‘Hoover Factory’: Elvis Costello’s ode to a lesser-known London landmark
The Art Deco birthplace of the nations’s preferred vacuum cleaners.
Elvis Costello
The only genre Elvis Costello couldn’t stand: “These people are ludicrous”
“Can you imagine how square that sounds?”
The most “absolutely fucking fearless” performer Elvis Costello has ever seen
Audacious in the best sense.
The one performance Elvis Costello would never forget: “Charmed everybody”
Punk’s war on the mainstream music industry was fought, not in the singles charts but in the grassroots venues which garnish every major town and…
The one singer Paul McCartney said America never forgave: “He’s gonna bop him”
Not ready to make nice.
