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UK rockers Elbow have set a North American tour for Fall 2025, marking their first US dates since 2020.

The 14-stop run begins on September 26th in Washington, DC, and will also stop in cities including Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles. See Elbow’s full touring itinerary below.

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An artist pre-sale (sign up here) begins on Tuesday, February 25th, followed by a Live Nation pre-sale for select dates on Wednesday, February 26th and the general on-sale on Friday, February 28th via Ticketmaster and the band’s website.

Starting in June, Elbow will play a string of dates across the UK before heading across the pond. Tickets can be purchased here.

The band’s most recent album, Audio Vertigo, was released last year. Revisit Guy Garvey’s conversation with Kyle Meredith about the album.

Elbow 2025 Tour Dates:

06/13 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Castle

06/19 – Nr. Tetbury, UK @ Westonbirt Arboretum

06/20 – London,...

Guy Garvey takes viewers back in time once more to the year 1988, unearthing a treasure trove of rare and unseen musical performances. In this trip down memory lane, audiences will be treated to songs fromPop Will Eat Itself, Everything But The Girl, The Wedding Present, All About Eve, and The Fall. The Elbow frontman, […]

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: 1988 Revisited...

Guy Garvey takes viewers on a journey back in time to 1979, unearthing rare and unseen performances from music icons of the era. In this episode, audiences will be treated to performances by legendary artists, including Tina Turner, The Police, Roxy Music, Lindisfarne, and Judy Tzuke. The Elbow frontman, Guy Garvey, curates a selection of […]

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: 1979 Revisited...

Guy Garvey takes a nostalgic journey back to 1985, unearthing rare and unseen musical performances from that year. In this episode, there are clips from a diverse range of artists, including Alison Moyet, The Communards, Fine Young Cannibals, The Bangles, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Elbow frontman, Garvey, curates a […]

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: Revisiting 1985...

Season 5, Episode 2 of “Guy Garvey: From the Vaults” is set to air on Friday, September 13, 2024, at 10:00 Pm on Sky Arts. In this nostalgic episode titled “1983 Revisited,” Guy Garvey takes viewers on a journey back to a pivotal year in pop music. With his signature charm, Garvey dives deep into the vibrant sounds and styles that defined the era, showcasing exclusive interviews and unforgettable performances.

The episode features iconic bands and artists such as U, R.E.M., and The Police, highlighting their contributions to the music scene of 1983. Fans can expect insightful commentary from Garvey, who brings his passion for music to the forefront, discussing the impact of these artists and their timeless songs. Through a blend of archival footage and engaging discussions, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the musical landscape during this exciting time.

“Guy Garvey: From the Vaults” offers a captivating blend of history and entertainment,...

Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey returns to Sky Arts with a fifth series of From the Vaults, exploring the archives to uncover musical gems and revealing interviews. The first episode focuses on protest songs, reflecting on our turbulent times with era-defining anthems. Garvey explores the power of music as a tool for activism and […]

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: Protest Songs...

On Thursday 5 September 2024, Sky Arts broadcasts Guy Garvey: From the Vaults!

Protest Songs Season 5 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Guy Garvey: From the Vaults,” titled “Protest Songs,” will air on Sky Arts and promises to be an engaging journey through musical history. Hosted by Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey, this episode will explore the powerful impact of protest songs over the years.

Guy Garvey will lift the lid on two decades of memorable television moments, showcasing era-defining musical performances and long-lost studio appearances. Viewers can expect to see clips of iconic protest songs that have shaped public opinion and sparked conversations on social issues. Through revealing interviews, Garvey will provide insights into the artists behind these powerful anthems, sharing their motivations and the contexts in which these songs were created.

This episode not only highlights the significance of protest music but also celebrates its ability to resonate with audiences across generations.

It was marketed as a utopia of British entertainment – a £365 million ($460 million) project that would be Europe‘s biggest indoor arena thanks to its 23,500 seats and standing spaces.

But what bosses had hoped to be an impressive display of the U.K.’s commitment to the arts turned out to be a somewhat embarrassing chain of events that saw concerts canceled, part of the ceiling coming apart, and its grand opening delayed.

On Tuesday, they finally did it: Manchester’s Co-op Live had its maiden gig, and around 12,000 people filed in to watch English rock band Elbow (who were originally meant to play the site’s 15th concert).

The venue’s largest shareholders include Harry Styles‘ label Erekine Records and City Football Group, a sports holding company that owns the likes of soccer club Manchester City and is 81 percent-owned by Abu Dhabi United Group, 18 percent by U.S. private equity...

Chrysalis Records has released a new Nick Drake anthology tribute album called The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake, which includes contributions from Liz Phair, Feist, Radiohead’s Philip Selway, and more. Stream it below on Spotify and Apple Music.

The anthology features 23 interpretations of some of Drake’s most beloved tracks, performed by various artists like Ben Harper, Fontaines D.C., Bombay Bicycle Club, and more, spread across two Lps/CDs. The idea for the album came from Cally Callomon, who manages Nick Drake’s estate, and co-founder of Blue Raincoat Music and CEO of Chrysalis Records Jeremy Lascelles.

“Nick Drake was not that concerned with promoting himself as an artist but I think he would have been overjoyed to hear his art revisited and newly promoted by so many vibrant and talented artists,” said Callomon about the tribute.

On top of all the covers, a select...

Fontaines D.C. have released their cover of Nick Drake’s cherished “‘Cello Song.” The recording serves as first single off of a forthcoming tribute project, The Endless Coloured Ways – The Songs of Nick Drake, out on July 7th via Chrysalis Records.

Adopting a different approach than Drake’s original (first released on 1969’s Five Leaves Left), Fontaines switch out the bustling acoustics and the titular cello for a driving backbeat, a soundscape of guitars, and a haunting melody that, all combined, use Drake’s same spark to light a whole new flame. Hearing vocalist Grian Chatten croon the final verse, “So forget this cruel world/ Where I belong/ I’ll just sit and wait/ And sing my song,” it makes one reflect on how Drake would feel if he could see the impact he’s made on so many artists since his tragic death in 1974. Watch the music video for Fontaines D.

Nick Drake’s discography proved to be a goldmine for the forthcoming album The Endless Coloured Ways, a collection of 32 of the musician’s most essential catalog entries reimagined by various artists. On the first release from the project, out July 7, Fontaines D.C. flips Drake’s 1969 classic “‘Cello Song.”

The post-punk band’s rendition is heavier, pushing loud guitars and thick bass lines to the surface where Drake originally coasted alongside softer instrumentals. It’s the exact recording approach Jeremy Lascelles, co-founder of Blue Raincoat Music and CEO of Chrysalis Records,...

We all know that Jodie Whittaker was the first actress to ever play the Doctor when she signed up to be the latest lead of Doctor Who in 2017, so there was tremendous pressure on her to give the role her all. Here we are in 2020 and Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor has legions of fans, many of whom have come to the show through her, so she can rest assured that she’s doing a good job. But back when the actress was just starting out, she wasn’t so certain.

Whittaker spoke to host Guy Garvey on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Finest Hour recently and admitted that catching a bit of Peter Capaldi’s final episode – at the end of which he regenerates into her – caused her to panic that she was approaching the role all wrong. In fact, she’d deliberately been avoiding watching the series to maintain a fresh perspective on it.

Drama written, directed by team behind controversial BBC documentary Ghostwatch.

Toby Kebbell has been cast as twin brothers in sci-fi film Extrasensory from Genesius Pictures.

Lesley Manning directs from an original screenplay by Bafta-winning writer Stephen Volk.

The duo worked together on Ghostwatch, the infamous drama-mockumentary presented by Michael Parkinson that received over 30,000 complaints when it aired on BBC1 in 1992.

Kebbell plays twin brothers who are recruited for a top-secret experiment by Soviet Russia to test the power of telepathic communication.

Harry Gregson Williams (The Martian, Prometheus) will write the score. Produced by Debbie Gray (Northern Soul) and Myf Hopkins, former head of production at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Extrasensory has been developed with and is supported by Film Cymru Wales.

Shooting will commence in late October 2017.

Genesius has also announced that Elbow front man Guy Garvey and I Am Kloot’s Peter Jobson have written the score for upcoming comedy drama The More You Ignore Me, starring...

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With series two over and no further episodes on the horizon, we salute funny, warm, clever sitcom Peter Kay's Car Share...

Everyday life may be full of funny moments, but it’s fair to say that most of them aren’t found during the commute to work; traffic jams, roadworks and incompetent drivers raise stress levels like little else. The prospect of watching two people make small talk in a confined space as inane radio jingles play gooseberry in the background doesn’t sound like a promising start for a comedy series. Yet somehow, Peter Kay's Car Share won a huge audience for its first series on BBC One back in 2015. After a dramatic ending to its second run this week, fans were desperate to learn what would become of star-crossed couple John and Kayleigh’s burgeoning romance, only to have those hopes dashed when star, co-writer...

British people don't like to pay their taxes, and that really pisses off the likes of Thom Yorke, who, along with Massive Attack’s Robert “3D” Del Naja, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and Elbow’s Guy Garvey, contributed the score to Mark Donne's documentary about the U.K.'s tax-evasion problem, The U.K. Gold. And what does tax evasion sound like? Frantic blips, blaps, and blops. Regardless of the subject, he's still Thom Yorke.

Elbow just scored their first No. 1 in the U.K. this month, with their sixth studio album "The Take Off And Landing Of Everything," which has also become one of their best-selling sets in the U.S. The music itself contains as much up and down as the title suggests, even with the rock troupe's many successes; it's more about personal failures and regrets, sarcasm and lunacy, and -- sure -- a some triumph and optimism. Produced by the band keyboardist Craig Potter, "The Take Off" now leaps up from No. 109 to No. 83 on the Billboard 200 this week. The group will be touring the U.S. May 12 through May 28, with several dates already sold out. Having previously interviewed frontman Guy Garvey, it's apparent Elbow are thankful for any success they've seen. With this release, I spoke to Potter, who also feels that shaking things up in the studio still has...

Out swings Spider-Man, and in swings a giant monkey puppet?

King Kong, a musical spectacle that premiered in June 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, will reportedly go ape on Broadway this December at the Foxwoods Theatre, where the big-budget Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark shuttered earlier this month, according to The New York Times. However, in a statement to EW, producers of King Kong said: “Plans for the Broadway production of King Kong are not confirmed at this time. We hope to have details about the future of the show shortly.”

It’s long been expected that Kong would follow Spidey into the Foxwoods,...

Regent Theatre, Melbourne

This is a story of two Kongs. King Kong the six metre tall marionette, weighing in at more than a tonne, that draws gasps from the audience when it appears on stage, team of ninja puppeteers at every joint – enormous, majestic, unlike any other theatrical star. And King Kong the musical, confused both musically and narratively – packed full of ambition and innovation, but unable to pull its constituent parts into one satisfying whole.

Admittedly, once Kong reaches the stage, you can't think of much else. Really this is a puppet like no other. The sheer scale of him is astonishing enough, but the expression and emotion his operators manage to impart, scurrying across the stage and the beast in a dance to rival the most complicated chorus number, is incredible. A breathtaking scene in which the giant gorilla does battle with an equally gargantuan serpent is unlike...

Shane Meadows' Stone Roses documentary The Stone Roses: Made of Stone received its world premiere on Thursday evening (May 30) in Manchester.

Ian Brown, John Squire and Gary 'Mani' Mounfield turned out at Victoria Warehouse in Trafford Park for the gala screening, along with Meadows and producer Mark Herbert.

> Digital Spy reviews Made of Stone: "A film about the fans"

Reni was absent from the screening due to illness, opting to rest ahead of the Stone Roses shows at Finsbury Park in London next week.

Broadcaster Edith Bowman and cast members from This is England - including the original movie's star Thomas Turgoose - attended the premiere alongside Stone Roses fans who managed to secure tickets for the event after they sold out in under a minute.

Musicians including Rowetta, Richard Hawley, Mick Jones and Elbow members Guy Garvey, Pete Turner and Mark Potter also walked the red...

Producer Global Creatures have today released an 8-track preview of the score of King Kong which features the work of some of the world's best contemporary artists, including 3D from Massive Attack, Sarah McLachlan, Justice, Guy Garvey from Elbow and The Avalanches. The music is being overseen by composer and arranger Marius de Vries, whose credits include the soundtracks for Moulin Rouge and Romeo Juliet. Click below to listen...

At several points throughout the evening, I Am Kloot singer, songwriter, guitarist and spokesperson John Bramwell alludes to the extensive length of time they’ve been playing together. The statement’s always coupled with a thanks for those who have been there from the start. “Some of you have been following us for years,” he says. “And some of you look like you have, too.”

The cheek. Seeing as taking as good as you give is indicative of strong character (and Bramwell is certainly strong of character), I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if I described him,in turn, as resembling Paul Weller; had The Modfather lived through a war or two and seen a few things he’ll never unsee.

His voice, too, is like that of a grainier, less polite John Lennon (if such a thing were possible). Indeed, in the 13 years that I Am Kloot have been touring together,...

Myleene Klass is to collaborate with Elbow's Guy Garvey for a one-off performance in aid of Save the Children. The pair will duet during the Christmas Tree Sessions at Union Chapel, Islington on December 14 and are welcoming song suggestions via the Twitter hashtag #Xmastreesessions. Spiritualized, Band of Skulls, Fyfe Dangerfield, Josh Kumra, Kodaline and Summer Camp will also perform.

They will be joined by Caitlin Moran, Stuart (more)...

Guy Garvey has accused the government of using the recession for ideological ends. The Elbow frontman told Metro that the Olympic spirit was so short-lived because of the awareness of tougher times ahead. "David Cameron's less-than-subtle dismantling of the NHS is on everyone's mind," Garvey said. "The new push with police commissioners - it's depressing watching him turn the country back to the Victorian era. "That's why everyone's depressed. This bunch of b**tards are using the recession to get the Tory work done." He added: "Danny Boyle's opening ceremony said it all - the way he appreciated the things we all share in this country. "Unfortunately, that's not how right-wing politics see things. They'd rather (more)...

Elbow have confirmed that the band will be taking an extended break. The British five-piece will go on hiatus following their upcoming UK arena tour, frontman Guy Garvey has said. "We've got our arena tour this November and December, which will be like a farewell party," he told The Sun. "We've already done six songs for the next album, then we'll come back to finish it next year. "As soon as the tour ends I'm off to New York for six months. (more)...

Winter is coming to Broadway. And so is Emilia Clarke, the Khaleesi from HBO’s Game of Thrones, who will play Holly Golightly in a new adaptation of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out), opening this spring.

In addition, Tom Hanks confirmed that he’ll make his long-overdue Broadway debut this season as the late tabloid columnist Mike McAlary in Lucky Guy, a new play by Nora Ephron (who died of leukemia in June).

Also booked for the Great White Way this spring: Eric Coble’s new comedy The Velocity of Autumn, starring...

“Seasons of Ape-Human Love”? “Seventy-Six Fighter Planes”? “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going (to Climb Down the Empire State Building)”? These made-up songs will not appear in a new musical based on the classic 1933 film King Kong — but the show itself is very much real. According to a press release, Kong is set to premiere in June 2013 at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.

The musical’s book was written by Tony Award nominee Craig Lucas, who also penned the script for The Light in the Piazza. Its score is studded with both refurbished Depression-era tunes and original material...

“Climb every building … crush every plane!”

In a world overrun by musical adaptations of famous horror and monster stories—Evil Dead: The Musical, The Toxic Avenger Musical—there’s always room for one more. The newest kid on the block is King Kong, produced by the company behind Walking with Dinosaurs and How to Train Your Dragon.

Global Creatures and the Regent Theater have tapped the composer behind Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet Marius de Vries, to score the movie. “De Vries will pull together a score combining 1930s standards, including "I Wanna Be Loved by You" and "Get Happy," with new and pre-existing tunes by music acts including Sarah McLachlan, Justice, the Avalanches, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja and Elbow's Guy Garvey,” Variety reports.

The musical is set to launch in Melbourne in June 2013, and is a undertaking fit for this epic story, according to the website.

We have seen many iterations of King Kong over the years, and each has been met with varying degrees of success. Just when you think that there couldn't be anything more absurd than the pendulous breasts on the female gorilla in King Kong Lives, the flick is now getting the musical treatment!

According to Variety the Aussie tuner incarnation of King Kong has tapped Marius de Vries, the composer and arranger for films including Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet, to oversee the score.

De Vries will pull together a score combining 1930s standards, including I Wanna Be Loved by You and Get Happy, with new and pre-existing tunes by music acts including Sarah McLachlan, Justice, the Avalanches, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja and Elbow's Guy Garvey. Stephen Pavlovic from Oz music label/promoter Modular People as well as scribe Michael Mitnick, book writer of the upcoming Animal House musical,...

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has revealed plans to launch a vinyl-only record label. The singer explained his decision to avoid distributing tracks digitally, saying that he wants fans to "go and find" his signed bands' music for themselves. "We don't want disposable songs - we want a 20 minute record," Garvey told BBC News. "Young bands that are perhaps self-financing and have to make money through touring can release three EPs rather than one album. That's three times (more)...

Elbow have announced plans to release a B-sides compilation. The band will bring out the 13-track LP Dead in the Boot on August 27. The album features the band's favourite B-sides and non-album tracks from their 15 years together. The album title is a nod to their debut album Asleep in the Back. Frontman Guy Garvey said: "None of our B-sides are album rejects. It's a different space, usually just post finishing an album when all the members of Elbow are chiming and feeling very creative. This gives Dead in the Boot a real late night vibe. "It was important to us that this collection be an album in its own right so for some fans it may seem like there are glaring omissions, but these songs are the ones that (more)...

Guy Garvey has said that he is regularly inspired by his bandmates. The Elbow frontman told The Guardian that he feels challenged to compete with the work his long-time colleagues come up with. "For fear of making us sound like The Waltons, my band are a huge source of inspiration for me," Garvey said. "They're my peers, my family; when they come up with something impressive, it inspires me to come up with something equally impressive." Among other advice, he said that writers should not be scared of failure and added: "If it's all getting too intense, remember it's only a song. "I (more)...

Guy Garvey, Isaac Julien, Martha Wainwright and other artists give their top tips for unleashing your inner genius

Guy Garvey, musician

• For fear of making us sound like the Waltons, my band [Elbow] are a huge source of inspiration for me. They're my peers, my family; when they come up with something impressive, it inspires me to come up with something equally impressive.

• Spending time in your own head is important. When I was a boy, I had to go to church every Sunday; the priest had an incomprehensible Irish accent, so I'd tune out for the whole hour, just spending time in my own thoughts. I still do that now; I'm often scribbling down fragments that later act like trigger-points for lyrics.

• A blank canvas can be very intimidating, so set yourself limitations. Mine are often set for me by the music the band has come up with. With The Birds,...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland will be headlining a special charity show on Thursday 24 November, completing the line up for Little Noise Sessions 2011.

Manchester band Elbow last night kicked off this year’s Little Noise Sessions – a series of gigs in aid of Mencap.

The gig was the last of this year for the Mercury Prize-winning band. Frontman Guy Garvey said that it was the 20th year that the band had been performing together and led the audience in a sing-along of ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elbow.

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Elbow have confirmed that they will provide a new piece of music to soundtrack the BBC's broadcast of the London 2012 Olympics. The Manchester band revealed on their official Facebook page that they had almost completed the recording. Frontman Guy Garvey said: "We are knocked out to be involved and it's been quite a challenge. "We have feelings of real responsibility as we will be the soundtrack to so many images of personal sacrifice and endeavour while the (more)...

Ian Brown has reportedly texted a friend to confirm reports of a Stone Roses reunion. It was claimed on Friday that the band would announce a 2012 comeback tour at a press conference on Tuesday. Drummer Alan 'Reni' Wren later dismissed the rumours. > The Stone Roses: Career in pictures According to The Sun, singer Brown sent a text message to Dynamo which read: "We are going to rule the world again. It's happening." Dynamo added: "He said it's true. It is definitely happening. Ian's on great form. I'll be at the gigs. It's going to be massive." A source told the newspaper that Elbow frontman Guy Garvey had also confirmed the news at the Manchester Literary Festival, saying: "Guy was talking (more)...

“It’s unkind to say,” Elbow frontman Guy Garvey told the BBC recently, “but all gigs are a rehearsal for this one.” They don’t make ‘em bigger than Glastonbury, Europe’s biggest music festival, and Garvey (who claimed not to have thought about anything else for three months) is a testament to the high esteem the five-day festival in southwest England is still held by both performers and punters alike. It’s been forty-one years since a dairy farmer invited Marc Bolan to play in his Somerset field for a bunch of hippies, and yet the annual ‘festival of contemporary performing arts’ remains as vibrant and relevant as ever.

Of course, there’s always annual chatter of concern that the festival, which has become an unlikely national institution, is suffering from a slow decline in quality in. Aging hippies and travellers continue to mourn earlier, less commercialised incarnations of the event,...

This years Glastonbury festival was without a doubt a memory which will live on within the minds and hearts of all those who attended. June 22nd - 26th saw a huge number of amazing bands, acts, and performers wowing the 135,000+ attendees who were lucky enough to get themselves a ticket, and it just so happens I was one of them!

As the line up was so vast and varied, and as performances were listed to begin on Thursday with doors opening at 8am on Wednesday, I took the Wednesday to Friday off from work, piled my tent, clothes, and snacks into the car, and drove down to Somerset to make sure I found myself a space in the queue for parking, and then to find myself a suitable place to pitch my tent ready for the next 4 nights.

Having been a festival go’er for a number of years I...

Elbow's Guy Garvey has expressed his overwhelming satisfaction with being given a prestigious slot at Glastonbury this year. Speaking to NME, the singer and guitarist explained that the thought of being second headliner behind Coldplay is "mind-blowing". "It's, like, 20 years this month that the band formed, so to be celebrating here is pretty special really," said the frontman. "Playing second headliner on the Pyramid Stage is something I never thought I'd do. It's mind-blowing - it's one of those things you can't actually take in." Garvey also had kind words for the Glastonbury organisers, and praised the distinct festival atmosphere. The star added: "There's something about the land and the sky round here - (more)...

Elbow have already started work on their follow-up to Build a Rocket Boys!, according to lead singer Guy Garvey. The band released their fifth album in March, and Garvey has revealed that they are trying a new writing process in the early stages of production. He told The Mirror: "Rich (drummer Richard Jupp) went into the studio and recorded several different drum patterns for me. "I'll go away next week and try and write lyrics for them. We've never worked this way before, but we'll see what happens." Elbow are set to perform on the main stage before headliner Coldplay at Glastonbury on June 25, and Garvey revealed that one of his worst ever (more)...

It was around 5 p.m. U.K. time when Elbow frontman Guy Garvey was pouring himself a drink. He was about to head out for some dinner with his girlfriend and friends, and he seemed much more relaxed than excitable when we talked. It was easy going stuff for a man whose band would be co-headlining one of England’s biggest festivals -- Glastonbury next week, warming up for Coldplay. I interviewed Garvey at New York’s Hiro Ballroom back in 2005, three years before the rock troupe would earn the Mercury Prize for “The Seldom Seen Kid.” Garvey remembers the giant dragon...

Getty Singer Guy Garvey of Elbow performs at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2011 held at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2011 in Indio, California.

In their home country, Elbow is a renowned rock group: In 2008, their “The Seldom Seen Kid” won the Mercury Music Prize as the best album by an British or Irish artist; last year, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors presented the band its highest honor, the Ivor Novello Award, in recognition of two...

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has admitted that he is a huge fan of Rovio's mobile game Angry Birds. The band are currently number two on the UK album chart with new LP Build A Rocket Boys!. Speaking of his love for the iPhone app, Garvey told the Daily Star: "I love Angry Birds - I'm an Angry Birds ninja; my thumbs are impressive. "There's no spare time when you're making a record, but when you're (more)...

Guy Garvey has said that winning the Mercury Prize in 2008 helped Elbow to put together their new album with ease. Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, the band's frontman and lyricist said that the positive response to The Seldom Seen Kid's triumph made the Manchester five-piece feel "very loved". He said: "Winning the Mercury was so important to us. There's usually quite a lot of controversy over the Mercury winner in the press the next day. Everyone seemed to think it was the right choice which made us feel very loved and wanted. "We made this album with (more)...

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has admitted that he feels pressurised during the writing process. The 'Grounds For Divorce' singer explained that he takes a large amount of time getting the lyrics to a level he is content with. "It's the responsibility to the rest of the band that gets me," he told The Star. "I'm not a natural lyricist and I have to work really hard to get them to a standard I'm really happy with. "I feel that responsibility to the song as well - to make the song as good as it can be." Speaking about the band's newfound confidence and how it affected the writing (more)...

Guy Garvey has revealed that he is anxious over the release of Elbow's fifth studio album Build a Rocket Boys! The 'Neat Little Rows' singer claimed that he is having his sleep disrupted in the run up to the album's launch. "I have very interesting sleep patterns before an album comes out on account of anxiety dreams. I had one recently where my friend had posted all my lyrics online," Garvey told the Daily Star. "People were (more)...

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has said that the band felt less pressure since the success of their last album, The Seldom Seen Kid. The group release the follow-up Build A Rocket Boys! on March 7. They have suggested that its sound is reminiscent of their first album. Garvey told The Quietus: "The pressures of following such a hugely successful record were nothing compared to the making of the previous albums. If anything it just gave us confidence. "We had a conversation right at the (more)...

Elbow's Guy Garvey has said that their forthcoming album sounds similar to their early material. Speaking to Xfm, the band's frontman said that the new record puts a twist on their original sound. He said: "If anything, it sounds a lot like our first album. There's perhaps some more big positive moments than there are on Asleep In The Back [their first album], but other than that, vibe-wise it's a lot groovier than anything we've done in the last couple of years." Garvey also explained that the band kept their audience (more)...

British rockers Elbow are returning with a new album on March and have led things off with a firecracker of a preview track. And by firecracker I mean a stupendous sad bastard of a song. Just the kind of stuff I like from Elbow. A live version of "Lippy Kids" went up this month in advance of "Build a Rocket Boys!", out on March 7 in the U.K. A U.S. release date will be announced later. The band has a dozen tour dates overseas scheduled. Guy Garvey is one hell of a charismatic frontman (apart from channeling Peter Gabriel); I recommend...

Our critics pick the season's highlights. From Elisabeth Moss on stage to Adele's new album, these are the dates for your cultural diary

January

5 Film 127 Hours

Danny Boyle's 10th film tells the story of Aron Ralston, played by James Franco who severed his own arm with a penknife to escape after becoming trapped while hiking in Utah.

7 Film The King's Speech

Colin Firth is introverted monarch George VI, battling a debilitating stutter with the aid of an extroverted therapist (Geoffrey Rush). The ensuing friendship is touching – and, when the second world war breaks out, of national importance.

9 Classical Hollywood Rhapsody

The Bbcso and Chorus celebrate Hollywood's golden age. Composers include Korngold, Waxman, Rózsa; films range from The Wizard of Oz to Gone with the Wind. Barbican, London. 9 Jan only.

11 Theatre Twelfth Night

To mark his 80th birthday, Peter Hall returns to the National theatre, which he ran until 1988. He directs his daughter Rebecca,...

Guy Garvey has claimed that he is "in terrible trouble" for revealing the title of Elbow's new album. The frontman, who confirmed that the band's next record will be called Build A Rocket, Boys! during an appearance on Marc Riley's BBC 6 Music show, admitted that the name for the follow-up to their Mercury Prize-winning LP The Seldom Seen Kid was bound to come out soon (more)...