11.17.2019
ELVIS COSTELLO THROWS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY AT STATELY PALLADIUM
Indy Star: David Lindquist: November 17th 2019.
If it’s possible to initiate an 9-year-old concert hall, Elvis Costello accomplished the feat Saturday night at Carmel’s Palladium.
The $126 million venue — known for its dignified balconies and neoclassical dome — previously hosted acts that blurred the edges of New Wave, power pop and punk rock in the late ’70s. Blondie and Devo shared a bill at the Palladium in 2012, and Joe Jackson played there in 2017.
Costello roughed up the joint with care, likely because his discography includes a ballet score (2004’s “Il Sogno”) as well as collaborations with the Brodsky Quartet and Burt Bacharach.
Noting his stately surroundings, Costello said he was tempted to sing a completely different set of songs than he and his Imposters backing band prepared for the “Just Trust” tour.
But he delivered when it was time to rock ’n’ roll.