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<center><h3>Elvis Costello & The Impostors | <center><h3> Elvis Costello & The Impostors </h3></center> | ||
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<center>Belinda Hanks</center> | <center> Belinda Hanks </center> | ||
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Punk, classical, jazz and pop. Elvis Costello has touched on them all, but his latest album, '' | Punk, classical, jazz and pop. Elvis Costello has touched on them all, but his latest album, ''The Delivery Man'', has all been about country rock. | ||
Joined by The Imposters, the veteran rocker strides on to stage promptly at 7.30pm and makes an energetic start: one sadly muffled by the immensity of The Bridgewater Hall. | Joined by The Imposters, the veteran rocker strides on to stage promptly at 7.30pm and makes an energetic start: one sadly muffled by the immensity of The Bridgewater Hall. | ||
It is a heartfelt rendition of ballad | It is a heartfelt rendition of ballad "Country Darkness" — from his current release — that sets the tone for the two-hour set. Pete Thomas (drums), Davey Faragher (bass) and Steve Nieve (keyboards) soar through a surging "Needle Time" and title track, "The Delivery Man." And Costello — donning a black suit set off by a pair of shimmering silver shoes — begins to flaunt his harmonic mastery, making a brief return to his back catalogue to demonstrate the fragile melodicism of "In the Darkest Place" (from ''Painted From Memory'') before a crowd pleasing "Good Year For The Roses" from his 1981 ''Almost Blue'' album. | ||
Hecklers spur the ex-Stiff Records star into some much-needed interaction: "Go back to St Helens," he jokes, adding, "Who's from Eccles? (cheers) Bury? (more cheers)." | Hecklers spur the ex-Stiff Records star into some much-needed interaction: "Go back to St Helens," he jokes, adding, "Who's from Eccles? (cheers) Bury? (more cheers)." | ||
"Tonight the monkey will speak," shouts Costello, dramatically introducing " | "Tonight the monkey will speak," shouts Costello, dramatically introducing "Monkey To Man" (an answer to New Orleans' legend Dave Bartholomew's 1950s hit "The Monkey"). | ||
The crowd stand to receive an epic rendition of " | The crowd stand to receive an epic rendition of "Pump It Up" and "Shipbuilding" before Costello underlines the night with a tender rendition of "The Scarlet Tide." With that, The Delivery Man is gone. | ||
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