Elvis/Poland, Nov 15 '11 - cancelled?

[johnfoyle]

Calling Invisible Pole ! I haven't time right now to check this further.
http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosc-dnia ... lo,1639911

[Man out of Time]

Tickets here for a show at PKiN - Sala Kongresowa, in Warsaw on Tuesday 15 November.

http://www.eventim.pl/en/tickets/elvis- ... vent.html?

MOOT

[Man out of Time]

Also here: http://www.miastomuzyki.pl/?p=news&id=12481

Przyjedzie Elvis Costello

15 listopada w warszawskiej Sali Kongresowej odbędzie się jedyny koncert w Polsce Elvisa Costello.
Obecny na scenie od prawie 40 lat. Najpierw kojarzony z pub rockiem, następnie przypisany do ruchu punkowego, po czym zaszufladkowany jako przedstawiciel nurtu new wave. Sam nigdy nie zaprzątał sobie głowy etykietkami - nie zważając na panujące trendy, nagrywał niebywale eklektyczną muzykę, której zasięg rozciągał się od popu aż po folk.

Autor intrygujących i niejednoznacznych tekstów często nawiązujących do literatury. Przez jednych określany jako "chodząca encyklopedia muzyki popowej", przez innych porównywany do Boba Dylana - jest bez wątpienia jednym z najbardziej nowatorskich i wpływowych kompozytorów ubiegłego wieku.

W Polsce Elvis Costello bardziej znany jest jako mąż jazzowej wokalistki Diany Krall, jednak na Wyspach Brytyjskich cieszy się zasłużonym szacunkiem.

Jego dyskografia liczy blisko trzy tuziny płyt, które sprzedały się w łącznym nakładzie 12 milionów egzemplarzy. Może pochwalić się współpracą z między innymi Paulem McCartneyem, Brianem Eno, The Attractions czy Burtem Bacharachem, nominowaną do Oscara piosenką "The Scarlet Tide" z filmu "Cold Mountain" i wieloma przebojami, z których najbardziej znane to: "Veronica", "Everyday I Write The Book", "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea", "Pump It Up", "Less Than Zero", "She", "The Other Side Of Summer", "Oliver's Army" czy "So Like Candy".

Bilety na koncert Elvisa Costello w Warszawie kosztują 100, 200, 310 i 390 zł.

Or in "English" via Google Translate:

Elvis Costello will come

15 November in Warsaw's Congress Hall will be the only concert in Poland, Elvis Costello.

Present at the scene for almost 40 years. First, associated with pub rock, then assigned to the punk movement, and then filed as a representative of mainstream new wave. He never zaprzątał my head labels - regardless of prevailing trends, recorded extremely eclectic music that range extended from pop to the folk.

Author intriguing and ambiguous texts are often referring to the literature. By some described as "a walking encyclopedia of pop music, the other compared to Bob Dylan - is without doubt one of the most innovative and influential composers of the last century.

In Poland, Elvis Costello is more commonly known as the husband of singer Diana Krall jazz, but the British Isles has a well-deserved respect.

His discography consists of almost three dozen albums, which sold a total circulation of 12 million copies. Can boast of working with, inter alia, Paul McCartney, Brian Eno, The Attractions, or Burt Bacharach, the Oscar-nominated song "The Scarlet Tide" from the movie "Cold Mountain" and many hits, the most famous are: "Veronica," "Everyday I Write The Book "," (I Do not Want To Go To) Chelsea "," Pump It Up, "" Less Than Zero, "" She, "" The Other Side Of Summer, "" Oliver's Army "or" So Like Candy. "

Tickets for the Elvis Costello concert in Warsaw, costing 100, 200, 310 and 390 zł.

[invisible Pole]

OMG, I've just read it!! Fan-fucking-tastic!!!

[invisible Pole]

SETLIST :

1. I Hope You’re Happy Now
2. Veronica
3. Heart Shaped Bruise
4. Crimes Of Paris
5. Almost Blue (Elvis on piano)
6. Still (Elvis on piano)
7. Sulphur To Sugarcane
8. New Amsterdam/You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
9. Blue Chair
10. I’ll Wear It Proudly
11. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
12. Alison/Suspicious Minds/Tracks Of My Tears
13. Suffering Face
14. Riot Act
15. All This Useless Beauty
16. Unwanted Number
17. Just About Glad
18. Shipbuilding (on piano)
19. So Like Candy/Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
20. I Want You

ENCORE 1
21. She
22. Sparkling Day
23. Basement Kiss
24. Rocking Horse Road (with a snippet of Wild Thing)
25. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (with a snippet of The Kids Are Alright)

ENCORE 2
26. A Slow Drag With Josephine
27. Bullets For The New-Born King
28. Man Out Of Time

ENCORE 3
29. Gods’ Comic / Mr Feathers
30. Worthless Thing
31. Sleep Of The Just

[verbal gymnastics]

What happened to August, September and October? And ECs gig in Amsterdam?

I missed a few birthdays, not least my own and mini VGs.

[johnfoyle]

And ECs gig in Amsterdam?

It's still on , on Nov. 10th ; have you heard otherwise?

[verbal gymnastics]

No john - this was part of the joke.

IP's post is about a setlist for November 15th 2011 which has been posted on 16th August.

I was merely wondering what IP's post related to. If he was posting a setlist for November 15th 2011 then I must have been in a Rip Van Winkle type state, thereby missing some birthdays and EC's gig in Amsterdam.

[invisible Pole]

Well, having nothing else to do I thought of a possible setlist for November show in Warsaw.
Except that about one hour later I wanted to change 1/3 of it.
It just shows how damn difficult it is to limit yourself to just 30 songs from Elvis' brilliant catalogue.

[verbal gymnastics]

Are you going to post some YouTube footage of your fantasy gig?

[Jeremy Dylan]

I'll check Dime for the boot.

[sulky lad]

I've got this one already - oh, no it's Walsall Town Hall, West Midlands January 1979, sorry

[invisible Pole]

The show in Poland is cancelled "due to the very serious illness of a close family member".

Strange, as all shows "around" Warsaw date seem to go ahead as planned.

[sweetest punch]

The show in Poland is cancelled "due to the very serious illness of a close family member".

Strange, as all shows "around" Warsaw date seem to go ahead as planned.

I'm afraid that the whole European tour will be cancelled.

[verbal gymnastics]

Can you verify this Polish cancellation? I can't find it.

I've paid for my Amsterdam gig. Flight, tickets, airport parkin. I am severely worried if this is true as it does not bode well...

[bronxapostle]

this is horrible news for the European contingent. sure hope this Poland show is the only cancellation VG! best wishes all around.

[krm]

check here: http://www.eventim.pl/en/tickets/elvis- ... event.html? it says cancelled! I do not like it at all!

[verbal gymnastics]

Thanks for the link.

However it just says the show is cancelled. Is there anywhere that states it's due to family illness? It could be just poor ticket sales that have led to the cancellation.

[sulky lad]

VG .......................................................................... straw!

[verbal gymnastics]

Ever the optimist, all I am saying is that there is nothing on Elvis' website to say this has been cancelled and it only says from krm's link thatits cancelled. No reason has been given as yet.

I'm just curious as to where the family member illness reason came from.

[Yanyna]

The thing about illness is in the purple box on this site: http://www.paradam.pl/ I hope this is only mistake and the european tour won´t be cancelled...but I´m affraid of cancellation the Prague show as well. The selling is really poor, in this time hardly half of seats is sold...

[invisible Pole]

VG, if you click on "Buy Tickets" for Warsaw date, you'll be redirected to a Paradam Agency site, where you can read the following information in Polish :

Z ogromną przykrościa informuję, że planowany na 15.11.2011 koncert Elvisa Costello, ze względu na ciężką chorobę bliskiego członka rodziny artysty, został odwołany.

Google translation :
With great regret to inform you that the concert scheduled for 15/11/2011 Elvis Costello, due to the severe illness of a close relative of the artist, has been canceled.

But yeah, a thought of low ticket sales (very expensive, by the way), did cross my mind as well.

[verbal gymnastics]

Thanks for the translation.

I'm hoping that part of this decision to cancel this slightly odd tour is because of the ticket sales in places where tickets aren't selling very well. But we shall see.

I will retain my optimism for the moment.

[krm]

With the following shows announced at the end of the tour:
2011-11-12 Oslo, Norway,
2011-11-13 Stockholm, Sweden,
2011-11-14 Malmö, Sweden,
2011-11-15 Warsaw, Poland,
2011-11-17 Brussels, Belgium,
2011-11-18 Eindhoven, Netherlands,
2011-11-21 Reykjavik, Iceland,
I personally would find it strange to have just the Poland show cancelled "due to the severe illness of a close relative of the artist". Any logic would indicate that a few more shows should be affected as well. I hope I am wrong, and as VG says "I retain my optimism for the moment" and assume that the Malmö show is not affected.

[Man out of Time]

I will put off booking flight and accommodation for Eindhoven until a little nearer the time. According to the "Dance Card" section of EC.com, the shows in Antwerp and Amsterdam (9 and 10 November) are sold out. Mind you, that same section of his website fails to list the Eindhoven date at all (and never has done), so it is not the most reliable source.

The "illness of close family member" story was used to explain the cancellations of a week's worth of US dates in the middle last month was it not? It could be true, but hard to see how it has an effect so predictable as to affect a single date five weeks hence...

MOOT