Elvis Costello says there’s no bad blood between him and Rod Stewart after he criticized Rod’s performance this month at Queen Elizabeth‘s Platinum Jubilee in London.
During his show last week in Scotland, Elvis ridiculed Rod for covering Neil Diamond‘s “Sweet Caroline.” He complained, “Listen we all have bad nights vocally, but for [god] sake, ‘Sweet [bleeping] Caroline’? Are you [effing] kidding me? I mean I’ve been in show business 45 years so I do know a thing or two. How is it that nobody suggested Rod sing ‘You Wear It Well’?”
Stewart countered on Twitter, “Yes my voice was rough cos of COVID. I apologize, [but] I thought it better it to make an appearance rather than let everyone down. So sorry. By the way where’s your hair gone mate?”
Elvis then blasted the Mirror newspaper for sensationalizing the story, saying, “This is typical Mirror [crap]. If you read my actual remark, it about the wrong-headed idea of asking Sir Rod pass up ‘You Wear It Well’ to lead a [bleeping] singalong… I was joking about the many uncomfortable choices that were overlooked.”
He then apologized to Stewart.
“Dear Lord Stewart. You know I love you. Think the Queen would have loved ‘You Wear It Well’ or even ‘Hot Legs.’ As to gigs, I had a stinker the other night in Liverpool. They come and go, like hair, which I keep sewn in my hat. Up the Republic.”
Stewart has yet to recognize Costello’s apology.
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