Elvis Costello Solo Tour Announced

Elvis Costello is one of the great contemporary songwriters and thus seeing him in solo acoustic mode should be nothing less than a treat. That’s the format he has chosen for his up coming Australian tour.

Costello  has followed his musical curiosity in a career spanning more than three decades.  He is probably best known for his performances with The Attractions, The Imposters and his concert appearances with pianist Steve Nieve.

With a new album Secret, Profane and Sugarcane just released, produced by T Bone Burnett, during a three-day session at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio, comes the announcement that he will hit the road with an Australian tour in October this year.  This very special tour will feature Elvis, his guitars, his songs and his stories!

The tour begins at the Fremantle Arts Centre in West Australia on Thursday 8th October before heading to Victoria to play the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday 10th October, then onto Hobart for a show at Wrest Point Casino on Sunday 11th October. From there, Elvis heads north for his show at Canberra’s Royal Theatre on Wednesday 14th October. The tour then travel to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Thursday 15th October and finishes up in Brisbane on Sunday 18th October at the Convention Centre. Special guest support will be Shelley Harland who has just released her new album Red Leaf.  Now for anyone who hasn’t heard about Shelley Harland, heres a word of advice -  do not arrive late or linger in the foyer while this support act is on stage – Harland is a genuinely interesting new artist.

Having collaborated with Burt Bacharach,  Paul McCartney, The Brodsky Quartet, Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter and record producer/songwriter T Bone Burnett to name just a few, it’s little wonder Elvis Costello continues to  inspire and delight music fans around the world.

Costello has always been a favoured son in Australia having toured here many times since the late 70’s.  The last tour to these shores was as the main attraction for the Sydney Festival when he performed three very different shows with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The Brodsky Quartet and Steve Nieve.

Boasting a back catalogue of over 40 albums including This Years Model, Imperial Bedroom, King Of America, All This Useless Beauty, The Delivery Man, North and Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, his Australian concerts will feature songs covering his entire career.

Costello’s songs have been recorded by a great number of artists – the list of performers reflects his interest in a wide range of musical styles: George Jones, Johnny Cash, Chet Baker, Roy Orbison, Aimee Mann, Dusty Springfield, Loretta Lynne and No Doubt.  He began a songwriting partnership with his wife, the jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall resulting in six songs included in her highly successful album The Girl In The Other Room. Grammy Award winner, Elvis has been awarded ASCAP’s prestigious Founder’s Award, inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and nominated for an Oscar for the song The Scarlett Tide, co-written by T Bone Burnett, performed by Alison Krauss in the movie Cold Mountain.