Elvis Costello Fan Forum

I can totally recommend his memoir "Cider With Roadies" in which he talks a lot about his love for Elvis and his music. So much so, that at one point when they were students him and his mates spent some time following Ross MacManus around on tour and Ross started to recognise them and play...

ooh yes please! no pre-order link yet but I'll keep an eye out for this..

Sounds like a good night, despite the talkers! The only way to stop that is for the artist to request that the venue closes the bars during the show, but that happens very infrequently in my experience. There's no way a venue would want to give up that much potential profit. Sadly it seems like conc...

Just as a heads up there's another train strike on today which may also affect the Tube in London.

Sounds like a brilliant night, would have loved to hear Man Out Of Time in Bath! Wish I was going to Hammersmith tonight...

Thanks for posting, pretty fair review sums up my experience fairly well. Keep thinking about the venue & sound issues. I know nothing about these things, but I do wonder if it makes a difference that the sound desk was at the side of the stage and not at the back of the stalls as you see in so ...

Don't know if anyone on here listens to Radcliffe & Maconie on BBC 6music - "Tiny Steps" was played on yesterday's show (Sunday 19th) as part of the Teatime Theme Time. Must be pretty rare to hear that one on the radio!

Just read on FB Portsmouth and Swansea shows postponed. Pete Thomas is unwell....hope it’s not the dreaded C virus.

The support is genuinely worth seeing. He seemed to go down very well with the Elvis crowd in Bath. Worth seeing just for the keyboard solo!

Yes that is a fair point about the vocal mic. It was noticeable that when Elvis switched to the 2nd (distorting) mic, which he did quite a lot, you could hear his voice much better. My partner was just a bit disappointed that she couldn’t hear Steve very clearly in the mix, as she’s a big fan. Maybe...

I went! On the whole I enjoyed the show, despite the rather muddy sound mix which spoilt some songs. The Clockface songs sound great played by the Imposters, they were a highlight for me, as was a clearly unrehearsed and spontaneous Radio Radio which took everyone by surprise including the band I th...

It's weird isn't it, sometimes I look at some people at gigs and wonder why they bothered to show up when they look so disinterested. The tickets weren't exactly cheap! The tour is billed under "The Boy Named If" and not a greatest hits tour..

sounds brilliant, thanks for the review! Looking forward to Bath tonight..

What a very odd review. Using very flowery language to disguise the fact that the reviewer has never heard an Elvis song in their life and knew none of the song titles...

Wow sounds like an eventful gig to say the least! Epic setlist though
Sadly this sounds typical of a lot of the shows I’ve attended since Lockdown ended. People have forgotten how to behave at gigs. The lack of respect shown towards performers and fellow audience members is appalling..

Thanks for the review, sounds like they are warming up nicely! Excited for the Bath show now..

aw no, I had my eye on the Green Shirt for the Bath show.....always the curse of the larger framed person! I saw the Divine Comedy last month and they'd sold out of everything except Medium and Small!

on a Tuesday night?! Glasgow nightlife sounds pretty hardcore...

Let's hope so! I've still got very fond memories of the Roundhouse gig in 2016 when he opened with "Big Tears" and went on to play "Moods For Moderns" and "Sunday's Best". Threw me a massive curveball there!

That's great thanks! Green shirt anyone....?

Hmm I was just thinking the same thing...hope it evolves by the Bath show on 17th June

No worries! Very excited for this one, my first Elvis show since The Roundhouse in 2016. Had tickets for the Oxford show which was the first casualty of Covid Lockdown...

Yep I’m going with the Mrs! It’s a beautiful venue for those who haven’t been before. Old Art Deco cinema looks a bit like Hammersmith Odeon inside. If you’re driving parking in the Southgate Centre is £2.50 all night after 6pm. Cheapest option by far in Bath! We’ve booked the first 2 seats in Row G...

Apparently The Boy Named If is album of the day on BBC 6Music today. They will be playing tracks from it all day..

Oh and Pete sounds brilliant all the way through. Still my favourite drummer of all time, I would love to meet him someday and thank him for all of the inspiration over the years...