We went to see Elvis Costello at the Palais last night. I have been a fan for a long time in fact went to see him at the concert hall 25 years ago and it was crap! He seemed like a fish out of water in those staid surroundings. I spent the night longing that it was at the pub. 25 years later I was ready to give it another stab. My goodest girlfriend said she thought he was probably going to be bad, my big brother told me that he had heard him on the radio during the day and he sounded horrible, so we were primed for a great night.
He sounded fantastic, much better than 25 years ago, and since it was a solo show we really got to see him perform. He played a huge range of music from jazz standards to his own rock. He played his own hits that have been reworked and virtually unplugged apart from a distortion pedal or two. The crowd loved it and he included the audience of die-hards in the show. It was great.