EASTON, Pa. — A singer who bridged punk and new wave music, then conquered mainstream, will perform at Easton's State Theatre.
The venue has not publicly announced the 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, show, but has theater-member sales for tickets, at $75-$125, on its website.
Costello's website says tickets will be available to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22.
Costello will perform with only with pianist Steve Nieve from his band The Attractions.Easton State Theatre website
The show will kick off a tour in which Costello will perform only with pianist Steve Nieve from his band The Attractions, according to his website.
Costello’s debut album “My Aim Is True” in 1977 connected the United States with punk rock and the more palatable new wave. He then went on to top the charts with “Veronica” and “The Other Side of Summer” in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In 2003, Costello and his band, the Attractions, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Costello among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
“My Aim is True” included the iconic songs “Less Than Zero,” “Alison” and “Watching the Detectives.” The follow-up “This Year’s Model” in 1978 had the songs “Pump It Up” and “Radio Radio,” which Costello famously played on “Saturday Night Live” after being told by the show not to.
Both those albums, as well as 1979’s “Armed Forces,” went gold or platinum, and “Armed Forces” hit No. 10 on the albums chart. His first three albums also all appeared on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
But it wasn’t until 1983’s song “Everyday I Write the Book” that Costello cracked the U.S. singles chart. In 1991, “Veronica” went to No. 1, followed by “The Other Side of Summer” in 1991.
The 70-year-old Costello has had two gold albums since: 1985’s “The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions” and 1989’s “Spike.”
Continues to evolve
Costello's music has continued to evolve. His 1998 collaboration with Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains on “Long Journey Home” on the soundtrack of the PBS/Disney miniseries of the same name won him a Grammy Award that year.
That same year, he released a duo album with Burt Bacharach, "Painted from Memory."
His 2013 album “Wise Up Ghost,” with Philadelphia hip-hop/soul band The Roots, hit No. 16 — his third-highest-charting disc ever in the United States, and second-highest in 33 years.
Costello just released a new album, "The Coward Brothers," on Nov. 15.Elvis Costello website
His last album, 2022's "The Boy Named," was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
He just released a new album, "The Coward Brothers," with T-Bone Burnett on Nov. 15.
His song “The Scarlet Tide” from the movie “Cold Mountain” in 2003 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Costello played a sold-out show at the State Theatre in 2013 as part of the first solo tour of his career, and played Sands Event Center, now Wind Creek Event Center, in 2016 and 2019.
