[News] Elbow Announce Homecoming Show

Following their sets at Reading and Leeds Festival this summer and their Mercury Prize nominated album Build A Rocket Boys! Elbow have teamed up with BBC Radio 2 for a one off homecoming gig at Manchester Cathedral. Pairing with BBC2 the show will be available to view online for the unlucky fans that don't get tickets. Scheduled for October 27th the band will bring along the Halle Youth Choir and they'll be playing as part of the BBC Radio 2's weekly In Concert programme. Ticket details will be announced on the 6th of October between 8-10pm via Radio 2.

Jeff Smith, the Head of Music at Radio 2 and 6 Music says: "I’m delighted to continue our homecoming series with Elbow. They are a magnificent live band and I can’t wait to hear how the cathedral setting lends itself to their stirring and anthemic music."

If you're a fan and in Manchester, this is a show not to be missed!

[Watch] Elbow - "Lippy Kids" Live @ Mercury Prize Awards 2011

We've already seen James Blake, Metronomy and the big winner on the night PJ Harvey perform at the Mercury Prize Awards last night. Next up I'd like to present you with Manchester boys Elbow showing theirs live skills with a great rendition of their track "Lippy Kids" which features on their nominated album Build A Rocket Boys. After seeing these guys for the first time last weekend I can honestly say I was blown away. The beer to blood content in my body may have been a little mismatched but hey, they were incredible none the less. 

You lucky people in the US will soon be able to get your hands on their LP. Pre-order it here.

[Watch] TV On The Radio, Battles, Elbow, Chemical Brothers & Warpaint Glastonbury 2011 Highlights

If you've been living under a rock for the past week then you may have missed last weekend, which musically was what we'd call a goodie. With the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival being this year the festival went off with a huge bang. Loads of surprise sets not to mention the actual line up minus surprise sets. We posted a good deal of our favourites yesterday (sorry if they got taken down before you got a chance to watch 'em but the internet police got to some). Today though we have our final blast of personal faves for you to sit back enjoy.

We have TV On The Radio for you to enjoy firstly up at the top followed by Battles after the jump. Then my local boys done good Elbow will entertain you with some great sing alongs from the crowd. Don't fret though, there's still two more lots of highlights to check out after that with a great set from The Chemical Brothers and a chilled set from those sultry girls, Warpaint. 

With it being such a momentous weekend of live music in a rather large gathering of fields in the UK Countryside why not soak it up from the comfort of your home or office. Sit back and enjoy one of the greatest festivals the world has to offer. It'll be 2013 when we next see bands performing at Worthy Farm with them taking a year off next year to rest the  fields (plus there's some event in London with loads of Athletes and stuff, the Olympics or something, Google it). So until 2013 let's have a toast to the organisers and performers for what was truly a great weekend of music.

Battles

Elbow

Chemical Brothers

Warpaint

[Coachella 2011] Elbow's Coachella Performance

One of Manchester's best exports did us proud last weekend at Coachella performing to a packed out tent in the intense heat, of course, I'm talking about Elbow. Pulling off a stellar set to the thousands of onlookers, why not sit back and take a few out of your slow Wednesday to see what all the fuss is about when it comes to these guys and their arena filling music? The bands new album Build A Rocket Boys! is out now so grab a copy if you like what you see in the set at the top. Another great album from the group who have a knack of delivering when they get together in the studio. Kudos to them.

[Watch] Elbow - "Open Arms" Live on Jools Holland

As we mentioned earlier in the Beady Eye post from Later Live... With Jools Holland their were a number of notable performances this week on the show. Manchester arena fillers, Elbow, were also on their to impress and performed a great track from their latest album Build A Rocket Boys! The track "Open Arms" can be watched at the top of the page and if you're yet to pick up the album, which is a great listen for any mood, head on over here to grab a copy. You might be pleasantly surprised.

[Watch] Elbow - "Lippy Kids" (Studio Footage)

Manchester's Elbow has announced the release of their upcoming album, build a rocket boys!, which will be available digitally on March 8th and in stores everywhere April 12, 2011. build a rocket boys! is the follow up to their platinum-selling album The Seldom Seen Kid, which won Mercury Music Album of the Year for 2008, among other awards. 

The video above was taken while they were recording in Blueprint Studios. If this is any indication of what the rest of the album will sound like, hold onto your hats, folks. We're about to be blown away. 

Elbow will also be performing at Coachella 2011 on April 16th, which gives you just enough time to memorize all the lyrics to the new album for the show! 

[Watch] Elbow - "Neat Little Rows" (Video)

A couple of weeks back we got to listen to a brand new track from the Manchester group Elbow. The track in question was debuted by Zane Lowe on Radio One and was titled "Neat Little Rows". Today courtesy of Gigwise you can check out the official visuals for the track. The track will feature on the Manchester bands fifth studio effort Build A Rocket Boys! 

The album is penned for a March the 7th release and "Neat Little Rows" will be the first single from it set for release on February 28th, as a 7″ and as a download.

[Listen] Elbow - "Neat Little Rows"

Zane Lowe is the star of premiering new material, not just now, but pretty much year in year out. He yesterday let rip a new Elbow track titled "Neat Little Rows" which you can now listen to down at the bottom courtesy of our freinds at ListenBeforeYouBuy. The track will feature on the Manchester bands fifth studio effort Build A Rocket Boys! which was recorded right here in Manchester at Blueprint Studios.

The album is penned for a March the 7th release and "Neat Little Rows" will be the first single from it set for release on February 28th, as a 7″ and as a download.