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Elvis Costello and the Attractions have finally confirmed their long-awaited British tour for March – following the release of their new album, ''Trust'', next week. | |||
The album, released by F-Beat Records on January 23, contains 14 new compositions: "Clubland," "Lovers Walk," "You'll Never Be A Man," "Pretty Words," "Strict Time," "Luxembourg," "Watch Your Step," "New Lace Sleeves," "From A Whisper To A Scream," "Different Finger," "White Knuckles," "Shot With His Own Gun," "Fish 'n' Chip Paper," and "Big Sister's Clothes." | |||
The tour opens in St. Austell on March 1. No support act has been finalised yet. | |||
Dates are: St. Austell Riviera Lido (March 1), Exeter University (2), Bristol Colston Hall (3), Birmingham Odeon (4), Wolverhampton Civic Hall, (5), Bradford St. Georges Hall (7), Manchester Apollo (8), Edinburgh Playhouse (9), Glasgow Apollo (10), Newcastle City Hall (11), Lancaster University (13), Bridlington Spa Hall (14), Liverpool Empire (15), Sheffield City Hall (16), Brighton Centre (18), Hemel Hempstead Pavilion (19), Hanley Victoria Hall (20), Leicester De Montfort Hall (22), Derby Assembly Rooms (23), Cardiff Top Rank Suite (24), Guildford Civic Hall (25), London Hammersmith Odeon (27 and 28), Ipswich Odeon (29), Oxford New Theatre (30) and Southampton Gaumont (31). | |||
All tickets are £3 except Glasgow (£3 and £2.75) and Hammersmith (£3.50 and £3). All tickets are on sale now except in Brighton, Bristol, Exeter, Lancaster and Wolverhampton where applicants should contact local box offices for information. All shows start at 7.30pm except Brighton Centre and Hammersmith Odeon which begin at 8 pm. | |||
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Resident legend-in-making Paolo “La Bamba” Hewitt certainly stirred things up when he started whacking into Rockpile after their performance at Elvis Costello’s Christmas bash in Birmingham. | |||
Lashing out in all directions, Hewitt damned Dave Edmunds for wearing flared jeans, Nick Lowe for having grey hair and Billy Bremner was utterly chastised for obviously enjoying a drink. “Would you put a picture of Rockpile on your bedroom wall?” he asked flamboyantly. | |||
Yes, answered – oh – scores of irate Rockpile addicts; “I am used to people complaining that Rockpile are not inventive and have become accustomed to the fact that only Allan Jones and myself seem to have any clue to good music and first class entertainment,” begins the enormously perceptive and no double highly attractive Mrs Shirley Field, objecting to Hewitt’s blinkered criticism. | |||
“Rockpile DO play sober, because I have witnessed that,” she continues (So SHE was the one!). | |||
She finishes by admitting that she has a picture of them on her bedroom wall. So does Wendy of Tonbridge, who thinks they are “very sexy”; so does her friend. So does Debbie Tomsett of Ashford in Kent, who even found description of Bill Bremner’s “beer-gut” exaggerated. | |||
“When I saw Rockpile at the Hammersmith Palais, Billy was in perfect shape,” she writes, “despite a bad cold” | |||
So it was a cold … | |||
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