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"We're so old that when we first came to Minneapolis, First Avenue was the Studio 54 of Minneapolis. You couldn't get in with an electric guitar," he said Thursday night as he addressed a First Ave crowd for the first time. "We had to play a cowboy bar." | "We're so old that when we first came to Minneapolis, First Avenue was the Studio 54 of Minneapolis. You couldn't get in with an electric guitar," he said Thursday night as he addressed a First Ave crowd for the first time. "We had to play a cowboy bar." | ||
He was referring to the long-gone Longhorn, where he debuted on Valentine's Day in 1978 on the buzz of his brilliant first album, | He was referring to the long-gone Longhorn, where he debuted on Valentine's Day in 1978 on the buzz of his brilliant first album, ''My Aim Is True''. At the time, First Ave was a dance club known as Uncle Sam's, riding out the waning disco wave. | ||
Thursday's generous 130-minute First Ave debut may rank with his Longhorn gig as one of Costello's most high-powered Twin Cities shows. He wasn't wired and manic as he was in his angry-young-man days, but his music was vibrant and vital, his singing determined and passionate, his mood spirited and playful. | Thursday's generous 130-minute First Ave debut may rank with his Longhorn gig as one of Costello's most high-powered Twin Cities shows. He wasn't wired and manic as he was in his angry-young-man days, but his music was vibrant and vital, his singing determined and passionate, his mood spirited and playful. | ||
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The sellout crowd of 1,500 was delighted that after all these years, Costello opted to play in the 51-year-old club that Prince made internationally famous. He actually was scheduled to perform this week at the 2,100-seat Mystic Lake Showroom in Prior Lake but the casino would not abide by his requirement that all concertgoers show proof of COVID vaccination or recent negative tests. | The sellout crowd of 1,500 was delighted that after all these years, Costello opted to play in the 51-year-old club that Prince made internationally famous. He actually was scheduled to perform this week at the 2,100-seat Mystic Lake Showroom in Prior Lake but the casino would not abide by his requirement that all concertgoers show proof of COVID vaccination or recent negative tests. | ||
Costello treated the faithful to several selections from his upcoming 25th studio album, | Costello treated the faithful to several selections from his upcoming 25th studio album, ''The Boy Named If'', described as a return to "urgent, immediate songs" by the British punk who evolved into the adventurous Cole Porter of rock, a sophisticate who worked with jazz musicians, opera singers and pop maestros Burt Bacharach and Paul McCartney, among others. | ||
Some of the new numbers will rate high in Costello's rock canon, including the rollicking "Farewell, OK" with its '60s barroom feel and "Magnificent Hurt," a current single fueled by Steve Nieve's Farfisa-styled organ and Costello's edgy guitar. | Some of the new numbers will rate high in Costello's rock canon, including the rollicking "Farewell, OK" with its '60s barroom feel and "Magnificent Hurt," a current single fueled by Steve Nieve's Farfisa-styled organ and Costello's edgy guitar. | ||
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