Elvis and The Imposters, Bristol , July 17 2016

[johnfoyle]

http://www.colstonhall.org/shows/elvis- ... imposters/


Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Part of Bristol Americana Weekend

Colston Hall , Bristol

[verbal gymnastics]

i guess there'll be some English dates from this date on.

[verbal gymnastics]

Correction - PROPER English dates

[Azmuda]

Correction - PROPER English dates

17 July 2016 as opposed to July 17, 2016?

[verbal gymnastics]

[sulky lad]

Haha, and a Sunday night too within driving distance whoopee !

[johnfoyle]

[And No Coffee Table]

I know it's been a long time since he lived in England, but EC seems like an odd headliner for Americana weekend.

[verbal gymnastics]

Same as when he did the BluesFest show a couple of years ago. Let's hope this one is more successful...

[sulky lad]

Obviously . The Delivery Man and Secret, Profane and Sugarcane complete, back to back

[verbal gymnastics]

No King of America(na) then?

[Deportee]

So looking forward to this and not that long to wait after the Palladium. I would have thought that Almost Blue, King of America, Delivery Man, Sugercane and Ransom albums may feature quite heavily for this show, along with some reworkings, perhaps?

[Man out of Time]

Tickets now on sale, and seem to be selling steadily. As ANCT says, he is an odd choice to headline an Americana weekend, but he has the songs that fit the bill. How many of them he will play remains to be seen. Maybe Elvis will turn up in a specially big hat and cowboy boots?

I saw Nick Lowe at BluesFest at the Empire Shepherd's Bush a few years ago, who began with an apology for anyone expecting him to play the Blues.

I have a spare ticket (end of row H) for sale at face value if anyone is interested. PM me or whatever The booking engine would not let me book a single and leave the single seat next to it unsold. I will be driving back to SE London after the show and could offer a lift to anyone from that part of the world too.

MOOT

[verbal gymnastics]

Right so...

...I went into the Colston Hall website to check it out and they had 2 Row B tickets. It seemed rude not to buy them.

I'm beginning to doubt if there'll be a London gig. He left London off Detour last year and might do the same thing this time. Looking at the spread of dates, and the Bristol show being the Americana show, the Bristol show could be the last date of a mini tour, rather than the start of a more extensive UK one.

And the ticket is far cheaper than the cost of the solo tour one!

[johnfoyle]

the Bristol show could be the last date of a mini tour,

You know they are playing in Belfast on the 19th?

[verbal gymnastics]

I clicked on the link through Elvis' website. The Belfast show's not shown there yet. I did know about Belfast as I've posted in the thread.

I stick by my point though.

[johnfoyle]

Good point. I suppose this to & froing across the Irish sea is a manageable enough thing to do these days. Finishing up in Bristol would have seemed the most logical thing, considering that most of Elvis's stage set will be , I presume , returning to the U.S. , via London. Now it's heading back up to Northern Ireland. Where it may go next is open to conjecture.

[Man out of Time]

Who's going?

I know that Verbal will be there, and Sulky Lad. Anyone else?

The set that he has been playing with the Imposters is heavy on songs from the 1970s and 1980s, rather than later period "Americana" like KOA, NR, SP&S or TDM. Will we get a very different set list to recent Imposters shows?

MOOT

[Offshoreram]

I'm going.

Flying back in from the Algarve to Birmingham at lunchtime and driving straight down to Bristol

Hopefully catch them at the soundcheck to get some stuff signed.

[sulky lad]

My son doesn't seem likely to be coming to this so I have a Row B11 seat available at £55 or make me an offer !

[johnfoyle]

Preview-

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/11-things- ... story.html

[johnfoyle]

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[Man out of Time]

Setlist:

01. Pump It Up
02. Big Tears
03. Watching The Detectives
04. Moods For Moderns
05. New Lace Sleeves- including a snippet of What Kind Of Fool Am I?
06. Sunday's Best
07. Polythene Pam
08. Clubland
09. Little Triggers
10. Stations Of The Cross
11. She - Elvis solo
12. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
13. Sweet Dreams
14. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
15. A Face In The Crowd
16. American Mirror
17. Brilliant Mistake
18. No Action
19. Radio, Radio
Encore 1
20. Pills And Soap
21. Green Shirt
22. Shipbuilding
23. Alibi
24. Bedlam
25. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
26. Oliver's Army
27. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

MOOT

[blureu]

Setlist:
16. American Mirror
MOOT

First performance by the band?

[Neil.]

Great set!