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“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

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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”

MusicRadar

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

The Guardian - UK

“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

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“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

Guitar World

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

Louder

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

Louder

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

Guitar World

“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

Louder

‘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

The Guardian - US

“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

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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

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Little Matchgirl and Happier Tales; Cold War; Pandemonium – review

There’s a puppet but no happy ending at Emma Rice’s fine new Somerset venue; Elvis Costello soundtracks a postwar Polish love story; and Armando Iannucci bravely tries to satirise the Tory party

TechRadar

Fairytale of New York quiz: celebrate the late, great Shane MacGowan's lyrical genius

Remember the incomparable Irish singer-songwriter and Pogues frontman by completing the lyrics to his musical masterpiece.

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Cold War review – Conor McPherson follows doomed love across eastern bloc

Luke Thallon and Anya Chalotra are the lovers in this adaptation of Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2018 film, with Polish folk music and Elvis Costello songs

Evening Standard

Cold War at Almeida Theatre review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s doomed love story, brilliantly translated to the stage

Mulled wine and festive cheer? Forget about it, and see this bleak postwar love story unfold instead

MusicRadar

The story of Fairytale Of New York: “I sat down, opened the sherry, got the peanuts out and pretended it was Christmas…"

At this time when the music world is mourning the loss of Shane MacGowan, MusicRadar looks back on one of his most enduring and beloved achievements

The Independent UK

How The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl made Fairytale of New York

A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

The Independent UK

Fairytale of New York: How The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl made the Christmas classic

A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

Louder

Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has died aged 65

Shane MacGowan, bandleader of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65, his wife confirms

The Independent UK

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies at age 65

Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died

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