Elvis Costello to top Sydney Festival
British singer Elvis Costello will headline next year’s Sydney Festival as part of a new focus on popular artists with youth appeal.
The 2006 festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary in January, will be the first under the directorship of Dubliner Fergus Linehan.
The musical element will feature a three-concert series by Costello, who will be joined by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House for the series’ climax.
The musical tradition of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans will be celebrated with an evening of jazz in The Domain by some of the Big Easy’s finest musicians.
Other musical highlights include Mercury Music Prize winner Antony and the Johnsons, Saul Williams, Stereo MCs, Panjea and Four Tet.
