This summer, Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Blondie embark on a coast-to-coast 13-city tour. Starting in Bethel, NY, this tour will span across North America, ending in Seattle, WA. Presales for this tour are available starting Wednesday, April 3rd at noon local time.
Elvis Costello and Blondie shared spots near the top of the UK Singles Chart 40 years ago when Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” sat neck-and-neck alongside Elvis Costello & The Attraction’s “Oliver’s Army” in the company of The Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor and ABBA. The same week, Blondie’s seminal album Parallel Lines reached #1 on the Album Chart while Costello’s Armed Forces landed at #3.
Elvis Costello & The Imposters’ last tour in late 2018 found the combo reaching new live performance peaks. The band “came out swinging” (Star Tribune) in Minneapolis, were “unstoppable” in Anaheim (OC Register) and played an “epic and euphoric” (Variety) show in LA that even at nearly three hours “[left] ‘em wanting more.” The Imposters are: Steve Nieve (keyboards), Davey Faragher (bass) and Pete Thomas (drums).
In 2017, Blondie hit the road in support of their most collaborative album yet, Pollinator (BMG). Their spectacular live shows drew acclaim for their “flair and precision” (Rolling Stone), while being called “formidable” (LA Weekly) and “artful, rocking” (City Pages). Pollinator was praised by the likes of New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork and many more for its dynamic blend of Blondie’s trailblazing sound and new influences from some of modern music’s greatest innovators including Sia, Dev Hynes, Charli XCX, Dave Sitek, Joan Jett, and more. It features the euphoric disco-infused single “Fun,” the propulsive 80s-esque anthem “Long Time,” and the irreverent “Doom or Destiny.”
Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Blondie:
07-20 Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
07-21 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
07-23 Boston, MA – Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
07-24 Forest Hills, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
07-26 Washington DC – The Anthem
07-27 Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
08-01 Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Theater at the Palms
08-02 Temecula, CA – Pechanga Summit
08-04 Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
08-05 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
08-07 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
08-08 San Francisco, CA – Concord Pavilion
08-10 Seattle, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
Photo by Leslie Michelle Derrough
