"Plotting our return, early in the Leap Year" (2020 UK tour)
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Sorry MOOT but where was the hint about Cardiff? I missed that one.
I think I've seen Elvis there 9 times, only 1 less than my concerts in Brum ( no mention of the magnificent Symphony Hall yet either.)
Still large swathes missed off the map, such as South Coast, West Country ( and I DON'T mean Bristol, though that's another city I've frequented )
and some of the more regular arena from past shows, ( Basingstoke, Brighton, Southend, Stoke (Hanley), Leicester and one of my favourite venues, Sheffield City Hall !)
I think I've seen Elvis there 9 times, only 1 less than my concerts in Brum ( no mention of the magnificent Symphony Hall yet either.)
Still large swathes missed off the map, such as South Coast, West Country ( and I DON'T mean Bristol, though that's another city I've frequented )
and some of the more regular arena from past shows, ( Basingstoke, Brighton, Southend, Stoke (Hanley), Leicester and one of my favourite venues, Sheffield City Hall !)
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I saw this with the #justtrustUK2020 tag:sulky lad wrote:Sorry MOOT but where was the hint about Cardiff? I missed that one.
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 7446667264 Not Cardiff, specific so it could be Newport or Swansea or Colwyn Bay again.
Also there was this one, which I am not sure we have decoded. "A song by Leapy Lee points the way "
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 6276543489
Leapy Lee, born Graham Pulleyblank, was born in Eastbourne. Elvis has never played Eastbourne. It has the Royal Hippodrome Theatre built in 1883, which sounds the sort of place EC would like to appear. I imagine it might be just as much fun as Bexhill on Sea!
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Thanks for the info, MOOT.
I think I wondered if the Little Arrows reference pointed towards Robin Hood and Nottingham, but this is a more exciting prospect. I went on a NALGO treasurers course at the TUC centre in Eastbourne in November 1987 and it was as interesting and exciting as you can imagine !
I think I wondered if the Little Arrows reference pointed towards Robin Hood and Nottingham, but this is a more exciting prospect. I went on a NALGO treasurers course at the TUC centre in Eastbourne in November 1987 and it was as interesting and exciting as you can imagine !
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The “Song by Leapy Lee points the way” doesn’t help much as it sets the mind off in all directions!
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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I saw this with the #justtrustUK2020 tag:
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 7446667264
Wales.jpeg
Not Cardiff, specific so it could be Newport or Swansea or Colwyn Bay again.
Also there was this one, which I am not sure we have decoded. "A song by Leapy Lee points the way "
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 6276543489
Leapy Lee, born Graham Pulleyblank, was born in Eastbourne. Elvis has never played Eastbourne. It has the Royal Hippodrome Theatre built in 1883, which sounds the sort of place EC would like to appear. I imagine it might be just as much fun as Bexhill on Sea!
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The picture appears to be of a Welsh tea house (in Spanish) in Patagonia, Argentina.
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 7446667264
Wales.jpeg
Not Cardiff, specific so it could be Newport or Swansea or Colwyn Bay again.
Also there was this one, which I am not sure we have decoded. "A song by Leapy Lee points the way "
https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/statu ... 6276543489
Leapy Lee, born Graham Pulleyblank, was born in Eastbourne. Elvis has never played Eastbourne. It has the Royal Hippodrome Theatre built in 1883, which sounds the sort of place EC would like to appear. I imagine it might be just as much fun as Bexhill on Sea!
MOOT[/quote]
The picture appears to be of a Welsh tea house (in Spanish) in Patagonia, Argentina.
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Today’s clue - not much commuting for Steve then
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Sulky - given this is a UK tour dates hashtag, where would this fit (I presume your reference to Steve is that he lives in France)? Are we acquiring France as part of Brexit?sulky lad wrote:Today’s clue - not much commuting for Steve then
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Probably in the lunchroom of the Brittish Embassy. That must - sort of - belong to UK, I guessverbal gymnastics wrote:Sulky - given this is a UK tour dates hashtag, where would this fit (I presume your reference to Steve is that he lives in France)? Are we acquiring France as part of Brexit?sulky lad wrote:Today’s clue - not much commuting for Steve then
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Or the Cafe de Paris where we saw the fantastic Sold on Song show (or not as the case will be!).
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Au Contraire! My guess is the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford. Guildford was the birthplace of Barry Evans (star of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush). Yvonne Arnaud was born in Bordeaux, France.sulky lad wrote:Today’s clue - not much commuting for Steve then
But I could be wrong.
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That’s a pretty sophisticated guess.
The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre holds 586 people.
The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre holds 586 people.
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Didn't Barry Evans have an awful death? I think he was murdered. He was a big star on TV in the late 60's early 70's
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So slightly more than St. George's, Bristol, where EC played in 1995 and 2009 and which seats 562 people.verbal gymnastics wrote:The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre holds 586 people.
If not Guildford, then where in the UK?
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Leapy Lee sung a song called My Home Town......Man out of Time wrote:
Also there was this one, which I am not sure we have decoded. "A song by Leapy Lee points the way"
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My money's on Blackpool. We had 'Not your regular rock opera' picturing a stick of holiday rock, followed by another clue which was the above tweet picturing mugs and rock and 'Which way to go?' I.e. Margate, Blackpool or Brighton. Gotta be Blackpool...Blackpool ROCK...Blackpool OPERA House....not your regular ROCK OPERA.Man out of Time wrote:So, based on Elvis' Twitter feed and the #justtrustUK2020 clues, I have this list of possible UK shows, to be announced in September 2019:
- Cardiff St David’s Hall or Millennium Centre
Edinburgh Usher Hall
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall or Barrowlands?
Liverpool Empire or Philharmonic Hall?
London Hammersmith Apollo (date of 13 March 2020 has been mooted)
Manchester Apollo?
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Oxford New Theatre
Sunderland Empire
Any more? Given the tweet showing sticks of rock and mugs from Margate, Blackpool and Brighton, we might need to add those to the list too. Elvis played Blackpool Opera House in 2013 and the Brighton Dome in 2015.
We await confirmation of the dates and venues....
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It could be Brighton though - Brighton beach, Brighton rice and Quadrophenia - not your regular rock opera...
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VG wrote
perhaps Graham Greene had a dessert fixation ?
Elvis seems to favour Brighton over the years though I've never heard of Brighton Rice Pudding -It could be Brighton though - Brighton beach, Brighton rice and Quadrophenia - not your regular rock opera...
perhaps Graham Greene had a dessert fixation ?
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Dam productive text!
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Gravesend, Dartford, Maidstone then Canterbury and I’d be a happy man !
( highly unlikely ! )
( highly unlikely ! )
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and fourth place in the league ( until Spurs brush us aside tomorrow !)Gravesend, Dartford, Maidstone then Canterbury and I’d be a happy man !
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Just hope the tour won't clash with any of our Champions League fixtures next season !sulky lad wrote:Goon Squad wroteand fourth place in the league ( until Spurs brush us aside tomorrow !)Gravesend, Dartford, Maidstone then Canterbury and I’d be a happy man !
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where is the announcement??? We have had September for several hours now.....sweetest punch wrote:The announcement will come in September.
EC also dismisses the idea that they will only play songs from the album “Trust”.
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Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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