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Elvis Costello has announced 2025 tour dates for “Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello.” The tour kicks off in Seattle, WA, on June 12th, and spans the United States with stops in Portland, Reno, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville, before closing in Miami Beach 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 andamp; 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 andamp; 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, swinging, 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 andamp; 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 recent release of “King Of America andamp; 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, December 11 at 10:00am local 

General On sale:  Friday, December 13 at 10am local 

 

'Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello' Tour Dates 2025

June 12 - Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
June 13 - Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
June 15 - Reno, NV @ Venue TBA
June 17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
June 19 - Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live Sacramento
June 21 - Los Angeles @ Orpheum
June 24 - San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
June 26 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
June 28 - Beaver Creek, CO @ Vilar Performing Arts Center
June 29 - Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre
July 1 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
July 3 - St. Louis, MO @ The Factory
July 5 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
July 7 - Greenville, SC @ The Peace Center Concert Hall
July 9 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Mahaffey Theater in Duke Energy Center for the Arts
July 10 - Fort Myers, FL @ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
July 12 - Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre