Elvis Costello: 67, and it's time for this year's model to reflect  

Elvis Costello is still creating new music, but in recent times has been looking back to his classic albums, and tales from his childhood

Elvis Costello is returning from his New York base to play live on this side of the Atlantic. Picture:Mark Seliger

Unlike some of his contemporaries, Elvis Costello has never rested on his past glories. The London-born singer-songwriter’s career has been marked by his desire to keep pushing on.

This makes it all the more interesting that he is now choosing to look back – with a Spanish language remake of 1978’s This Year’s Model, a reissue of 1979’s Armed Forces and a new album, called The Boy Named If, that mines his formative years in Twickenham and then Birkenhead for stories.