Elvis and the Imposters play Royal Oak, MI on 20 June, 2011

[Man out of Time]

Elvis and the Imposters roll into Detroit (or what is left of it) on 20 June 2011 for a show at the Royal Oak Theatre.

Is anyone here planning to attend?

MOOT

[Man out of Time]

No one in Detroit?

[johnfoyle]

Preview -

http://royaloak.patch.com/articles/5-th ... to-auction

[johnfoyle]

Can't wait for this account-

http://ketteringart.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... again.html

Monday, June 20, 2011

Monday June 20 again

almost forgot to tell you - I'm going to see Elvis Costello tonight - does anyone know who he is or can name one of his songs?!

[Dr. Luther]

[And No Coffee Table]

This guy is tweeting. I don't know what "Mystery Man" is either. "Miracle Man"? "Mystery Train"?

In the venue now. Waiting for the show to start. 8:45? Maybe.

OK maybe not 8:45. 9?

Playing now. Mystery Man.

Pump It Up. In front of soundboard. Sound kind of muddy.

Lady of perpetual huh? going into character. Breaking out the spinning songbook.

First spin and it's... Olivers Army!

"Before my very eyes, another spinnah!" Chelsea.

Elvis and the boys are owning Chelsea. Elvis in gogo dancer cage with Rachael the Spinner.

[Jeremy Dylan]

I would suspect it's MYSTERY DANCE.

[And No Coffee Table]

Oh yeah. Duh.

"I'm looking at his eyes, and he's already well lit!" Elvis on next spinner. And your bird can sing.

[migdd]

Yeah, I can imagine who's really the one that's "well lit".

[And No Coffee Table]

Black and white world.

I want you.

You're so like candy.

Green shirt.

Rockin the gold lamais jacket for encore.

Oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.

I've got a feelin it's going to be beyond belief.

Elvis is working it! And sweating!

Watching the detectives!

Angels wanna wear my red shoes.

Purple Rain!?

Waiting for the encore.

Elvis: the rapture is coming. Spin and decide what the last 5 minutes will be like.

Almost blue. Almost doing things we used to do.

Waiting for the end of the world.

[And No Coffee Table]

Pics:
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Searc ... ertainment

[MOJO]

Killer Getty pics. Rocking out in the Midwest. I hope everyone is having fun, including the Midwesterners!

[EarlManchester]

Setlist from elviscostello.com -

I Hope You're Happy Now
Heart Of The City
Mystery Dance
Uncomplicated
Pump It Up

The Spectacular Spinning Songbook

Oliver's Army - SPIN 1

Chelsea - SPIN 2

Hand In Hand - IMPROMPTU

And Your Bird Can Sing - SPIN 3

Detectives vs Hoover Factory

Watching The Detectives - SPIN 4 (UNANIMOUS)

Help Me - IMPROMPTU

Joker - SPIN 5

Black And White World

Beyond Belief - IMPROMPTU

Daddy Can I Turn This? - IMPROMPTU

I Want You - SPIN 6

"I Can Sing A Rainbow" Jackpot - NAPOLEON' SPIN (7)

Greenshirt

Doll Revolution - SPIN 8

So Like Candy/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - SPIN 9

Red Shoes - "I Can Sing A Rainbow" Jackpot (Continued)

Purple Rain - "I Can Sing A Rainbow" Jackpot (Concluded)

Interlude

Pills And Soap - "Joanna" Choice with Steve Nieve

"I Can Sing A Rainbow" Again - Jackpot - SPIN 10

Almost Blue

New Lace Sleeves - REQUEST

Lipstick Vogue - IMPROMPTU

Waiting For The End Of The World/I Can Only Give You Everything - IMPROMPTU

Finale

A Slow Drag With Josephine - NAPOLEON SOLO
Sulphur To Sugarcane
Alison
Peace, Love And Understanding
Substitute

[SoulForHire]

The Gigography notes that there is an audience recording for this show. Where can this be found?

[EarlManchester]

The Gigography notes that there is an audience recording for this show. Where can this be found?

It says an audience recording exists. I don't think it circulates just yet. It's only been about 15 hours.

[SoulForHire]

The Gigography notes that there is an audience recording for this show. Where can this be found?

It says an audience recording exists. I don't think it circulates just yet. It's only been about 15 hours.

I'll admit I'm maybe a BIT impatient. But that Columbus recording has me wanting for MORE MORE MORE!

[verbal gymnastics]

Help me!
Daddy can I turn this?


Good old Elvis!

[EarlManchester]

From theoaklandpress.com -

ROYAL OAK — After nearly 35 years and more than 30 albums, Elvis Costello has the goods to entertain without relying on props, stunts or tricks.

But when he does employ them, it actually turns out to be that much better.

For their latest tour — which stopped Monday night (June 20) at a sold-out Royal Oak Music Theatre — Costello and his band, the Imposters, rolled out the Spectacular Spinning Songbook, a wheel-of-chance that he allowed fans to come on stage and turn for impromptu song selections. With 30 specific titles, three Jokers (which let fans choose whatever they wanted to hear) and seven Jackpots for thematic clusters of songs, it let the quartet play open-ended and mostly without a net through much of the two-hour and 20-minute show and proved to be as enormously entertaining as it was bold.

And thanks to Costello's veteran instincts, it was also designed to make sure plenty of favorites made their way into the set rather than just a night of obscurities, starting with an adrenalized blast that included "I Hope You're Happy Now," "Heart of the City," "Mystery Dance," "Uncomplicated" and "Pump It Up" and finishing with "Alison," "Peace, Love and Understanding" and a cover of the Who's "Substitute."

In all Costello brought 10 folks on stage to spin the wheel, allowing them to sit at a bar positioned near Steve Nieve's keyboards or to gyrate in an onstage go-go cage that also housed a dancer who was part of the entourage and, occasionally, the gowned, Vanna White-style assistant who helped Costello with the guests. Their spins resulted in performances of "Oliver's Army," "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea" and "Black and White World," and some liberties were taken along the way with the format, too.

One spot on the wheel allowed the crowd to choose between "Watching the Detectives" and "Hoover Factory" -- the former, not surprisingly, won and received a particularly charged rendition -- while Costello and company tossed in "Hand in Hand" before the wheel selection of the Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing." At another juncture Costello "spun" the wheel himself, merely moving it a couple spots to the Jackpot card for songs that mentioned color in the title, allowing the group to tuck into "Green Shirt," "(The Angles Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," a bit of Prince's "Purple Rain" and "Almost Blue," the latter one of the few quiet moments in the 31-song set.

Other highlights included an emotive "I Want You," "Doll Revolution," "So Like Candy" (one of several songs Costello's co-written with Paul McCartney), "New Lace Sleeves" and "Pills and Soap." During one of the encores, meanwhile, he dipped into his recent Americana-flavored releases for the swinging "Sulphur to Sugarcane."

As iconoclastic as he is iconic, Costello's never been one to follow any sort of rules throughout his career. On Monday in Royal Oak, he continued to do it strictly on his own terms — which proved to be the best way indeed.

[ermit101]

Great photo's of the show are at the Royal Oak Music Theatre's website http://www.royaloakmusictheatre.com under galleries.

Waiting patiently for a recording of the show to surface...hopefully posted at Dime or Traders Den.

[SoulForHire]

The Gigography notes that there is an audience recording for this show. Where can this be found?

It says an audience recording exists. I don't think it circulates just yet. It's only been about 15 hours.

Its been almost a week and still nothing. Whoever noted the recording in the Gigography is such a TEASE!!!!

[sweetest punch]

Now on Dime: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=363605

[Azmuda]

New pic on Flickr:

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