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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello, Caird Hall, 1979 </h3></center> | ||
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Here's my ticket stub showing that on this day, 30 years ago, Elvis Costello was in town. | Here's my ticket stub showing that on this day, 30 years ago, Elvis Costello was in town. | ||
At this stage in his career he was still a bit of a skinny little whippersnapper, having surfaced in tandem with the punk movement, but behind the image lay a big talent, and we got an instant reminder when he started the show off with "Watching the detectives". After that the hits kept coming, "Olivers Army" | At this stage in his career he was still a bit of a skinny little whippersnapper, having surfaced in tandem with the punk movement, but behind the image lay a big talent, and we got an instant reminder when he started the show off with "Watching the detectives". After that the hits kept coming, "Olivers Army," "Alison," "Accidents will happen," "Red Shoes" and on it went. This tour was to promote his ''Armed Forces'' album so there was plenty new material too. | ||
He has since gone on to work with just about every musician on the planet it seems and is still touring 3 decades on. | He has since gone on to work with just about every musician on the planet it seems and is still touring 3 decades on. | ||
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GG recalls Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]] and support acts [[Richard Hell]] and [[John Cooper Clarke]], Sunday, [[Concert 1979-01-14 Dundee|January 14, 1979]], Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland. | |||
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