EL GIGS INTO '79
ELVIS COSTELLO & The Attractions start a lengthy
series of concert appearances just before Christmas
which run well into the New Year. The series starts
with seven nights at the Dominion Theatre in
London, from December 18th to 24th.
Elvis & Attractions then get just Christmas Day
and Boxing Day to play with their presents before
going to Brighton on the 27th to start their tour at the
Top Rank.
They then gig almost every night up until Jan 29th,
visiting Portsmouth, Bath, Canterbury, Oxford,
Hemel Hempstead, Ipswich, Birmingham, Derby,
Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle,
Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Carlisle,
Preston, Sheffield, Hanley, Leeds, Coventry,
Leicester, Oldham, Taunton, Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol
and (phew) Southampton.
Support acts will be American band Richard Hell &
The Void-Olds, and Manchester's new wave poet
John Cooper Clarke. Costello and Cooper Clarke are
close friends, having recently struck up a mutual
admiration society.
Elvis' new album, "Armed Forces", is due on
Januarys. It includes a free, live EP featuring
"Watching The Detectives", "Accidents Will
Happen" and the magnificent "Alison".
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