04.22.2025
New Dates Added: “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello,”Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton
Elvis Costello has extended his “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis
Costello” tour with 22 new East Coast and Midwest dates starting
September 18th in Bethlehem, PA and running through October 22nd in
Omaha, NE.
As previously announced, the first leg of the “Radio Soul!: The Early
Songs of Elvis Costello” tour, performed by Elvis Costello & The
Imposters with Charlie Sexton, spans June 12th in Seattle, WA through
Miami Beach, FL on July 12th.
As the playful billing suggests, the show will feature numbers drawn
from record releases from “My Aim Is True” in 1977 to “Blood &
Chocolate” in 1986, along with other surprises.
Those nine years saw the first appearance of some of Elvis Costello’s
most renowned compositions from “Watching The Detectives” to “I Want
You”, along with songs that have remained in The Imposters’ live
repertoire over the last 20 or more years, including “Alison,” “Man Out
Of Time” and “Brilliant Mistake.”
Asked about the surprising theme of this tour, Costello responded:
“For any songwriter, it has to be a compliment if people want to hear
songs written up to fifty years ago. Among them, “Radio Soul,” the first
draft of what eventually became “Radio Radio.”
Regarding the decision to sharpen the focus on a specific period of
time, Costello reminded us:
“You can expect the unexpected and the faithful in equal measure. Don’t
forget this show is “Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters”, an
ensemble which includes three people who first recorded this music and
two more who bring something entirely new. They are nobody’s tribute
band.
The Imposters are a living, breathing, swooning, kicking and screaming
rock and roll band who can turn their hands to a pretty ballad when the
opportunity arises.”
The Imposters are Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher and they
are joined once again by guitarist, Charlie Sexton.
Recent performances of Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie
Sexton received widespread acclaim:
“Costello is proving he’s an indefatigable force of nature, and one of
the greatest showmen in the history of rock ’n’ roll. We’re lucky to
bear witness.” – Nashville Scene, 1/30/24
“Elvis Costello and the Imposters laid the crowd to waste.” – Riverfront
Times, 1/30/24
Costello concluded:
“If there is an encore and we play, “Farewell, OK”, it probably means
some of those “Early Songs” will have been performed in your city for
the very last time. I don’t want to go back, I want to bring these songs
into the present day, once more, in the event they are ever pushed out
of the way by the next number that I write.
You could say time is running out but only time will tell.
Don’t be late, the band hits at eight.”
This tour follows the fall 2024 release of “King Of America & Other
Realms” – a 6-CD anthology that tells the story of that 1986 album and
the music to which it led. The “King Of America” songs are expected to
be heard in the mid-show interlude, along with songs written as long ago
as 1975 and even some of those “pretty ballads” that Costello has
promised.
Tickets go on sale at ElvisCostello.com
Artist Presale: Wednesday, April 23rd @ 10:00AM Local Time
General On Sale: Friday, April 25th @ 10:00AM Local Time
Newly Announced “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello” Tour
Dates:
Sep 18, 2025 Bethlehem, PA Wind Creek Event Center
Sep 19, 2025 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center
Sep 21, 2025 Brookville, NY LIU Tilles Center for The Performing Arts
Sep 22, 2025 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Sep 24, 2025 Hartford, CT Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell
Sep 26, 2025 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
Sep 27, 2025 Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre
Sep 29, 2025 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
Sep 30, 2025 Durham, NC DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center
Oct 2, 2025 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 3, 2025 Charleston, SC Charleston Gaillard Center
Oct 5, 2025 Roanoke, VA Berglund Performing Arts Theatre
Oct 7, 2025 Wheeling, WV Capitol Theatre
Oct 9, 2025 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
Oct 10, 2025 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre
Oct 12, 2025 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Oct 14, 2025 Champaign, IL Virginia Theatre
Oct 16, 2025 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre
Oct 17, 2025 Milwaukee, WI The Pabst Theater
Oct 19, 2025 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
Oct 20, 2025 Minneapolis, MN Northrop
Oct 22, 2025 Omaha, NE Steelhouse Omaha
Previously Announced “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello”
Tour Dates:
June 12, 2025 Seattle, WA Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
June 13, 2025 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
June 15, 2025 Reno, NV Silver Legacy’s Grande Expo Hall
June 17, 2025 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
June 19, 2025 Wheatland, CA Hard Rock Live Sacramento
June 21, 2025 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum
June 22, 2025 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum
June 24, 2025 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
June 26, 2025 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
June 28, 2025 Beaver Creek, CO Vilar Performing Arts Center
June 29, 2025 Denver, CO Bellco Theatre
July 1, 2025 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
July 3, 2025 St. Louis, MO The Factory
July 5, 2025 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
July 7, 2025 Greenville, SC The Peace Center Concert Hall
July 9, 2025 St. Petersburg, FL Duke Energy Center for the Arts
July 10, 2025 Fort Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
July 12, 2025 Miami Beach, FL Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre