New Musical Express, April 7, 1979: Difference between revisions
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The first incident occurred in [[Concert 1979-03-06 St. Louis|St. Louis]] last week where – after CBS had arranged for a prominent local radio station to sponsor his show there – Costello severely bad-mouthed the station at the introduction to "Radio Radio," resulting in all his music immediately being removed from their playlist. | The first incident occurred in [[Concert 1979-03-06 St. Louis|St. Louis]] last week where – after CBS had arranged for a prominent local radio station to sponsor his show there – Costello severely bad-mouthed the station at the introduction to "Radio Radio," resulting in all his music immediately being removed from their playlist. | ||
But what must be seen as Elvis one big mistake took place only a few days later in [[Concert 1979-03-15 Columbus|Columbus]], Ohio, where Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas were involved in a barroom brawl with | But what must be seen as Elvis one big mistake took place only a few days later in [[Concert 1979-03-15 Columbus|Columbus]], Ohio, where Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas were involved in a barroom brawl with Steve Stills, Bonnie Bramlett and their band. | ||
Initially a heated conversation broke out when members of the Stills entourage started accusing Costello of stealing his licks from [[Ray Charles]], [[James Brown]] and other seminal black artists. Elvis' retort soon became abusive, and developed into a venomous diatribe about blacks in general. Thomas chipped in "Fuck off steel nose" to Stills, and the whole thing degenerated into an O.K. Corral situation, with the two Englishmen coming off worse through sheer weight of numbers. | Initially a heated conversation broke out when members of the Stills entourage started accusing Costello of stealing his licks from [[Ray Charles]], [[James Brown]] and other seminal black artists. Elvis' retort soon became abusive, and developed into a venomous diatribe about blacks in general. Thomas chipped in "Fuck off steel nose" to Stills, and the whole thing degenerated into an O.K. Corral situation, with the two Englishmen coming off worse through sheer weight of numbers. | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.790407a.html elviscostello.info] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.790407a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
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