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Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts
Miami New Times
Best Concert of the Past Twelve Months
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In 1977 Elvis Costello burst onto the musical scene, earning a well-deserved reputation as an angry, guitar-wielding young man. Penning punk-rock songs that were both literary and lacerating, he was pretty surly himself. Twenty-five years later it seemed only appropriate that the rocker's latest album would be dubbed When I Was Cruel.
Cruel and Costello went together like punch and pie — a punch in the nose and a pie in the face. So imagine our surprise at the kinder, gentler Costello who took the Gleason Theater stage this past November. Smiling, charming, and in better voice than he's ever been, the 47-year-old rocker — backed by his band The Imposters (featuring former Attractions keyboardist Steve Nieve and drummer Pete Thomas, plus veteran bassist Davey Faragher) — tirelessly pounded out a two-hour, twenty-song set that included new tunes and old stalwarts such as "Watching the Detectives," "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," "Pump It Up," and "Alison." The young and mostly older crowd began excitedly dancing in the aisles and even rushed the stage, where they remained throughout the show.
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Miami New Times, January 31, 2003
The Miami New Times picks Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Saturday, November 2, 2002, Jackie Gleason Theatre, as the Best Concert of the Past Twelve Months.
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