Elvis Costello Forced to Cancel Remaining European Dates
Elvis Costello has been forced to cancel the remaining 6 dates of his current European tour on medical grounds. His doctor has strongly advised him to take a break from his current tour itinerary and rest.
Ticket holders should go to point of purchase for refunds.
Elvis apologizes to his fans and releases the following statement:
“Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, "You should start playing the Lotto". He had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery.
I was elated and relieved that our European summer tour could go ahead.
Post-surgical guidelines for such surgery, recommend three weeks to four weeks recovery depending on whether you are returning to a desk job or an occupation that involves physical work or travel.
It was impossible to judge how this advisory would line up with the demands on a traveling musician, playing 90-minute to 2-hour plus performances on a nightly basis but by the time we reached the Edinburgh Playhouse, I was almost fooled into thinking that normal service had been resumed.
I have to thank our friends attending last night's show in Amsterdam and those in Antwerp, Glynde and at Newcastle City Hall for bearing me up. The spirit has been more than willing but I have to now accept that it is going to take longer than I would have wished for me to recover my full strength. Therefore, I must reluctantly cancel all the remaining engagements of this tour.
My apologies go to our ticket holders in Manchester, Pula, Graz, Vienna, Tysnes and Rattvik but I would rather disappoint our friends there by not appearing than in pressing on with a show that is compromised and eventually puts my health at risk.
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Ed Shultz yesterday - age 64.
Elvis Costello today - age 63.
I wrote yesterday about how many in this age group are dying off way too soon.
Boomers won't be around too long IMO as we've all been poisoned in the 1950s & 1960s. Environmental regulations were lean at best during these years. I lived next door to several refineries and AVON (and *pew* did it ever stink!). It was so bad you could not go outside. You had to stay indoors and keep the windows shut to avoid the toxic spew coming inside of where you lived.
Today we are witnessing the results. 
Get well soon if you can Elvis Costello! 
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He was living in Texas at that time (as a kid) and he'd chase the truck with the toxic spray to stay cool in the hot summer time.
He's still alive today (age is 62) but he is not well at all.
Another case dare one suggest?
Dead in 2004 of cancer.
Never smoke nor drank. He was a mailman.
Sad as all hell.
I'm no better myself. I wish it weren't the case but I don't expect to live a long time, not that I'd care to given what I am seeing!
So many of my friends are dead, including my best girl friend and the guy I was madly in love with back in the early 1970s.
Does not explain why my brother was dead at just over 40 years old, yes 40!
Glad to know you are doing a few things you want to do. Music is one of my best outlets as well.
I have a foster-cousin that is also 64 and he too had esophageal cancer and the very BEST of care (oh yeah ...) and he's in remission now is what I last heard.
From what you have written it sounds very difficult to be dealing with. I can only wish you the best.
I hope your pain is being managed properly and if it is not, demand that it be. This is your right btw. No need to be so ill and not have the damned pain managed anyway!
Hang-in there ghostinthemachine! You might get better ... I for one hope you do!
