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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:32.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ROOTS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:40.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">‘WISE UP GHOST’<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:23.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Eagerly-Awaited Collaborative Album Out NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">*Artists to Appear on
<i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon </i>TONIGHT + Thursday *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“A spacious, genre-bending funk set with a political charge.” -</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Rolling Stone<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“One of the landmark albums of the year.” -<b><i>MOJO</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“<i>Wise Up Ghost
</i>melds Mr. Costello’s jagged vocals and deep catalog of songs with the Roots’ taught rhythms and inventive funk.” –<b><i>Wall Street Journal<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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Costello </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">and<b> The Roots</b> have released their highly anticipated collaborative album entitled<i>
<b>Wise Up Ghost, </b></i><b>TODAY</b><i>. </i>The collection is available exclusively via
<b>Blue Note Records</b>. <b><u><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wise-up-ghost/id673399992">PRESS HERE</a>
</u></b>to purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The artists are celebrating the release with exclusive performances on
<b><i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. </i></b>Fans can catch Costello and the Roots Crew on the popular late night television show<b><i>
</i>TONIGHT, Tuesday, September 17<sup>th</sup></b> and <b>Thursday, September 19<sup>th</sup></b> at
<b>12:35am ET/11:35pm CT. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Wise Up Ghost</span></i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> was produced by longtime Roots associate,
<b>Steven Mandel</b> together with <b>Elvis Costello</b>, and <b>Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson.</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">For more information please visit
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.elviscostello.com">www.elviscostello.com</a><span style="color:black"> &
</span><a href="http://www.theroots.com">www.theroots.com</a><span style="color:black">
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