Mellow evening for Elvis Costello at Out of Space
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 6, 2022 Headliner Elvis Costello, the venerable British rocker, played an inspired selection of classics and new material at last night’s Out of Space concert at Canal Shores golf course. Opening with Accidents Will Happen and Green Shirt, both from his 1979 album Armed Forces, Costello then launched into a bevy of newer material before closing out the 90-minute program with rousing versions of two of his most beloved hits, Pump It Up from 1978’s This Year’s Model album and (What’s So Funny Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (also from Armed Forces); and a beautiful, unadorned version of his classic ballad Alison from the 1977 album My Aim Is True. Crowd stands for headliner Elvis Costello. A sold-out crowd of 5,000 loved it. A highly unscientific and informal sample of attendees turned up about equal numbers of Elvis diehards (“I’ve been seeing him since the 1980s” was a common refrain) and Out of Space fans. Among the latter were James Blesius, who said flat out, “This venue is great.” He recalled seeing the classic rocker Patti Smith at Out of Space last year. “It was terrific, till the rains came and washed out her set.” The weather … Continue reading →