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"Veronica" is expected to be released as the next Costello single. | "Veronica" is expected to be released as the next Costello single. | ||
The tour will find Costello appearing as a solo performer with Nick Lowe, his former producer, as special | The tour will find Costello appearing as a solo performer with Nick Lowe, his former producer, as special guest. They will play together at the end of each show. | ||
Dates open at London Palladium on [[Concert 1989-05-07 London|May 7]], continuing at Liverpool Royal Court ([[Concert 1989-05-10 Liverpool|10]] and [[Concert 1989-05-11 Liverpool|11]]), Manchester Apollo (12), London Palladium (14), Belfast Opera House (16 and 17), Dublin Stadium (19 and 20), London Palladium (21), Newcastle City Hall (24), Edinburgh Playhouse (25), Glasgow Pavilion (26), Landon Palladium (28), Cardiff St David's Hall (June 8) and Bristol Colston Hall (9). | Dates open at London Palladium on [[Concert 1989-05-07 London|May 7]], continuing at Liverpool Royal Court ([[Concert 1989-05-10 Liverpool|10]] and [[Concert 1989-05-11 Liverpool|11]]), Manchester Apollo ([[Concert 1989-05-12 Manchester|12]]), London Palladium ([[Concert 1989-05-14 London|14]]), Belfast Opera House ([[Concert 1989-05-16 Belfast|16]] and [[Concert 1989-05-17 Belfast|17]]), Dublin Stadium ([[Concert 1989-05-19 Dublin|19]] and [[Concert 1989-05-20 Dublin|20]]), London Palladium ([[Concert 1989-05-21 London|21]]), Newcastle City Hall ([[Concert 1989-05-24 Newcastle upon Tyne|24]]), Edinburgh Playhouse ([[Concert 1989-05-25 Edinburgh|25]]), Glasgow Pavilion ([[Concert 1989-05-26 Glasgow|26]]), Landon Palladium ([[Concert 1989-05-28 London|28]]), Cardiff St David's Hall ([[Concert 1989-06-08 Cardiff|June 8]]) and Bristol Colston Hall ([[Concert 1989-06-09 Bristol|9]]). | ||
Tickets are on sale from box offices and usual agents from February 3. They cost £8.50 and £7.50 in Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle and Bristol, £8.50, £8 and £7.50 in Manchester, £6 and £5 in Liverpool, £10.50 and £9.50 in Belfast, £12.50 and £10.50 Irish punts in Dublin and £13.50, £12.50 and £11.50 in London. | Tickets are on sale from box offices and usual agents from February 3. They cost £8.50 and £7.50 in Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle and Bristol, £8.50, £8 and £7.50 in Manchester, £6 and £5 in Liverpool, £10.50 and £9.50 in Belfast, £12.50 and £10.50 Irish punts in Dublin and £13.50, £12.50 and £11.50 in London. | ||
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{{Bibliography text | {{Bibliography text}} | ||
Get Happy | Recorded in the turbulent aftermath of the infamous Columbus brawl which provoked the self-righteous wrath of America's critical establishment, and fuelled by an excess of narcotics and alcohol, ''Get Happy!!'' is a gruelling essay in lacerating self-examination masquerading as a stylistic tribute to Motown and Stax. It was easy to miss the grim ironies of this LP. For all their superficial brashness, the 20 tracks on ''Get Happy!!'' are seething with neurotic urgencies and punch-lines you can ''feel''. The overall sound is manic, unhinged, and the songs are brutal, clipped, vivid as headlines and full of bad news. A ''Blood On The Tracks'' for the desperate Eighties. | ||
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Trust | By the beginning of 1981, Costello was almost totally estranged from the pop mainstream and ''Trust'' was bitter evidence of his marginalization. While the rest of pop was becoming increasingly simplistic, gaudy and escapist, ''Trust'' was angry, complex, a confrontation. A stylistic tour-de-force that demonstrated the full range and diversity of Costello's songwriting, ''Trust'' was much-undervalued at the time, but can now be seen as a fully-fledged assault on the facile machination of Eighties' pop and a poignant anticipation of the bleak years that lay ahead of it. ''Almost Blue'', Costello's anguished excursion into the confessional territories of country music, was an even more renegade gesture. At a time of overwhelming high camp and glossy irrelevance, Costello plunged headlong into an uncompromisingly emotional and highly-charged landscape that cut through the bullshit with a harrowing honesty. Costello and The Attractions wouldn't sound this good again until ''Blood & Chocolate''. | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Keith Morris]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Keith Morris]].</small><br> | ||
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<small>Cover.</small><br> | <small>Cover and page scan.</small><br> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Wikipedia: Melody Maker] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Wikipedia: Melody Maker] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/nothingelseon/status/ | *[https://twitter.com/nothingelseon/status/1425252682026024964 Twitter: nothingelseon][https://twitter.com/nothingelseon/status/1423563125320605697 {{t}}] | ||
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[[Category:Melody Maker| Melody Maker 1989-02-04]] | [[Category:Melody Maker| Melody Maker 1989-02-04]] | ||
[[Category:Magazine articles]] | [[Category:Magazine articles]] | ||
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