Memories of Elvis in `03
Elvis has been remembered in a few year end write ups. Columnists have been highlighting shows in Las Vegas , New York , Annandale and Glasgow. Sadly , only in Pittsburgh does North feature in an `albums of the year` listing.
Las Vegas
"Elvis Costello at The Joint, July 18: Elvis is King for a night, blazing through a series of enduring classics."
Annandale
"Nearly as big as Bowie was an evening in April at Bard College in Annandale that featured Elvis Costello and the Charles Mingus Orchestra. Costello seemed more at home singing jazz than he ever did performing rock when he and the Mingus Orchestra gave a concert that helped celebrate the opening of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, a colossal new theater with an architectural style that is as interesting and dynamic as the artists who perform inside of the venue."
Glasgow
"This year fate smiled on me and I was able to buy seats in the fourth row, where I spent a few blissed-out hours watching a jet-lagged Costello and Steve Nieve, just back from Japan, play their hearts out. Their four encores ultimately lasted longer than the initial, wonderful set."
Comments
Ed Masley who is in charge of Concert/CD Reviews in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette is a huge Costello fan.
Voted When I was Cruel in the Best of 2002 and his concert of Oct 19, 2002 as one of that years best as well.
Posted by: Andrea | January 3, 2004 7:57 PM