Elvis Costello News

The following acts are performing at City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, throughout the month of April.

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND the Bad Suns performance on June 14th at the Fox Theatre has been moved to the Boulder Theater on the same date! Hang on to your tickets - all Fox Theatre tickets will be honored. Tickets for the Boulder Theater are on sale now!

Having begun the new year on a high note playing two shows in sunny California with Fred Herrera and Alex Del Zoppo, founding members of Sweetwater (The first band to rock the 1969 Woodstock festival), singer/songwriter and guitarist Mark Newman is headed into the Spring season with a new lineup of shows

On March 31, Richard Edwards will release his debut album Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset on Joyful Noise Recordings.

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will present legendary composer Stephen Schwartz with its prestigious Founders Award at its 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards on Tuesday, May 16. The exclusive, invitation-only gala celebrates ASCAP's top film, television and videogame composers of 2016 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA.

The Metropolitan Room presents Stacy Sullivan's A Night at the Troubadour -Presenting Elton John and David Ackles, which explores one night in the life of the late David Ackles, a singer-songwriter who recorded four highly regarded albums between 1968 and 1973. Along the way, he gathered a group of ardent fans including Phil Collins, Elvis Costello and Elton John, for whom Ackles opened at the Troubadour in a twist of fate on August 25, 1970.

By popular demand, Elvis Costello & The Imposters bring their new show, “Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers,” back for a coast-to-coast North American run of 20 dates this June and July. Last fall, Costello debuted the tour to rave reviews.

Cleopatra Records is pleased to announce the release of singer/vocal stylist Billy Valentine's Brit Eyed Soul on March 3, 2017.

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. will kick off its Spring/Summer 2017 season with the New York City premiere of Some of a Thousand Words, the latest collaboration between former New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan and renowned choreographer Brian Brooks, from February 28 - March 5.

The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME) is back for another exciting year of entertainment. This year's program will run from June 6-11, and will be packed full of top-notch events with incredible films, filmmakers, actors, artists and, of course, legendary musicians. The event's 2017 honoree is esteemed and innovative artist, songwriter, producer, performer, record company owner and artist's advocate-T Bone Burnett, the man behind some of the most beloved and well-known movie and television soundtracks and Grammy® winning records.

By popular demand, Elvis Costello & The Imposters bring their new show, 'Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers,' back for a coast-to-coast North American run of 20 dates this June and July. The 'Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers' Tour will be at the Providence Performing Arts Center Tuesday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. 

With a month to go until the release of the reissue of Paul McCartney's classic album Flowers In The Dirt (the 10th installment of the Grammy-winning Paul McCartney Archive Collection) – Paul has released some photographs taken by Linda McCartney (with the exception of image 9 – taken by Herman Leonard) during the recording of the album.

“Dan Hicks is an American Treasure,” so says Elvis Costello and perhaps half of the music world who worshiped Dan and his timeless tunes.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band have announced the release of their new album, So It Is, the septet's second release featuring all-new original music, coming April 21 via Legacy Recordings.

Thursday's snowstorm forced cancellation of singer Stacy Sullivan's show, A Night at the Troubadour: Presenting Elton John and David Ackles, at Metropolitan Room that evening. The new date is February 27th at 9:30pm in addition to the previously scheduled show on Mach 17th at 7pm. 

Amazon today announced it has ordered two new Amazon Original Kids Series, PETE THE CAT, based on the award-winning book series, and COSTUME QUEST, from the popular video games.

A diverse all-star lineup of GRAMMY Award nominees, GRAMMY winners, entertainers and film and TV stars took stage last ight for THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS

An invitation-only reading of the new musical Other World will take place on Thursday, March 9 (2:30pm) and Friday, March 10 (11:00am) at the Lyric Theatre Studios (Lyric Theatre - Studio A, 214 West 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036).  Other World features a book by Hunter Bell, music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and Ann McNamee, and will be directed by Gabriel Barre.

Critically acclaimed Irish singer Imelda May is premiering the video for the song 'Black Tears' off of her forthcoming album Life, Love, Flesh, Blood (out 4/7 on Verve) via the Four Oh Five today.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (COP) announces a special music panel event "Composing Music in the 21st Century: Music Panel Discussion: How modern composers navigate the ever-changing economy of music."