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LOS ANGELES {{m}} Elvis Costello's much-anticipated six-city US tour kicked off here Oct. 1 with the first of five sold-out shows at the Beverly Theater. | LOS ANGELES {{m}} Elvis Costello's much-anticipated six-city US tour kicked off here Oct. 1 with the first of five sold-out shows at the Beverly Theater. | ||
{{p}} Dubbed Costello Sings Again, the intimate-venue tour features the idiosyncratic vocalist in a different musical setting each night. Costello is being backed by two different assemblages during the tour: his regular group, [[the Attractions]], and [[the Confederates]], an aggregation of crack studio musicians who played on the singer's "King Of America" album, released earlier this year. | {{p}} Dubbed Costello Sings Again, the intimate-venue tour features the idiosyncratic vocalist in a different musical setting each night. Costello is being backed by two different assemblages during the tour: his regular group, [[the Attractions]], and [[the Confederates]], an aggregation of crack studio musicians who played on the singer's "[[King Of America]]" album, released earlier this year. | ||
{{p}} The tour, which coincides with the release of "Blood And Chocolate," his second Columbia album of 1986, continues through October. Other stops include San Francisco, Oct. 8-10; Chicago, Sunday- Tuesday (12-14); Boston, Thursday-Saturday (16-18); New York, Oct. 21-25; and Philadelphia, Oct. 27-29. | {{p}} The tour, which coincides with the release of "[[Blood And Chocolate]]," his second Columbia album of 1986, continues through October. Other stops include San Francisco, Oct. 8-10; Chicago, Sunday- Tuesday (12-14); Boston, Thursday-Saturday (16-18); New York, Oct. 21-25; and Philadelphia, Oct. 27-29. | ||
{{p}} The first show of the LA visit was perhaps the least surprising: Costello & the Attractions (keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas, and drummer Pete Thomas) ran through a retrospective of 25 songs from nine albums. The band fielded requests from the audience ... | {{p}} The first show of the LA visit was perhaps the least surprising: Costello & the Attractions (keyboardist [[Steve Nieve]], bassist [[Bruce Thomas]], and drummer [[Pete Thomas]]) ran through a retrospective of 25 songs from nine albums. The band fielded requests from the audience during the performance. | ||
{{p}} The second and third nights combined solo stints by Costello with full-band sets with the Confederates. On the second evening, there was also a miniset by the "[[The Coward Brothers|Coward Brothers]]" — Costello and producer/musician [[T-Bone Burnett]] — who sang playful renditions of country standards. The Confederates (Burnett, guitarist [[James Burton]], bassist [[Jerry Scheff]], keyboardist [[Mitchell Froom]], and drummer [[Jim Keltner]]) augmented selections from "King Of America" with crackling covers of blues, r&b, and country oldies. | |||
{{p}} The most eagerly sought-after ticket during the LA stint was for the penultimate night, dubbed the Spectacular Spinning Song- book. Taking a cue from "Wheel Of Fortune," the performance used a giant wheel bearing 40 song titles; spins by audience members determined the song selection, which was then performed by Costello & the Attractions. | |||
{{p}} [[John Doe]] of [[X (band)|X]] and [[Tom Waits]] co-hosted the Songbook show; [[Susanna Hoffs]] and Vicki and Debbi Peterson of [[the Bangles]] performed three songs with Costello. Costello's wife, [[Cait O'Riordan|Caitlin O'Riordan]] of [[the Pogues]], also performed — as a go-go dancer, disguised in a red wig. | |||
{{p}} The final LA concert, featuring Costello & the Attractions, leaned heavily on material from "Blood And Chocolate." [[Tom Petty]] guested on three encore numbers. | |||
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Concert review for 1986-10-04 Los Angeles.
ELVIS IS MAIN ATTRACTION ON US TOURBY CHRIS MORRIS LOS ANGELES Elvis Costello's much-anticipated six-city US tour kicked off here Oct. 1 with the first of five sold-out shows at the Beverly Theater.
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