Elvis Costello News

Pop-Rock Idol, Rick Springfield brings his Stripped Down Tour to The Colonial Theatre tonight, March 26 at 7:30pm. Rick Springfield fans will get to witness the pop-rock idol as they've never seen him before in his first-ever solo acoustic tour! In addition to playing unplugged versions of many of his memorable tunes, Springfield will share stories about the songs and his life during the performances and do a Q&A session with fans after the performance.

Today, SHOWTIME announced LOST SONGS: THE BASEMENT TAPES CONTINUED, an original SHOWTIME documentary produced by T Bone Burnett and Sam Jones, and directed by Jones.

Back by popular demand, Punch Brothers, the astonishing, otherworldly string band quintet featured on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis, will play Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 29, at 8 p.m.

Singer/Songwriter Jamey Johnson returns to the stage at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA on Sunday, June 29 at 2 PM.

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, described as 'a temple of live music, bowling, food and drink' by Las Vegas Weekly and 'an 80,000 square foot wonderland' by The Las Vegas Sun, is now open at The LINQ in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

Pop-Rock Idol, Rick Springfield brings his Stripped Down Tour to The Colonial Theatre on March 26 at 7:30pm. Rick Springfield fans will get to witness the pop-rock idol as they've never seen him before in his first-ever solo acoustic tour! In addition to playing unplugged versions of many of his memorable tunes, Springfield will share stories about the songs and his life during the performances and do a Q&A session with fans after the performance.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will make her New York Philharmonic debut in Mary Chapin Carpenter with the New York Philharmonic and Special Guests, a retrospective program featuring songs from throughout her career, some newly arranged for orchestra.

If you can't get to the Big Easy for Mardi Gras, let it come to you. Big Sam's Funky Nation will preside over a pre-Mardi Gras dance party on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, in Jorgensen's award-winning Cabaret in Storrs. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for food and cash bar, and the funk will start at 8 p.m.

Flashdance - The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will run at the Community Center Theater from tonight, February 4 - 9, 2014.

Over the course of 53 years and 58 albums, seminal Irish exports THE CHIEFTAINS have uncompromisingly popularized their country's rich musical heritage, collaborating with some of modern music's biggest names, and ultimately earning the group six Grammys and 18 Grammy nominations. THE CHIEFTAINS are not only the world's most famous traditional Irish musicians, they are some of the most beloved. As comfortable playing spontaneous Irish sessions as they are headlining Carnegie Hall, they make the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive. Thursday, February 20 at 8:00 pm at Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags at Civic Center Drive in San Rafael, CA 94903. Tickets are $50, $40, $25, Premium Seats $75, Students 20 and under $20, Bargain seats (rows 25-34) $20; and can be ordered through the Marin Center Box Office at 415-473-6800 or visit www.marincenter.org

Bay Street Theatre has announced 'Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest' continue through January and February.

The Las Vegas entertainment experience and music scene will once again be redefined as Brooklyn Bowl opens its doors March 2014 at The LINQ, Caesars Entertainment's open air district in the center of the world famous Las Vegas Strip.

City Winery Napa at the Historic Napa Valley Opera House hased announce the much-anticipated artist lineup from the soft launch in April through June 2014. Over the next few weeks ten new concert dates a week will be released until the complete schedule of approximately twenty shows per month is announced. All shows begin at 8pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets available at citywinery.com.

Bay Street Theatre has announced 'Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest' continue through January and February. The special guest tonight, January 24 at 8 pm will be violinist Randi Fishenfeld.

Bay Street Theatre has announced "Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest" continue through January and February.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will make her Los Angeles Philharmonic and Walt Disney Concert Hall debuts on Saturday, February 8, 2014, in a one-night-only performance featuring songs from her first orchestral album, Songs From The Movie, released on January 14, 2014. Joining Carpenter are some of the collaborators from Songs From The Movie, including six-time Grammy-winner Vince Mendoza (Sting, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Elvis Costello, Bjork, Joni Mitchell), who will be conducting the LA Phil, Peter Erskine (Weather Report, John Abercrombie, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall) on drums, and Matt Rollings (Keith Urban, Lyle Lovett) on piano.

Hot on the heels of winning a Grand Prize in last year's John Lennon Songwriting Contest, North Carolina's favorite power pop band for kids, Big Bang Boom, makes a rare Delaware appearance with a rocking family show at 11:30 a.m. today, January 18 at World Café Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington. This performance is part of World Café Live's Peanut Butter & Jams series.

Bay Street Theatre has announced 'Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest' continue through January and February. The special guest on Friday, January 24 at 8 pm will be violinist Randi Fishenfeld. Cost is $20. The music sessions will continue every Friday in January and February (excluding February 7) and will feature a different special guest each week, along with the music and fun of Nancy Atlas and the Nancy Atlas Project live in concert.

Flashdance - The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will run at the Community Center Theater from February 4 - 9, 2014, as part of California Musical Theatre's Broadway Sacramento series. With electrifying dance at its core, Flashdance - The Musical tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. When romance with her steel mill boss threatens to complicate her ambitions, Alex learns the meaning of love and its power to fuel the pursuit of her dream.