ELVIS COSTELLO Kicks Off 2nd Tour Leg for "SECRET, PROFANE..."

     MUSIC NEWS - With a varied performance schedule this season, performing with The Sugarcanes or The Imposters; solo at an NYC bar, LA and SF Record shoppes, in front of thousands at Bonnaroo or  with Sheryl Crow at the MLB All-Star charity concert, Elvis Costello is performing at his peak this summer, hot on the release of one of his best albums.

Most of Costello's recent gigs have been with his all-star cast of Nashville session players while he supports his June 2 release; Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (out via Hear Music), The Sugarcanes, who also comprise his band on the new album.   The Sugarcanes are Jerry Douglas (dobro), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Dennis Crouch (upright bass), Mike Compton (mandolin), Jeff Taylor (accordion) and Jim Lauderdale (acoustic guitar).

The San Francisco Chronicle called the T Bone Burnett-produced disc of Southern-inflected acoustic music an "instant classic." It earned Costello his highest chart debut in 30 years with a #13 bow on the Billboard 200. "The songs," say Ann Powers of the LA Times, "speak of other locales and eras, from the antebellum Deep South to P.T. Barnum's Eastern Seaboard and beyond."

Catch them in concert this season-

Elvis Costello Summer 2009 (Round Two) Tour Itinerary-
8/15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Dear Valley Music Festival
8/17 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
8/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
8/19 - Livermore, CA - Wente Vineyards
8/21 - Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center
8/22 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavilion
8/23 - Seattle, WA - Chateau St. Michelle
8/26 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
8/27 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavillion
8/29 - Chataugua, NY - Chataugua Institute
9/01 - Austin, TX - Long Center
9/02 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre
9/03 - Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom
9/05 - Snowmass, CO -Jazz Aspen