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‘My job was making hits’: Clive Langer on taking Bowie, Dexys and Madness to No 1 – and why he turned Madonna down

He skied with Bowie, boozed with Madness and recorded the Teardrop Explodes on acid. But does he regret blowing it with Dave Grohl? The great producer relives his smashes, parties and 11am vodkas

The Guardian - UK

“I don’t classify myself as a rock ’n’ roll or rockabilly player… I was trying tobe as all-around as I could be”: Billy Bremner on his greatest sessions with Pretenders, Nick Lowe and countless others – and the story behind Rockpile

Rockpile was a band that came and went too soon, but its guitarist, session great Billy Bremner, played on hundreds of recordings, including the Pretenders’ Learning to Crawl and Nick Lowe’s Cruel to be Kind. This is his story

Guitar World

Susanna Hoffs and Elvis Costello celebrate Keith Richards' 81st birthday by dropping an unexpected Rolling Stones cover

"We both wanted to do the Keith part, but I won!" - Susanna Hoffs

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Elvis Costello couldn't care less about his songwriting style being plagiarised and exploited by AI in the future. “Nobody wants to be me anyway!”

“I live in a different universe to AI," legendary British singer/songwriter Elvis Costello maintains, advising songwriting thieves from the future to go back on their rocket ships

Louder

10 holiday gifts to hit the right note for music lovers

Music fans should be easy to shop for this holiday season, right

The Independent UK

The Pogues say Shane MacGowan’s ‘spirit lives on’ in album anniversary gigs

The band will perform second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash in full in May 2025 after celebrating the 40th anniversary of Red Roses For Me this year.

Evening Standard

“They're French. I would say it's a kind of techno prog band”: Elvis Costello reckons that the Brooklyn warehouse gig he saw Justice play was “one of the great shows I've ever been to”

He’s also been doubling down on his decision not to get into a songwriting spat with Olivia Rodrigo

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“I did not find any reason to go after them legally for that – it would be ludicrous”: Elvis Costello explains why he never sued Olivia Rodrigo's team for interpolating one of his guitar riffs

Rodrigo credited Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Hayley Williams, and Josh Farro as co-writers after fans noted similarities between tracks on her debut album, SOUR, and songs and riffs by those artists

Guitar World

The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic staging; and an Elvis Costello-scored musical has too few high notes

The Guardian - UK

“He'd be like, ‘Yeah, when you're sitting in, you can just use mine.’ I was like, ‘I can?!’” Larkin Poe's Rebecca Lovell on the time Elvis Costello let her borrow his famed Fender Jazzmaster

Lovell went from being an Elvis Costello fan and buying a Jazzmaster to playing his actual guitar

Guitar World

The seven greatest cover songs of all time – according to music experts

We recently asked subscribers to our arts and culture newsletter, Something Good, to name their favourite cover song. We received a range of replies, from Beyoncé’s reimagining of the Dolly Parton classic, Jolene, to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged recording of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie. Here’s how…

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A Face in the Crowd at Young Vic review: a brash and gaudy musical for the Trump age

Kwame Kewi-Armah’s final production as the venue’s artistic director – a musical adapted from a 1957 movie with songs by Elvis Costello – feels like a superior high school staging

Evening Standard

A Face in the Crowd, review: Elvis Costello’s satirical musical isn’t extreme enough to skewer Trump

Costello and playwright Sarah Ruhl adapt the 1957 film about the rise of a populist demagogue in this new, uneven Young Vic production

The Independent UK

“It’s the one and only time I've written a song about a bass player”: Paul Carrack on what Ace’s How Long? is really all about, and playing with Roxy Music, Squeeze, Eric Clapton and Mike and the Mechanics

“I've never had any tuition whatsoever,” says the multi-instrumentalist. “Never had any musical education. I've learned by ear”

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Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve review – 50 years of hits only improved by age

The singer-songwriter and his Attractions sidekick roam from 1977 to today – and pay a special tribute to the venue’s historic comedy heritage

Louder

“It’s a complicated story.” Elvis Costello on why he no longer plays one of his best-known and most-loved songs, Oliver’s Army

Don't expect to hear Elvis Costello play Oliver’s Army live onstage ever again

Guitar World

“It promises to be a night of electrifying performances”: Star-studded Robbie Robertson tribute show announced, featuring Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

The star-studded event is taking place on October 17 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles

Louder

The 13 most iconic Glastonbury Festival performances ever

As Glastonbury 2024 approaches, we run through the 13 sets that have defined the festival over its lifespan

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Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Turner, Elvis Costello, Tom Morello and more to cover Jesse Malin songs for forthcoming benefit/tribute album

Stars come together for Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin to raise funds for New York singer/songwriter's healthcare

Guitar World

He's one of the greatest slide guitarists in rock history – now a tribute album to Little Feat and Mothers of Invention guitarist Lowell George is on the way

Elvis Costello, Ben Harper and Dave Alvin are among those paying tribute to the work of the late slide virtuoso

Louder

“My mother called Robbie over and said, ‘You’ve got to behave yourself.’”: Elvis Costello on the time his mum told off Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler

Costello said the Reds striker took the telling off on the chin

The Guardian - US

‘Kills me every single time’: readers on their favourite breakup songs

For Valentine’s Day, Guardian writers picked their favourite breakup songs and here are some of your picks, all the way from sadness to fury

Guitar World

“Some bass parts are functional and some are creative: you don’t need to play Rachmaninoff when the band wants Al Green”: The man behind Elvis Costello’s finest albums recalls his life as a main Attraction

Bruce Thomas, once of Elvis Costello’s backing band, the Attractions, recounts his career

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened

Goals from Nicolas Dominguez and Morgan Gibbs-White secured a deserved Forest win that spared keeper Matt Turner’s blushes

The Guardian - UK

Burt Bacharach remembered by Elvis Costello

The musician recalls a giant of American song – a man who through their collaborations taught him the real art of songwriting

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