03.19.2025
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve • Park West • Chicago
Illinois Entertainer: Jeff Elbel: March 18 2025
While the streets of Chicago teemed with revelers getting an early start
on St. Patrick’s Day, a full house celebrated the holiday with Elvis
Costello and Steve Nieve on Saturday night. Costello and his longtime
Attractions/Imposters bandmate Nieve completed a four-night run in
Chicago that also concluded the pair’s spring tour. Set lists varied
nightly, drawing deep cuts from all eras of Costello’s extensive
catalog. During a nearly three-hour show, Costello and Nieve gave
devoted fans their money’s worth while drawing deeply from 17 albums,
B-sides, the musical score for 2024’s A Face in the Crowd, covers, and
unreleased tracks.