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Saw Elvis Costello yesterday (8/27/21) at the Uptown Theatre. I am not sure what I thought of it. It started at 7:15 and got over at 9:20. The normal lead guitar player was not able to be with them so Charlie Sexton. He is a great guitar player, but not sure how much of the songs were new to him. The timing seemed off - but I can understand that. He played a half dozen of his hits and they were well received. Elvis made a comment that he normally won't do Allison because he can't do the guitar work, "But Charlie can..." and then they launched into it. They changed the name of the band from the Imposters to the Layabouts because of Charlie. Elvis told a story about his dad, Ross McManus, used the name of the Layabouts because he couldn't recording obligations.
I am glad I went. I do wish he would have played the Kansas City song he knows - Liberty Street from The New Basement Tapes. He probably doesn't have much opportunity to play a KC song in KC. I also would have liked to hear songs like Ship Building, Motel Matches, but he played others that were very good to hear.
The big tour starts in over a month so this and Omaha were more warm up concerts (I am guessing).
Annonymous from Vancouver, British Columbia
QUITE DISAPPONTING
The sound was terrible and ECs vocals were quite often off key. Indeed
the backup singers saved the day! Would have enjoyed hearing more
of his older hits. Queen E is a great venue and I’ve seen many fantastic
concerts there but this was not one of them.
Franco DiSalvo from Vancouver, British Columbia
FIRST TIME WITH ELVIS - GUTSY PERFORMANCE ALL CONSIDERDED
I was really looking forward to seeing Elvis Costello. I have been a big fan for a very long time but for one reason or the other, never made it to any of his shows. The sound, especially the vocals were horrible. There is no excuse in this day and age. The QE Theatre generally has good acoustics. Granted EC was struggling with a cold and coming off a long tour, but the vocals were inaudible. He also had to undergo cancer treatment in July, so he pulled off a gutsy performance. His artistic flair is still evident, although I wish he had stuck to his original versions. The fans leaving early was distracting and I couldn't help but feel that EC deserved better. His set last nearly 3 hours which is unheard of these days. The back up singers saved the performance for the most part. They were incredible. Elvis Costello is a great performer and Canadian. Yes, I hope to see him again.
Lisa from Los Angeles, California
ELVIS? WILTERN?
We were in the second to last row.
Living with (and attended with) an
audiophile bf I’ve come to be quite
sound sensitive and immediately
knew something was up with the
acoustics. Although, not sure who to
blame - Venue or sound crew. Found
ourselves enduring the show and
leaving before encore. So not like us
being huge live music and Elvis
Costello fans!
Jonathan from Vancouver, British Columbia
TOO BAD ABOUT THE POOR SOUND
It’s going to be pretty tough to please everyone
when your career spans 40 years, but we were
hoping to hear some of the 70’s and 80’s stuff
played in the original arrangements. Didn’t
really care for the somewhat ‘wanky’
departures during classics like Watching the
Detectives, and those backup singers were
completely unnecessary. Elvis is still a way
awesome cat though, so cool to see him still
rockin’ it!
from Vancouver, British Columbia
ADMIRABLY LONG CONCERT, MOSTLY POOR VOCALS FROM EC
Nice that Elvis sang a long (2 hr 45 min) show despite battling a bad cold. Much of his singing was pitchy and froggy. (I understand the frogginess, but does a cold make you go off pitch?) His vocals improved as the night went on. Weird rendition of Watching the Detectives, good versions of Pump It Up and What so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding.
Great band (love Pete Thomas's drumming). Thanks god for the back up singers. Elvis did offer some great tortured-sounding guitar leads. I think if he wasn't sick this would be a 4 star (or even five) star show.
MatWin from Vancouver, British Columbia
DISAPPOINTING
His voice was not up to par. The sound could have been better. All the
energy came from the 2 back up singers who were great. Did not stay
for the encore, which is a first.
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