Greene, Andy (30 May 2022). "Elvis Costello Reunites With Teenage Bandmate for Nostalgic LP 'Rusty: The Resurrection of Rust' ". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X . Retrieved 26 June 2023. Village Voice Pazz and Jop critics' poll, number 1 album of the year, This Years Model (1978) [202] Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2016 Inductees". Songwriters Hall of Fame. 2 March 2016 . Retrieved 17 June 2018. Salfino, Michael (5 July 1917). "Happy 40th Birthday My Aim Is True: The Best Elvis Costello Performances". Paste . Retrieved 17 June 2018.

Elvis Costello & Friends: King of America & Other Realms Benefit Concert". Musician Treatment Foundation. 16 August 2022 . Retrieved 30 January 2023. Costello became engaged to marry a former schoolmate in late 1973. [95] By then he had found a job as a computer operator at the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics factory in North Acton, in northwest London, similar to the one he had in Bootle and with similarly low wages. [96] [87] By early 1975, Costello was a husband and father and was struggling to support his family. [97] [98] Flip City's live engagements added little to his income, rarely paying more than the band's expenses. [99] [100] A Colbert Christmas Premieres Sunday!". Comedy Central Insider. Comedy Central. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 August 2010. Graff, Gary (15 May 2009). "Elvis Costello Reveals 'Secret' New Album' ". Billboard. Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018 . Retrieved 6 July 2021. Elvis Costello, Singles, Watchin' the Detectives [show Chart Facts]". Official Charts . Retrieved 7 February 2019.Former E.L.O. frontman Jeff Lynne released a cover version of the song on his 2012 album Long Wave.

Wright, Jade (5 February 2008). "Elvis Costello Show at the Philharmonic". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 August 2010. In January 2022, he performed on The Graham Norton Show. [295] That same month he released the LP The Boy Named If, recorded with the Imposters. [296] The Resurrection of Rust by a reformed Rusty followed later that year. [297] Apatow, Judd (28 October 2013). "Elvis Costello Talks to Judd Apatow About Wise Up Ghost, His Album with the Roots, and His Musical with Burt Bacharach". VanityFair.com . Retrieved 21 June 2018. LeMay, Matt (1 October 2007). "Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True [Deluxe Edition]". Pitchfork . Retrieved 11 June 2018. Many sources assert without evidence that Lorne Michaels or others associated with Saturday Night Live, rather than Costello's record company, had told Costello not to play "Radio Radio", or that the supposedly anti-corporate nature of the song's lyrics was the reason he was told not to play it, or both. This is not supported by Costello's account, nor by Micheals' account, nor the accounts of others directly involved with the show. [367] [368] [369]Costello, Elvis (1995). Goodbye Cruel World (reissue) (CD liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US: Rykodisc. RCD 20280. Costello, Elvis (January 1998). "The best thing I've heard all year". Mojo. London: Bauer Media Group. Costello has no full siblings. [21] He has four half-brothers from his father's second marriage, all of whom are musicians. [31] Village Voice Pazz and Jop critics' poll, number 1 album of the year, Imperial Bedroom (1982) [438]

Greatest Debut Albums of All Times, 21 Elvis Costello". Rolling Stone. 22 March 2013 . Retrieved 17 June 2018. Costello, Elvis (2004). Goodbye Cruel World (reissue) (CD liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US: Rhino Records. R2 76486.Costello, Elvis (2004). Almost Blue (reissue) (CD liner notes). Elvis Costello and the Attractions. US: Rhino Records. R2 76485. Lei/La baraka - Charles Aznavour" (in Italian). Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana . Retrieved 10 August 2012. Costello, Elvis (2015). Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. London: Viking Books. ISBN 978-0-241-00346-6. Davies, Caroline (1 April 2012). "New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday". Guardian . Retrieved 21 June 2018.

a b Lewis, Randy (9 December 2009). " 'Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ...' welcomes Bono and the Edge". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 7 June 2018. a b c Chinen, Nate (12 July 2006). "Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: A Bouncy Take on the Grim". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015 . Retrieved 21 September 2013. In 2003, Costello substituted for an ailing David Letterman as the host of Late Show with David Letterman'', making him the only musical guest of the show to have served as guest host. [355] Costello's performance on that show led to interest in developing a music-oriented talk show with him as the host, which came to fruition a few years later. [356] [357] In April 2023, Costello collaborated with Slovenian band Joker Out on their single, "New Wave". [298] The compilation The Songs of Bacharach & Costello was also released at this time. [299] In August 2023, he made a three-dates mini-tour together with Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli, a project the two had originally planned in 2012 but that at the time had been shelved due to Consoli's pregnancy. [300] [301] [302] Writing [ edit ] Lustig, Jay (18 January 2010). "Springsteen joins Costello for television Spectacle". NJ.com . Retrieved 21 June 2018.Elvis Costello, Singles, Pump It Up [show Chart Facts]". Official Charts . Retrieved 5 August 2018. Costello was commissioned to write a chamber opera by the Danish Royal Opera, Copenhagen, on the subject of Hans Christian Andersen's infatuation with Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Called The Secret Songs, it remained unfinished. [278] In a performance in 2007 directed by Kasper Bech Holten at the Opera's studio theatre ( Takelloftet), finished songs were interspersed with pieces from Costello's 1993 collaborative classical album The Juliet Letters, featuring Danish soprano Sine Bundgaard as Lind. The 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane includes material from Secret Songs.