Elvis Costello performing solo, with Imposters, Sugarcanes and orchestra this spring

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[tweetmeme]With the second season of “Spectacle” wrapping up at the end of this month, host Elvis Costello is returning to the road this spring in a number of guises, performing solo, playing with both The Imposters and The Sugarcanes, and appearing for two nights with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Costello kicks off his tour April 7, [...]

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Video: Elvis Costello and Ron Sexsmith play ‘Everyday I Write the Book’ on ‘Spectacle’

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[tweetmeme]We caught up on a few TiVo’d episodes of “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…” this weekend at Slicing Up Eyeballs World HQ, and while it’s true that pretty much every episode of this Sundance Channel rock ‘n’ talk show is a gem, one performance from a few weeks back really stood out: Elvis Costello and Ron [...]

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Contest: Win free ‘Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…’ Season 1 DVD prize pack, U2 single

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[tweetmeme]As you may have seen, the Sundance Channel’s talk ‘n’ roll show “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…” returned for a second season last week with a top-notch episode featuring U2’s Bono and The Edge. To mark the occasion, the fine folks at Sundance have generously provided Slicing Up Eyeballs with the following prize pack to give [...]

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Video: Elvis Costello and U2’s Bono, The Edge mash up ‘Pump It Up’ and ‘Get On Your Boots’

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[tweetmeme]The second season of Elvis Costello’s excellent rock ‘n’ talk show “Spectacle” premiered this week on the Sundance Channel with a pair of very special guests: U2’s Bono and The Edge. True to form, the host and guests took the stage together and separately, most raucously on a show-closing mash-up of the former’s “Pump It [...]

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Video: Stephen Colbert sings ‘Cheap Reward’ with Elvis Costello on ‘The Colbert Report’

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[tweetmeme]Elvis Costello dropped by “The Colbert Report” on Thursday to pimp the new season of his own talk show, “Spectacle,” but since he was feeling a little under the weather and not in fine singing voice, host Stephen Colbert offered to lend his vocal services instead.
The result? The usually sardonic Colbert taking a surprisingly sincere [...]

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