New Wave singer and songwriter Declan MacManus, although you may know him as Elvis Costello, has announced a short series of UK dates for this June.
So far, the short-tour will begin in Birmingham on June 21st and move onto Oxford’s New Theatre two days later. Next up is St Davids Hall in Cardiff on June 24th before heading to the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool on June 28th. With only four dates so far listed for the tour, it is expected that more dates are to be unveiled shortly.
Coming into the music scene back in the mid-1970’s whilst playing on London’s pub rock scene, Elvis Costello later became associated with the New Wave musical genre.
Achieving considerable chart succes with his songs steeped in word play, the vocabulary within Elvis Costello’s lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. Drawing on many musical genres throughout his career, he has been decribed as a “pop encyclopedia”, able to “reinvent the past in his own image”.
Forming his band The Attractions in the late 70s, his albums have ranged freely across genres and earned him the label of one of the most respected composers of the modern era. Tearing through rock’s back pages taking whatever he wanted, as well as borrowing from country, Tin Pan Alley pop, raggae and many other musical genres with his richly diverse lyrics Costello emerged as one of the most innovative, influential and best songwriters since Bob Dylan.
Elvis Costello will play the following UK dates:
June 2010
21st Symphony Hall, Birmingham
23rd New Theatre, Oxford
24th St Davids Hall, Cardiff
28th Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
More dates to follow shortly.
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