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.
“It was an impulsive thing to put myself forward,” Costello said of his offer to have himself an his band, the Impostors, serve as the house band on the show that was canceled by the network and aired its final show on May 21 of this year. “Steve…
