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Recently Elvis Costello and Blondie opened for Genesis at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. With 58,000 fans attending out of a possible 90,000. the show was hardly SRO. but Genesis' Mike Rutherford doesn't blame this on his opening acts.  
Recently Elvis Costello and Blondie opened for Genesis at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. With 58,000 fans attending out of a possible 90,000, the show was hardly SRO, but Genesis' Mike Rutherford doesn't blame this on his opening acts.  


"It was our decision, really," he says. "Our manager asked who did we want on the bill, and gave us a list of who was around. Elvis Costello or Blondie are not that different from us. Costello writes good songs and has a good voice, and Blondie, who I understand has had a tough tour, was encouraged by the reception they got. They were playing mainly to Genesis fans, but both went down very well."  
"It was our decision, really," he says. "Our manager asked who did we want on the bill, and gave us a list of who was around. Elvis Costello or Blondie are not that different from us. Costello writes good songs and has a good voice, and Blondie, who I understand has had a tough tour, was encouraged by the reception they got. They were playing mainly to Genesis fans, but both went down very well."  

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, NY

Thomas Gabriel

In this comfortable outdoor setting a self-assured and amiable Elvis Costello led the versatile, invaluable Attractions through a near-two-hour 35-song pastiche, consisting mainly of his own songs but sprinkled with a few covers (Smokey Robinson, Hank Williams, Ray Charles). He varied his song selection throughout, offering something from his each one of his eight albums for the large crowd, which clamored for its favorites. But he is so prolific that many were (slightly) disappointed that he hadn't played theirs.





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Billboard, September 11, 1982


Thomas Gabriel reviews Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Friday, August 27, 1982, Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York.


Roman Kozak reports on booking details for the August 21 stadium concert in Philadelphia with Genesis, Elvis Costello, and Blondie.


The Texas music market supplement mentions EC's Austin concerts.

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Rock 'n' rolling


Roman Kozak

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Recently Elvis Costello and Blondie opened for Genesis at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. With 58,000 fans attending out of a possible 90,000, the show was hardly SRO, but Genesis' Mike Rutherford doesn't blame this on his opening acts.

"It was our decision, really," he says. "Our manager asked who did we want on the bill, and gave us a list of who was around. Elvis Costello or Blondie are not that different from us. Costello writes good songs and has a good voice, and Blondie, who I understand has had a tough tour, was encouraged by the reception they got. They were playing mainly to Genesis fans, but both went down very well."



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Austin


Jim Ramsey

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Austin is a progressive town, different in the percentage of people under 35, which is twice what they are in Dallas or Houston.

We haven't been able to sell country here for three years. For the last six years heavy metal lives off of Texas revenues. Canadian groups are playing multiple small Texas markets and making good money. Elves Costello has been a sell out for four years in Austin. If it will flourish in conservative Texas and the South, then it will flourish all over.


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