Elvis Costello Fan Forum

A very recent interview to promote a forthcoming Spanish show in Zaragosa included a snippet which Google translates into English thus: Costello regretted not having coincided in time with his old friend Nick Lowe, who will perform here the first week of August. "It's a shame that we have not a...

27 March 1978, Malvern Winter Gardens. It was just after TYM had been released, so most of the set was from that album with some from MAIT thrown in plus Watching the Detectives, which had failed to make it onto either album on their initial release. I must try to put together a list of other EC gig...

Photos of the show are up on the Wiki here:

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... 3_Montreux

Can anyone provide a set list?

My Cardiff and Oxford tickets turned up last week via Ticketline. I ordered my Liverpool ticket through the Pharmonic Hall box office. It arrived months ago. I am sure we can get you in somehow....

Anyone who has a ticket and is travelling some distance, may want to stay overnight in Liverpool. Travelodge are currently offering a double room in central Liverpool for £19 (room only).

Book here: https://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and ... tel_id=149

At the risk of stating the obvious, Richard Thompson is curating the Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London this year. EC is a former Meltdown curator. Meltdown runs from Friday 11th - Sunday 20th June. EC plays Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Monday 21 June, so my money would be on a M...

The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall's website is now showing "Limited availability" for this show, with only 200 or so tickets left in the circle (or balcony if you prefer), middle or rear How many tickets the agencies are sitting on is another matter. Expect more promotional copy in the LIver...

Collaboration may be too strong a word, but following his appearance on Spectacle (some of which is here:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJKnk09YuQU

I have a strong feeling that EC will appear at RT's Meltdown in June, in which case expect the two to share the stage at some point.

At the risk of stating the obvious, Richard Thompson is curating the Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London this year. EC is a former Meltdown curator. Meltdown runs from Friday 11th - Sunday 20th June. EC plays Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Monday 21 June, so my money would be on a Me...

Tickets also here:

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/search/site ... &commit=Go

if you don't want to use Ticketb*****d. Currently selling stalls Row H.

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Tickets also on sale here if you don't want to deal with Ticketb*****d:

https://secure.ticketline.co.uk/tickets ... 2010-06-28

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Thanks for the heads up. Row B, seats 26 and 27 secured for Man (and Woman) out of time. I can recommend a Portuguese restaurant near the venue: http://www.madeirarestaurante.co.uk/ although probably not a great choice for vegetarians. Rather like the Tardis (which now resides in Cardiff) it is bigg...

Does anyone know if or when Spectacle Season 2 will be broadcast in the UK?

I cannot find any reference to season 2 on the Channel 4 website. Their promotion and scheduling of Season 1 was poor, so perhaps I should not be too surprised.

The Pope is as infallible as usual.

My manuscript note on the original cutting from The Observer colour supplement dates this to 15 February 1981. The white socks with Doc Martens look did not come into "fashion" until 1979/1980, on the back of Two Tone.

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Set list is on the Wiki here:

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... 2009-04-27

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This is a mistake. "Down among the wines and spirits" was not played - the only track he played from Secret, Profane and Sugar Cane was "Sulphur to Sugarcane" . The list on the wiki was compiled by a panel of three sitting in row B comprising myself, John Foyle and Sulky Boy, and...

Set list is on the Wiki here:

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Birmingham

Any ideas on what the new song (no. 13) is called very welcome.

Was it just me, or was anyone else impressed by EC's capacity to come out with some Bush-bashing and anti Gulf war statements in answer to what were some fairly bland questions about Spectacle? Who'd have thought, incidentally that EC was big friends with Christopher Guest from "Spinal Tap".

The Origins of the Song : Jacksons, Monk & Rowe (from The Juliet Letters), are explored by BBC Tees, including an audio clip of an interview with Jacqueline Thomas of the Brodsky Quartet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2008/11/05/tees_myths_elvis_costello_feature.shtml She says: &qu...

No, clearly both the Basingstoke gig and the London gig are warm ups for the Birmingham show on Friday 24 April in (probably) the best venue in the Land - Symphony Hall. http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/elvis-costello---the-brodsky-quartet Ahh, the warm pink of its seats and the perfect acoustics - bring ...

Dates now added at Symphony Hall in Birmingham: http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/elvis-costello---the-brodsky-quartet and Bridgewater Hall in Manchester: http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whatson/detail.asp?event_id=2112 as I foresaw in July. Either the crystal ball was working, or Elvis read my post! MOOT

Yet another show with the Brodsky Quartet. Tickets now on sale: http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whatson/detail.asp?event_id=2112 This now makes six dates: Basingstoke, London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol. Will his voice hold out? Will further dates be added? What price Cardiff, Liv...

Beyond Belief WAS a great mag and what ever happened to Mark Perry and Mike Bodayle? I have not heard their names for ages. Mark still posts to Costello-L and still, as far as I know lives and works in Taunton, Somerset. Mike Bodayle seems to be Treasurer and CFO of the First Acceptance Corporation...

How do you turn a song into an Opera? That would need more songs, lots more songs. Here are Solomon and EC. http://www.newjewishvalues.com/album/photoalbum/30-Sol%20&%20Elvis.jpg Here are Eric Clapton, Solomon and Jools Holland. http://www.newjewishvalues.com/album/photoalbum/78-Old%20Website%20...

Event is now listed at the Garrick Theatre website:

http://www.lichfieldgarrick.com/Shows/T ... /index.asp

Lou is pictured wearing what I can only assume to be her "Alt Country" shirt.



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