Elvis Costello Forced to Cancel European Tour Following Surgery to Remove ‘Aggressive’ Cancer

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(via msn entertainment)

Elvis Costello has been forced to cancel the remaining six dates on his European summer tour on doctor’s orders following surgery to remove what the 63 year-old singer described as a small but “very aggressive cancerous malignancy.” Six weeks after undergoing a procedure — the location of the tumor was not specified — Costello revealed that post-surgery guidelines recommend three to four weeks of recovery.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/elvis-costello-forced-to-cancel-european-tour-following-surgery-to-remove-aggressive-cancer/ar-AAzEVMP?ocid=spartandhp

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The Dean Ween Group: “Exercise Man” (2016)

Dean Ween and Gene Ween–Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman respectively–have made a career of what reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called “cheerful vulgarity”.

But with Dean and Gene each having now released solo material, it’s easy to discern that Dean was the writer more given to the madcap Zappa-esque tendencies and showcases for guitar pyrotechnics while Gene provided the smoother, more mellifluous  moments of a typical Ween album.

“Exercise Man” is credited to the Dean Ween Group, but it’s classic Ween.

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https://edcyphers.com/2013/11/03/songs-you-may-have-missed-498/

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