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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Elvis Costello Reveals Plans For 10-Night New York Residency

Elvis Costello has revealed plans for a 10-night residency in New York City next year.

The rock icon revealed the scheduled gigs during an appearance on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon."

"I'm gonna play a 10-night stand in New York City next February," Costello explained. "But here's the thing - I'm going to print a list of 10 songs a night that's gonna give you a clue to what the night's gonna be like. And the other 10 songs that I might play are a secret."

"You'll never hear the same song twice," he added. "It's gonna be 200 songs over 10 nights."

Costello said a "special price" would be available for those who wanted to attend every show. "You can get a completely different price if you don't wanna come at all!" he joked.

The residency will be held at the Gramercy Theatre and begin in February 2023. Further dates and details are yet to be announced.

(Photo: Mark Seliger)

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Bob Dylan's Legal Team Seeking 'Monetary Sanctions' Against Sexual Assault Accuser's Lawyers

Bob Dylan's legal team is reportedly seeking "monetary sanctions" against the lawyers who filed a lawsuit that alleged Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965.

According to sources, including Billboard and Pitchfork, Dylan's lead attorney Orin Snyder wrote in a letter to a federal judge that the attorneys, Daniel W. Isaacs and Peter J. Gleason, "should not have brought this action-accusing [Bob Dylan] of a heinous crime-if they did not intend to responsibly litigate it. It is more than appropriate to hold them accountable."

A woman identified as J.C. had alleged in a lawsuit filed last year that Dylan abused her in his room at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan when he was 23 or 24 years old. A spokesperson for Dylan called the claims "untrue."

The case was dropped earlier this summer after Dylan's attorneys accused J.C. of destroying evidence after she failed to turn over emails and text messages by a court-ordered deadline and J.C.'s legal team members also notified the judge that they had been discharged by the plaintiff as her attorneys.

Dylan's attorneys are now demanding "real consequences" for attorneys Daniel Isaacs and Peter Gleason over their "systematic discovery violations" while handling the case.

(Photo: Raphael Pour-Hashemi)

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Eric Clapton To Release 'The Complete Reprise Studio Albums - Volume 1' Box Set

Eric Clapton will release a vinyl box set featuring remastered versions of his first six studio albums for Reprise Records on September 30.

One of music's most influential and successful recording artists, Clapton joined Reprise Records in 1983, launching a prolific period that spans 30 years and encompasses some of his most celebrated work.

The limited edition, 12-LP boxed set, titled The Complete Reprise Studio Albums - Volume I, revisits Clapton's first six albums for Reprise along with an LP exclusive to this collection that features rarities from the era. It includes a previously unreleased remix of "Pilgrim" by co-writer and long-time Clapton producer Simon Climie.

The Complete Reprise Studio Albums - Volume I contains newly remastered versions of six studio albums pressed on 180-gram vinyl: Money and Cigarettes (1983) as a single LP, and Behind the Sun (1985), August (1986), Journeyman (1989), From the Cradle (1994), and Pilgrim (1998) as double-LPs.

Behind The Sun and August were originally released as single LPs. Both are now 3-sided double albums to avoid long LP sides and to maximize the audio quality.

The final LP in the collection, Rarities (1983-1998) brings together eight rare recordings from this era, including live versions of "White Room" and "Crossroads" and "Theme From A Movie That Never Happened" (Orchestral).

All the music included in this collection was mastered by Bob Ludwig and the lacquers for the LPs were cut by Chris Bellman.

The vinyl box set can be pre-ordered at ericclapton.com, Rhino.com, and Amazon.

(Photo: Rhino)

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