Elvis Costello Gets Creative With Band Lineup Following Illnesses

Elvis Costello is rolling with the punches on his 2024 joint tour with Daryl Corridor. After two of his band members, Davey Faragher and Charlie Sexton, lately fell in poor health, Costello carried out with simply drummer Pete Thomas and pianist Steve Nieve.

“Elvis Costello want to announce that, as two members of the ensemble are indisposed, Mr. Costello will initially take the stage alone,” a publish on his social media learn on July 10. “Surprises and hilarity will ensue. We sit up for a novel night with the Philadelphia viewers.”

You’ll be able to watch the trio carry out “Thriller Dance” from that live performance under. This night, Costello will carry out the identical method in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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“Each Nieve and Thomas had been members of the singer’s earlier band, making this, as Costello identified, ‘as near the Points of interest as you are ever gonna get,'” one other social media publish learn. “Tonight’s present guarantees much more new preparations and completely different music selections. Whereas it is hoped that Imposter bassist, Davey Faragher and particular visitor guitarist, Charlie Sexton will quickly return to match-fitness after sickness, you shouldn’t miss this chance to see E.C. and his ‘Engaging’ cohorts in motion.”

Costello is hardly a stranger to unorthodox efficiency circumstances — in 2023, he carried out a 10-night residency in New York Metropolis through which he performed over 200 completely different songs.

The place Does the Costello and Corridor Tour Go From Right here?

Following the Connecticut live performance, Costello and Corridor have half a dozen extra dates lined up for his or her joint tour, together with stops in Boston and NYC.