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Elvis Costello: awarded an O.B.E. in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

submitted by Nick Jun 8th 2019 10:00 am (www.nme.com)

"I am happy to accept this very surprising honour" Elvis CostelloElvis Costello has been awarded an O.B.E for “services to music” in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The award, which will recognise Costello as an “Officer of the Order of the British Empire”, was announced last night (June 7) with Costello later responding to the news in a blog post announcement on his website. “I […]The post Elvis Costello awarded an O.B.E. in Queen’s Birthday Honours List appeared first on NME.

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Elvis Costello: Watch Elvis Costello And Adam Driver Sing “Please, Mr. Kennedy” At The Inside Llewyn Davis Tribute Concert

submitted by Nick Sep 30th 2013 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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submitted by Nick Sep 20th 2013 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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Elvis Costello: Watch Elvis Costello & The Roots Play Fallon Again

submitted by Nick Sep 20th 2013 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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submitted by Nick Sep 18th 2013 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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Elvis Costello: Watch Elvis Costello & The Roots Play Fallon

submitted by Nick Sep 18th 2013 02:01 pm (stereogum.com)

Elvis Costello and the Roots first worked together on the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon stage, and now they’ve teamed up to make the surprisingly seamless collaborative album Wise Up Ghost, on which Costello’s burr meshes with the Roots’ hard-swinging old-school funk in a not-remotely-forced sort of way. Last night, ...

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