Elvis Costello reflects on meeting wife Diana Krall ‘onstage in front of a billion people’
msn.comElvis Costello has reflected on the unusual way he met his wife, in front of millions of people watching the Grammy Awards. The English singer-songwriter, born Declan Patrick MacManus, has been married to Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall since 2003.
Appearing on Jessie Ware’s Table Manners podcast, which she hosts with her mother, Lennie Ware, Costello spoke about the moment they met. “We met, weirdly enough, onstage in front of a billion people,” he said. “We met giving an award. ”Asked by Jessie Ware if the attraction was “instant”, Costello said it was for him, “certainly, but I didn’t know how I would ever broach the subject”. Video: Adele jokes about her engagement ring (Daily Record)What are the UK's most popular drugs?What are the travel rules for going to Spain - here's everything you need to knowBen Wallace: Russia will be prosecuted if it has committed war crimesMan 'glassed' in face during late night fight in Scots townRaith Rovers fan Val McDermid rips up season ticket and ends sponsorship over David Goodwillie transferAyrshire man reaches Romanian border after fleeing Ukraine with wifeUkrainian embassy inundated with war volunteersUkraine: Massive explosion near airbase near KharkivThe pair soon became friends and, Costello said, “thankfully saw our future the same way”.
He clarified that he and Krall had met briefly before but their first proper encounter “makes it sound as if it was put together by the gods of showbusiness”. “It was just a coincidence,” he added.
Costello and Krall share twin sons, Dexter and Frank, who were born in 2006. He also has an older son, Matthew, from his first marriage to Mary Burgoyne.
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