ELVIS Costello is to bring his Spectacular Spinning Songbook to the York Barbican next year.
He will be wheeling his gigantic vaudevillian contraption up and down the country for 16 shows, including York on May 17, as well as one other Yorkshire date, Sheffield City Hall on May 8.
Costello has decided to stage a revolution once more following this year’s Revolver tour of Britain. In each show, the three-hour set list for Elvis and his band The Imposters is decided by the spinning of a wheel with myriad song titles displayed on it.
The Spectacular Spinning Songbook was first seen in 1986 on his Costello Sings Again tour.
The revived show visited the United States in 2011, where two April performances at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, were recorded for DVD and CD release as The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook.
Costello will be joined for next year’s concerts by Attractions’ keyboard player Steve Nieve and drummer Pete Thomas plus bassist Davey Faragher.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, September 7 at 9am online at bookingsdirect.com or on 0844 338 0000.
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