03.18.2020
ELVIS COSTELLO — STRIPPED-BACK CLASSICS DELIVERED WITH DUNKIRK SPIRIT
The Times: Will Hodgkinson: 16th March 2020.
On what looked set to be one of the last major concerts in the capital before coronavirus isolation took hold, Elvis Costello was determined to give us a good time. “It’s Friday night in London. What could possibly go wrong?” he asked, and the answer lay in the empty seats of this sold-out show.
Full credit then for Costello getting into the Dunkirk spirit, with his old band the Imposters going back to their pub rock roots with stripped-back arrangements,two backing singers forever encouraging the crowd to get on their feet and clap along, and all the hits. This was not a time to get all arty and serious. This was a time for good cheer.