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Elvis Costello embarks on Solo East Coast U.S. Tour with a Philadelphia performance at Merriam Theater on Sunday, November 10, at 8 p.m. Costello's performance includes new work from Wise Up Ghost (released September 17, Blue Note Records), the collaborative album of Costello and The Roots, produced by longtime Roots associate Steven Mandel along with Costello and ?uestlove.
The 12-city East Coast tour is Costello's first major set of headlining solo dates in more than a decade kicking off in Burlington, Vermont on Nov. 2 and ending on Orono, Maine on Nov. 19.
Tickets are available for $46.50 to $76.50, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmel-center.org, at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Elvis Costello has followed his musical curiosity in a career spanning more than 30 years. He is perhaps best known for his performances with The Attractions, The Imposters and for concert appearances with pianist Steve Nieve. Elvis Costello and The Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. During the same year he was awarded ASCAP's prestigious Founder's Award. There have also been a number of Grammy nominations for his recent albums When I Was Cruel and The Delivery Man.
Costello has also entered into acclaimed collaborations with Burt Bacharach, The Brodsky Quartet Paul McCartney, Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Roy Nathanson, The
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