The final set of guests to appear on Spectacle

TORONTO, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - The final set of guests to appear on Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... was announced today. The new talk/performance series is set to premiere later this year on CTV in Canada, Sundance Channel in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K., with FremantleMedia Enterprises launching the series for international sale at MIPCOM in Cannes, France, in October 2008.

Confirmed guests for episodes taping over the next two weeks at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater in New York City are: iconic American singer-songwriter James Taylor; jazz legend, and winner of this year's Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Herbie Hancock; one of the most acclaimed new artists of the past decade, Canadian Rufus Wainwright; the brilliant singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; actor/singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson; jazz superstar Diana Krall; recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp; singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan; indie duo She & Him, comprised of actress Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward; international sensation Norah Jones; singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis; and from the world of opera, the renowned American soprano Renée Fleming.

As previously announced, the Canada/United Kingdom co-production also features The Police, former president Bill Clinton, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson and Sir Elton John, who is also one of the program's Executive Producers.