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New Elvis Costello / Roots Record Is 'Brilliant,' Says Questlove

Jeff Giles — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:02:48 +0000

After releasing three albums between 2008-10, Elvis Costello took a few years off from the studio — a break that he recently ended by recording a new LP with the Roots. Roots drummer (and in-demand producer) Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson opened up to Rolling Stone about the sessions, which grew out of Costello’s guest spots on [...]

The Who, Elvis Costello to Perform Benefit Concert

Dave Lifton — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:45:00 +0000

The Who will close out their U.S. tour on Feb. 28 with a special intimate concert at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Dubbed "Who Cares," the show will benefit their Teen Cancer America charity and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Elvis Costello and the Imposters will serve as the opening act for the evening.

Elvis Costello Doesn't Want You to Buy His New Box Set

Jeff Giles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:30:33 +0000

He might be willing to mug with Muppets, but when it comes to record companies ripping off his fans, Elvis Costello isn’t fooling around — and he recently proved it with a sarcasm-drenched post on his official site, prompted by the eyebrow-raising price tag on his new deluxe live box set, ‘The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook.’

Saying “the price appears to be either a misprint or a satire,” Costello told fans that he’s “unable to recommend” the ‘Songbook’ box, and took the “unusual step” of recommending an alternative use for his fans’ money.

Elvis Costello Revisits 'Spectacular Spinning Songbook' Shows With Box Set

Joe Robinson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00:27 +0000

Imagine a time before the ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ movie, when the name conjured visions not of an eccentric teenager but of an even freakier attraction — Elvis Costello on tour in the ’80s dressed up as a fictitious game show host of the same name, offering up a giant wheel for fans to spin to determine the next song he would play.

Costello and the Imposters recently revisited that era for two concerts at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theater in May of 2011, and those shows have been documented on the new ‘Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ box set.