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One-half of U2 — Bono and the Edge — will be the first guests when the second season of Costello’s show, Spectacle, launches Friday night. The British born, Vancouver-based Costello introduces the Dublin band as the “last rock stars” during the show, which he taped at Toronto’s storied Masonic Temple.
The band performed album tracks (Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, Stay (Faraway, So Close!)) and a lesser-known gem (Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad) which Bono says he wrote for Frank Sinatra. They then joined in a medley of their recent single Get On Your Boots with Costello’s classic Pump It Up. Costello, meanwhile, adopted the tone of a carnival barker as he closed out a version of Mysterious Ways and introduced the rockers — Bono clad in a brown leather jacket and V-neck T-shirt, with translucent wraparound shades obscuring his eyes, Edge with a Western-style button-down shirt and ears tucked under one of his signature toques.
As they chatted, Costello was brought back to the first time he ever heard U2.
Elvis Costello and the Attractions were headlining the Rock On the Tyne festival at International Stadium in Gateshead, England.
They were at the “back end up of our pop star moment,” and U2 was among a group of bands who took the stage before him.
“They were a rocket ship Costello told The Canadian Press in a recent telephone interview from New York.
Costello’s interview show has become something of a prominent stage for the 55-year-old musician.
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