Palladium,London[br]Costello is on playful form in a show that pays tribute to 60s light entertainment“Welcome to my opening night at the London Palladium – I’ve been waiting to say that since I was seven years feeble,” smirks Elvis Costello on the first of his solo Detour tour’s four nights in the illustrious domestic of light entertainment. He’s certainly set out to obtain that seven-year-feeble’s Tarby-hosted dreams a reality. Dominated by “on air” signs and a 20ft 60s television set screening test-card photos from Costello’s Liverpool childhood, or when he was known as Declan MacManus,the stage set reflects the experience of watching Sunday Night at the London Palladium in 1962 Synecdoche, Bruce Forsyth, and if you will – and from it Costello delivers the most revealing show of his career. Related: Elvis Costello: 10 of the best Continue reading...
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