Elvis Costello Forced to Cancel Remaining European Dates [View all]

Elvis Costello has been forced to cancel the remaining 6 dates of his current European tour on medical grounds. His doctor has strongly advised him to take a break from his current tour itinerary and rest.

Ticket holders should go to point of purchase for refunds.

Elvis apologizes to his fans and releases the following statement:


“Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, "You should start playing the Lotto". He had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery.

I was elated and relieved that our European summer tour could go ahead.

Post-surgical guidelines for such surgery, recommend three weeks to four weeks recovery depending on whether you are returning to a desk job or an occupation that involves physical work or travel.

It was impossible to judge how this advisory would line up with the demands on a traveling musician, playing 90-minute to 2-hour plus performances on a nightly basis but by the time we reached the Edinburgh Playhouse, I was almost fooled into thinking that normal service had been resumed.

I have to thank our friends attending last night's show in Amsterdam and those in Antwerp, Glynde and at Newcastle City Hall for bearing me up. The spirit has been more than willing but I have to now accept that it is going to take longer than I would have wished for me to recover my full strength. Therefore, I must reluctantly cancel all the remaining engagements of this tour.

My apologies go to our ticket holders in Manchester, Pula, Graz, Vienna, Tysnes and Rattvik but I would rather disappoint our friends there by not appearing than in pressing on with a show that is compromised and eventually puts my health at risk.

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Ed Shultz yesterday - age 64.

Elvis Costello today - age 63.

I wrote yesterday about how many in this age group are dying off way too soon.

Boomers won't be around too long IMO as we've all been poisoned in the 1950s & 1960s. Environmental regulations were lean at best during these years. I lived next door to several refineries and AVON (and *pew* did it ever stink!). It was so bad you could not go outside. You had to stay indoors and keep the windows shut to avoid the toxic spew coming inside of where you lived.

Today we are witnessing the results.



Get well soon if you can Elvis Costello!

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