Elvis Costello Reinvents The Wheel!
2012 ‘Revolver’ Spring UK tour
‘The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!!’ – Super Deluxe Box Set, released December 5th
Elvis Costello will bring the ‘Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ to the UK and Ireland in May 2012. Opening on the 9th in Dublin, the tour concludes in Basingstoke on the 27th of May.
An overture of five uninterrupted rock and roll tunes announces Elvis Costello & the Imposters to the stage, after which members of the audience are invited to spin the gigantic vaudevillian contraption and select the next song.
Tickets go on sale Friday October 28th (except Dublin – November 3rd) and are available to buy from www.bookingsdirect.com/ 0844 338 0000. Prices start at £30.
Elvis Costello & the Imposters play:
May
Wed 9th - DUBLIN, Grand Canal Theatre
Fri 11th - GLASGOW, Clyde Theatre
Sat 12th - MANCHESTER, Apollo Theatre
Sun 13th - LIVERPOOL, Empire Theatre
Tue 15th - BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall
Wed 16th - BRIGHTON, Brighton Centre
Fri 18th - NEWCASTLE, Newcastle City Hall
Sat 19th - NOTTINGHAM, RCH
Sun 20th - BOURNEMOUTH, Bic Centre
Tue 22nd - BRISTOL, Colston Hall
Wed 23rd - LONDON, Royal Albert Hall
Sat 26th - CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
Sun 27th - BASINGSTOKE, The Anvil
On December 5, 2011, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will release the 3-disc (CD, DVD, 10” vinyl EP) live box set, Elvis Costello & the Imposters: The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!! recorded over a 2-night stand at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 11 and 12, 2011. Limited to 1500 copies worldwide, each set is individually numbered with a special commemoration card personally signed by Elvis Costello. Full details are below:
DISC ONE
THE MUSIC
• I Hope You’re Happy Now
• Heart of the City (Nick Lowe)
• Mystery Dance
• Radio Radio
• Everyday I Write The Book
• God Give Me Strength
• Watching The Detectives
• Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution) featuring Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles
• Out Of Time (Mick Jagger-Keith Richards)
• I Want You
• Stella Hurt
• All Grown Up
• Lipstick Vogue
• Man out of Time
• National Ransom
• (What’s So Funny ‘bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Recorded Live at THE WILTERN, Los Angeles, CA, May 11 & 12, 2011
DISC TWO
THE FILM
• I Hope You’re Happy Now
• Heart Of The City (Nick Lowe)
• Mystery Dance
• Radio Radio
• Clubland
• God Give Me Strength
• Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution) featuring Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles
• Out Of Time (Mick Jagger-Keith Richards)
• I Want You
• Everyday I Write The Book
• Stella Hurt
• A Slow Drag With Josephine
• Jimmie Standing In The Rain
• Alison
• Earthbound
• (What’s So Funny ‘bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
Bonus Tracks
• Uncomplicated
• Watching The Detectives
• Monkey To Man
Filmed Live at THE WILTERN, Los Angeles, CA, May 12, 2011
DISC THREE (THE 10”)
Side A:
• Pump it Up (6/8)
• Busted (Harlan Howard)
Side B:
• Brilliant Mistake
• Strict time
