ELVIS Costello will play a solo show in Harrogate on June 6, just as he did all of 30 years ago.

On that occasion, on November 9 1984, the London-born singer, songwriter and TV presenter shed the Attractions to perform Solo In Concert at the Royal Hall, his iconic tour poster picturing him in black and white in impenetrable specs with a stand-up double bass.

Next year, 60-year-old Costello will bring his Detour show to Harrogate International Centre on a 21-date tour in the wake of this year's one-man band nights at l‘Olympia, Paris, and the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest, as well as his Carnegie Hall solo debut in New York.

In July, he played the re-opening concert at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, headlined at Kew Gardens in London and played an intimate show at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea before touring the capital cities and small towns of Europe for five weeks in the autumn.

Costello last played a North Yorkshire gig with The Imposters at York Barbican in June 2013. Tickets for the only Yorkshire date on next May and June's Elvis Costello Detour travels are on sale on 01423 502116 or at harrogatetheatre.co.uk