome To The Working Week 03. Either Side Of The Same Town 04. I Hope You're Happy Now 05. Poison Moon 06. Jump Up 07. Brilliant Mistake 08. Good Year For The Roses 09. Ascension Day 10. New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 11. Stations Of The Cross / Vicer...

Good to join so many forum members down the front in the "Mosh Pit" tonight. Full setlist now posted to the Wiki 01.(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes 02. Accidents Will Happen 03. Green Shirt 04. Either Side Of The Same Town 05. Veronica 06. The Last Year Of My Youth 07. New Amsterdam/ ...

Ticket still available if anyone is tempted after seeing the Manchester setlist. PM me or whatever.

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Review by Menno Kooistra at Mennomail.nl "14/10/2003 Elvis Costello - Pepsi Stage, Amsterdam Nederland Na Bowie heeft Costello erg lang als tweede op mijn verlanglijstje gestaan van artiesten die ik graag live zou willen zien. De legendarische zanger die klassiekers schreef als 'Shipbuilding', ...

FrankieJ wrote: Do you reckon there'll be a merch stand?

There'll be stands selling food and drink and souvenirs of Kew and probably some John Lewis picnic stuff (as they're the sponsor), but I doubt they'll be selling EC merchandise. Like we need any more of it...

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Review from October 9, 2003 in Evening Chronicle "Elvis is truly alive Elvis Costello, Newcastle Opera House In the intimate setting of the opera house, Costello took to the warm atmospherically- lit stage accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and pianist Steve Nieve. From the opening number,...

Review by editor Mark Jones in the Basingstoke Gazette on April 30, 2009: " Costello discovers right combination Elvis Costello with the Brodsky Quartet The Anvil Basingstoke THEY are unlikely bedfellows but the musical marriage between rock singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and the classical Br...

Preview in Magyar Nemzet : Világsztárok a Müpában: jön Elvis Costello is Laurie Anderson, Jonas Kaufmann és Elvis Costello is a Művészetek Palotája színpadára lép októberben – jelentették be kedden az évad programjában eredetileg nem szereplő, új fellépőket. Az avantgárd popzene és a performanszok i...

Review of the Bonn show by Carlo Reßler from Popfrontal.de: "Gesehen! Elvis Costello & the Imposters / 21.06.05 Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle Ein Verliebter im Club Text: Carlo Reßler Declan Patrick McManus alias Elvis Costello ist ein begnadeter Musiker, der in kaum eine Schublade passen will. Ob...

Review by Sylvain Cormier from Le Devoir on 4 July 2003: " Elvis Costello & The Imposters à la PdA - Heureux le chanteur Cinq minutes avant l'entrée d'Elvis Costello et ses Imposters, Claudia la relationniste est revenue de l'arrière-scène avec ce que tout journaliste veut: la conduite du s...

Promotional video for the documentary now available to view here:

http://vimeo.com/80475496

Includes EC being interviewed and performing. Documentary is "Coming in 2014"

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Rather belated link to an article announcing the cancellation here: Zugla.gr Ακύρωση συναυλίας Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes Η Big Star Promotion ανακοινώνει ότι η προγραμματισμένη συναυλία του Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes, για το Σάββατο 3 Ιουλίου 2010, στο Θέατρο του TerraVibe Park, σ...

This show is now SOLD OUT, according to the theater website which says: "Elvis Costello’s new “SOLO” tour dates in the mid-west and mid-south U.S. are the first time since 1999 (when touring with keyboardist Steve Nieve) that he’s headlined the area with such a stripped down setup. For the last...

A more positive review by Steve Moffatt in The Telegraph Concert review: Elvis Costello and The Imposters go through the past darkly "Elvis Costello has been singing the Nick Lowe classic (What’s So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding for five decades now and when he gave it the thrash t...

The arrangements have been made. We are meeting at the Two Chairmen pub in Trafalgar Square at 2pm. MOOT is using his connections to secure us * A VIP cordoned off area so that we are not disturbed by the general public * hot and cold running snacks * beer served by buxom Swedish twins (both male a...

Two short video clips on Instagram:

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
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Credit to Geordiebird_dxb, probably not a native of Dubai.

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An interview with Christian Lehner in New York around the release of WUG was written up twice, firstly here: Deutschlandfunk.de Translated into English via Google Translate " With the music stop , it did not work " British musician Elvis Costello in conversation with Christian Lehner Elvis...

No details still on the WLAE website on when the documentary film will be broadcast. However there was a premiere screening on 30 April (a year after the original concert) followed by a discussion in which Allen Toussaint was involved.: http://m.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/sync-up-cinema-a-tribute-t...

According to a full page advertisement in the London Evening Standard tonight, highlights of the concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

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