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New York Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Elvis Costello may be done with new music: 'Let somebody else make records'
It's been some 50 years since Elvis Costello first made the trip across the pond from London to New York. And the bespectacled singer-songwriter behind such classics as 'Alison,' 'Pump It Up,' and 'Veronica' returned to his early days playing smaller rooms in the city at the Soho Sessions loft space on Tuesday night. After performing in the intimate setting at the private event before a star-studded crowd — including Whoopi Goldberg, Tracy Morgan, Susan Sarandon, Liev Schreiber, tennis great John McEnroe and supermodel Paulina Porizkova — Costello reflected on his first New York show. Advertisement 10 Elvis Costello made a surprise appearance at the Soho Sessions showcase on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin 10 Elvis Costello played one of his first New York shows at the Palladium in 1978. Redferns 'I don't think the place I played first was very much bigger than this, if it was bigger,' Costello, 70, exclusively told The Post. 'The Bottom Line would have been the first time. And then we moved on up to the Palladium on 14th Street, when 14th Street was pretty interesting. Advertisement 'You have to play everywhere in the end,' he added. 'You find the places that you feel good in, you know? And I've had venues that I like here. But it was nice to be in this one.' While he may still enjoy playing cool new venues such as the Soho Sessions hot spot, Costello has no plans to make any new music — 48 years after releasing his debut album, 1977's 'My Aim Is True.' 'Right now, I've made so many records, might be time to let somebody else make records for a while,' he said. 10 Elvis Costello and his wife of 22 years, jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall, are living in Manhattan with their twin sons. Getty Images for RS Advertisement Five decades later, Costello is also a certified New Yorker himself, living in Manhattan with his wife of 22 years, jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall, and their 18-year-old twin sons Dexter and Frank. 'I like being here,' he said. Costello also has a special connection to New Orleans, which was on display at the Soho Sessions, where he was the surprise guest during Grammy-winning NOLA musician Trombone Shorty's set that also featured Big Easy legend Ivan Neville on keyboards. 10 Elvis Costello performed numbers such as his classic 'Pump It Up' at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. @kimmancusophotography Advertisement 10 Elvis Costello joined Trombone Shorty during his set at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin 'I worked down in New Orleans with Allen Toussaint,' Costello said of the late musician with whom he collaborated on 2006's 'The River in Reverse.' 'That's why we did that first song ['On Your Way Down']. 'We made a record together right after [Hurricane] Katrina,' he continued. 'It was only three months after, and the city was still under curfew … He lost his home and his studio, so he had to rebuild a different life. And that was very inspiring.' Costello has also collaborated with Paul McCartney, with the two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers co-writing 15 songs together. In fact, they partnered to pen Costello's biggest US hit, 1989's 'Veronica.' Although the song is upbeat, there's a heartbreaking personal story behind it. 10 Whoopi Goldberg met up with actress Gina Gershon at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin 10 Liev Schreiber and wife Taylor Neisen attended Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin 'The song is about Alzheimer's. You know, it's about the onset of dementia my grandmother was going through,' who titled the song after his grandmother's Catholic confirmation name. 'And I wanted to write a joyful song about the little last glimmers of light. So I feel quite proud of the fact that we took a serious subject like that, and it wasn't a melancholy-sounding record.' Advertisement As with every Soho Sessions event, this one had a charitable component, benefiting the Trombone Shorty Foundation that supports the next generation of musicians. Costello has long been lending his talents for good causes, going all the way back to Live Aid in 1985. 10 Elvis Costello played to an intimate, star-studded crowd at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. @kimmancusophotography 10 Trombone Shorty (left) jammed with his fellow New Orleans music Ivan Neville at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin 'They need to have the people that raise awareness,' said Costello. Advertisement But he's not looking for a pat on the back. 'You don't want to really feel good about yourself for doing something you should be doing, just helping other people.' Having turned 70 last August, Costello hasn't been phased by that big birthday. 'I don't think it matters so much,' he said, adding that he feels 'fortunate' as a new septuagenarian. 'You know, my parents are no longer with us, which is something you have to face,' he said. 'But my wife and I have two boys who are just about to graduate from high school. And I have an older son [Matthew, 50, with first wife Mary Burgoyne] in England.' 10 Supermodel Paulina Porizkova was among the star-studded crowd at Soho Sessions on Tuesday night. Dave Doobinin Advertisement Costello, who released a super deluxe edition of his 1986 album 'King of America' last August, will be hitting the road with his band The Imposters on June 12. 'We're actually gonna concentrate just on the songs from the first couple years,' he said. 'It gets quite difficult to put the whole story, 50 years of music, into one evening.'
Los Angeles Times
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
070 Shake brings the ‘Petrichor' tour to her true home, Los Angeles
For 070 Shake, everything comes back to $50. Nearly a decade ago, the then-teenage musician spent all her time writing music in her New Jersey home. She eventually hit a point where she was ready to record in a studio, but couldn't afford the $50 rental fee. So, just as any other adolescent, she turned to her mother, who proceeded to laugh in her face. Shake accepted defeat and went about her day, but as she was leaving her house, she noticed a crisp $50 bill had been intentionally left on the counter. 'I know she didn't have the money to give me. But she took a chance on me. If I'm seeing it from her perspective, and knowing that this [music] is all that my child has. It's either this or nothing,' said the musician born as Danielle Balbuena. 'She knew I would end up f—ed up or dead if she didn't give me that $50 .… And thank God, I'm here in the Chateau now.' In a newsie cap and a well-fitted Canadian tux, the 27-year-old singer sat comfortably in a corner booth in the Chateau Marmont's restaurant, sipping a glass of Bordeaux. Surrounded by an abundance of velvet furniture and dimly lit portraiture, the 'Guilty Conscious' singer was in Los Angeles during a quick break from her world tour. Supporting her third album, 'Petrichor,' Shake says she is approaching this run of shows with a more 'disciplined' mindset. On Friday, she'll share that mindset with her L.A. fans at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. 'I don't want to focus so much on the physical response of the audience. I want to focus more on the spiritual experience,' said Shake. 'You connect with music because it connects with you. I want to focus on the connection that we can't see or touch but can only feel. I want to hone in on how these frequencies — that I've created and have never existed in the world before — make people feel.' On tours for her previous albums 'Modus Vivendi' and 'You Can't Kill Me,' she took more of 'a rock star approach' where things were artfully careless — like when the singer, dressed in a suit and tie, would crowd surf atop a mosh pit every night. Though Shake assures that this energy hasn't disappeared, with 'Petrichor' she's more concerned about growing up. After finding that fateful $50 bill and recording her first track, 'Proud,' she struck a deal with the studio's owner. He would allow her to record whenever she wanted, but she had to get a job and give him her paychecks — Shake agreed. By day she worked at a kids' indoor playground called Pump It Up and by night she and her friends, who went by the 070 collective, continued to record and upload songs to Soundcloud. In 2016, Shake's music caught the attention of Kanye West's label G.O.O.D. Music and she signed a record deal. From there, she went on to release her first EP, 'Glitter,' in 2018, and that same year her vocals were featured on Ye's 'Ghost Town' and 'Violent Crimes.' Singing a catchy verse about putting her hand on a stove, in her signature autotuned vocal fry, Shake was on the path to rap stardom. Since these early career breakthroughs, some of her more recent hits include her feature on Raye's 2022 'Escapism' and 'Guilty Conscious,' the lead single from her debut album which garnered a remix from Tame Impala. When approaching her third full-length album, 'Petrichor,' she set out with the goal of incorporating more classical sounds in her music. Released last November, the creative infused her brooding, futuristic sound into a full-fledged orchestral production. From the escalating string sections in 'Pieces of You' to 'Into Your Garden's' soft theatrical piano and the submerged sounds of an electric guitar on 'Love,' she matches these conventional instruments with her own distinguishable electronic touches. Both sonically and lyrically, Shake has never shied away from extremism in her music. As she continues to explore the presence and absence of an all-consuming love, 'Petrichor's' lyrics prove she's willing to take her artistic expression to its limit — especially in regard to love and death. 'There's so much beauty in subtlety, but that's just not my job. Anybody else can do it, but that's not how I feel,' said Shake. 'Even if we want to go about it in a more nonchalant manner, it is still that extreme. That's really how I feel.… It's just my nature.' On 'Blood on Your Hands,' a track that leans more toward a spoken word piece than a rap, she says, 'If I die, I want you to be the one to kill me / I want my blood on your hands.' As an industrial-sounding synth steers the song, the voice of her girlfriend, actor Lily Rose Depp begins to read a diary entry — detailing the overwhelming connection they share. 'I always touch on that subject [death]. It is the most fascinating thing to me, because it's something that we all have in common, but nobody ever wants to talk about it,' said Shake, who wears a delicate gold chain with the words 'Lily-Rose' around her neck. 'It's the biggest part of life, but also something we're afraid of. It's why we stay on the sidewalks. It's why we stop at red lights. It's why we drink water and eat certain foods. But still, it's inevitable.' Between mortality and passion, the creative, having lived in L.A. for the past six years, also shares some hindsight into her New Jersey upbringing. On the Beach Boys-esque 'Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues,' Shake brings up this idea of having 'paid [her] dues,' and consuming 'toxic fumes' and 'processed foods.' In this anti-homesick anthem, she is able to leave her previous lifestyle, in 'dirty Jersey' where all she would eat was ramen and cheap salami, behind her and open her arms to a new one — where Erewhon smoothies are plentiful. 'I spent 20 years in the same house and I did my time there. It doesn't even feel like home anymore. It feels like I have a new home,' said Shake. 'Now I have the luxury to eat the quality of things that I want to eat. But it also makes me feel bad, because I know what it is to live to be on the other side and grow up in a place where the only options you have are with the cards you're given.' As Shake indulges in her new way of life, she says it's probably time to thank her mother for leaving behind that $50 bill over a decade ago, an exchange that to this day they have never openly discussed. 'I got to thank her for not only that, but thank her for everything I have in life.'
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woolworths responds after secret in-store daily detail uncovered
Each day at 3.02pm, every store of the supermarket giant nationwide plays the song 'Pump It Up' by Endor. Woolworths has responded to rumours about a little known daily habit in every store across Australia. Each day at 3:02 p.m., every store of the supermarket giant nationwide plays the song Pump It Up by Endoor. Speaking to Yahoo News Australia, a spokesperson for Woolworths said it's something they've had going on in stores for some time. They explained the reasoning behind the song is to let the team know to get ready for the afterschool rush, to make sure shelves are stocked, the store is tidy, and that the store will be busy with shoppers.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woolworths responds after secret in-store detail uncovered: 'Every day at 3pm'
Woolworths has responded to rumours about a little-known daily habit in every store across the country that has even left Aussies planning their weekly shops around it. It's hard to believe, but every day at 3.02 pm, every store of the supermarket giant nationwide plays the same catchy song. Theories as to why 'Pump It Up' by Endor can be heard across the country ran rife after a shopper posted a video of her and her partner dancing along to the catchy tune at the company's Airlie Beach store in Queensland. Shopper Abby told Yahoo News that she "started to pick up on it" every time she was in the store and shared a video of her and her partner enjoying the song, explaining it happens "every day". Afterwards, other Aussies came out to say the same about their local supermarket. Woolies workers came out in force to confirm it happens, with varying explanations as to why bosses choose to play the same song every day at the same time. Some thought it was to "get hyped" for the after-school rush, while others thought it was a bit of sonic encouragement for workers to pull stock to the front of the shelves. 🍫Coles and Woolworths called out over price of chocolate 🐀 Calls for major retailers to ditch 'toxic' product 🍳 Coles and Woolworths shoppers 'hit hardest' by egg shortage Speaking to Yahoo, a spokesperson explained "it's something we've had going in stores for some time." So what is the reason behind the daily habit? "It's really just to let the team know to get ready for the after-school rush, to make sure shelves are stocked, store is tidy and that the store will be busy with shoppers." Woolies workers had mixed responses to the song. Some suggested the two-minute 'pick-me-up' can help them get through their shift, while others thought it was more "annoying" and "dreaded" hearing the song. However some workers admitted to having never even cottoned on to it. It appears that shoppers love the idea, with some claiming they even plan their weekly shops around the habit, just to catch a listen and feel part of the little secret. "I was in Woolies yesterday at 3pm and I was shocked to hear it playing over the speakers," one customer confirmed. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
