Sorry Oates.
Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello — who collaborated on the 1984 song “The Only Flame In Town” — just announced they’re hitting the road for a 22-concert summer tour where they’ll drop into amphitheaters, music halls and art centers all over North America.
Along the way, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are slated to swing into New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on July 16, Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on July 18 and Bethel, NY’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on July 20.
“It’s fantastic to be able to rekindle a musical relationship,” Hall said in a statement.
“We are looking forward to kicking off the show in style in the certainty that Daryl will deliver a slam-bang finish,” Costello, who will be bringing his backing band The Imposters with Charlie Sexton, added.
The co-headliners may even share the stage; according to Variety, Hall often performed with Todd Rundgren when they toured together in years past.
For fans who want to see the pair who brought the world “Maneater,” “Pump It Up” and so many more mega hits live, tickets can be secured as soon as today.
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Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello 2024 tickets
A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues, and links to buy tickets can be found below.
John Oates solo tour
Hall’s former bandmate — whom he has a restraining order against now — is heading out on a solo tour of his own this year.
From March through August, the 75-year-old rocker will play at venues all over the U.S. including Newton, NJ’s Newton Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 22.
For a closer look, you can find his complete 2024 tour calendar here.
Daryl Hall new music
In 2022, Hall released the ambitious 30-track album “Before After.”
The record harkens back to Hall’s classic piano-based hits and ballads of yesteryear.
We’re particularly fond of the bouncy “Babs and Babs” that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Hall and Oates ’80s cassette you’d blast while driving down the highway.
Want to hear the whole album — which includes a few live songs — to get a taste for yourself?
You can hear “Before After” in its entirety here.
Daryl Hall set list
What has Hall been playing live recently?
Here’s a sneak peek at what made the cut on his 2022 run of shows, courtesy of Set List FM.
01.) “Dreamtime”
02.) “Romeo Is Bleeding” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
03.) “Out of Touch” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
04.) “Say It Isn’t So” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
05.) “I’m in a Philly Mood”
06.) “Cab Driver”
07.) “Everytime You Go Away” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
08.) “Babs and Babs”
09.) “Here Comes the Rain Again” (Eurythmics cover)
10.) “Sara Smile” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
11.) “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
Encore:
12.) “Wait for Me” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song) (with Todd Rundgren)
13.) “Can We Still Be Friends” (Todd Rundgren cover) (with Todd Rundgren)
14.) “Expressway to Your Heart” (The Soul Survivors cover) (with Todd Rundgren)
15.) “You Make My Dreams” (Daryl Hall & John Oates song)
Elvis Costello set list
While Costello loves to mix it up — he recently played ten totally different sets at New York City’s Gramercy Theatre as part of a quick residency — here’s what we think you can expect at upcoming shows based on recent set lists according to Set List FM.
01.) “Mystery Dance
02.) “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes”
03.) “Hetty O’Hara Confidential”
04.) “Radio Radio”
05.) “American Gangster Time”
06.) :Accidents Will Happen”
07.) “Like Licorice on Your Tongue”
08.) “Almost Blue”
09.) “Alison”
10.) “Lipstick Vogue”
11.) “Everyday I Write the Book”
12.) “What if I Can’t Give You Anything but Love?”
13.) “Come the Meantimes”
14.) “We Are All Cowards Now”
15.) “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea”
16.) “Magnificent Hurt”
17.) “Pump It Up”
18.) “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
19.) “Farewell, OK”
20.) “I Want You”
Elvis Costello new music
The 69-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer hasn’t lost a step.
In 2022 alone, Costello released two records.
First, he dropped his 32nd studio album, “The Boy Named If,” which Pitchfork called “smashing.”
Later, he teamed up with his old bandmate Allen Mayes to revive his old group, Rusty. Together, they delivered the six-song record “The Resurrection of Rust.”
Costello told Ultimate Classic Rock this unlikely team-up is the “record we (he and Mayes) would have cut when we were 18 if anyone had let us.”
You can hear bits and pieces of “The Resurrection of Rust” here.
Elvis Costello special guest
This summer, Costello and The Imposters will be joined by Charlie Sexton.
Sexton, 55, is a music vet who served as a guitarist in Bob Dylan’s band, co-founded Arc Angels and created the Charlie Sexton Sextet.
You can listen to his bluesy/rockabilly catalog — including the absolute banger “Beats So Lonely” — here.
Other classic rockers on tour in 2024
Many fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are dusting off their fenders, drum sets and amps and returning to the road this summer.
Here are just five of our favorite unmissable rock legends you must see live before they hang it up for good.
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Want to see who else is out and about? Check out our list of the 52 biggest classic rock concert tours here to find out.