Exclusive | Elvis Costello tells The Post he may be done with new music: Let somebody else make records

It’s been some 50 years since Elvis Costello first made the trip across the pond from London to New York.And the bespectacled singer-songwriter behind such classics as “Alison,” “Pump It Up,” and “Veronica” returned to his early days playing smaller rooms in the city at the Soho Sessions loft space on Tuesday night.After performing in the intimate setting at the private event before a star-studded crowd — including Whoopi Goldberg, Tracy Morgan, Susan Sarandon, Liev Schreiber, tennis great John McEnroe and supermodel Paulina Porizkova — Costello reflected on his first New York show.“I don’t think the place I played first was very much bigger than this, if it was bigger,” Costello, 70, exclusively told The Post.“The Bottom Line would have been the first time.

And then we moved on up to the Palladium on 14th Street, when 14th Street was pretty interesting.“You have to play everywhere in the end,” he added.“You find the places that you feel good in, you know? And I’ve had venues that I like here.

But it was nice to be in this one.”While he may still enjoy playing cool new venues such as the Soho Sessions hot spot, Costello has no plans to make any new music — 48 years after releasing his debut album, 1977’s “My Aim Is True.”“Right now, I’ve made so many records, might be time to let somebody else make records for a while,” he said.Five decades later, Costello is also a certified New Yorker himself, living in Manhattan with his wife of 22 years, jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall, and their 18-year-old twin sons Dexter and Frank.“I like being here,” he said.Costello also has a special connection to New Orleans, which was on display at the Soho Sessions, where he was the surprise guest during Grammy-winning NOLA musician Trombone Shorty’s set that also featured Big Easy legend Ivan Neville on keyboards.“I worked down in New Orleans with Allen Toussaint,” Costello said of the late musician with whom he collaborate...