Elvis Costello Reveals He Pitched Himself As the Bandleader Job For a Now-Canceled Late Night Show: ‘I Said, ‘What About Me?’
Billboard | 06.10.2026 22:37
The late, beloved Late Show With Stephen Colbert almost had a very different vibe before it launched in September 2015 on CBS. At least according to Elvis Costello. On this week’s episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, the “Veronica” singer revealed that before the show’s original bandleader, Jon Batiste, got the gig, he pitched himself for the job.
