Latest Guy Garvey News
Elbow Struggled With 'High Energy' Songs
Elbow struggle with “high energy” songs.The ‘Grounds for Divorce’ hitmakers have “given up” on writing up tempo tracks in the past because they have taken too much work to get right, and they eventually lost...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 April 2024
Elbow 'Gutted' To Miss Out On Number One Slot
Elbow were "gutted" when their last album failed to reach number one.The 'Grounds for Divorce' group released their ninth LP 'Flying Dream 1' in 2021 but it failed to follow their previous three efforts in...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 March 2024
Rachael Stirling Planning To Write Book About Mother Dame Diana Rigg
Dame Diana Rigg's daughter is going to write a biography of the late actress.The 'Game of Thrones' actress died of cancer in September 2020 and after Rachael Stirling previously wrote about her mother's views on...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 March 2024
Elbow Singer Guy Garvey Recalls 'Perfect' Final Words With Late Dad
Guy Garvey says his final conversation with his dad was "perfect".The Elbow frontman's father Don died aged 84 in 2018 after a cancer battle, and the 47-year-old musician has recalled the final time they met...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 January 2022
Elbow Join Hampton Court Palace Festival Line-up
Elbow has joined the line-up for Hampton Court Palace Festival 2022.The 'One Day Like This' band - made up of Guy Garvey, brothers Craig and Mark Potter, and Pete Turner - will take to the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 December 2021
Guy Garvey Wants To Make Elbow Musical
Guy Garvey loves the idea of making an Elbow musical.The 'One Day Like This' singer would love to turn his band's big hits into a stage production, and he's convinced the material would lend itself...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 November 2021
Elbow's Album Would Have Had Different Sound Without Pandemic Setting
Elbow couldn't have made their new album without the coronavirus pandemic.The 'Grounds for Divorce' hitmakers were left feeling “bewildered, nostalgic and far from the people they loved” during lockdown so poured their emotions into ninth...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 November 2021
Guy Garvey Got 'Absolutely Banjoed' Before Elbow's 2011 Glasto Set
Guy Garvey was so drunk before Elbow's 2011 Glastonbury headline set that he had to be carried back to his teepee. The 'One Day Like This' hitmaker was so anxious about their Pyramid Stage set...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 June 2020
Elbow Singer Guy Garvey To Teach Songwriting Course At University
Elbow lead singer Guy Garvey is set to swap the stage and microphone for a lectern, with the announcement that he’s to teach university students the art of songwriting.The 44 year old singer is to...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 27 April 2018
Elbow's Best Of Isn't The End Of The Band
Elbow's new collection 'The Best Of' doesn't mean the band is coming to an end.The 'One Day Like This' hitmakers are celebrating their 20-year-career as a band with the new release, but front man Guy...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2017
Guy Garvey Dating British Actress Rachael Stirling
The British singer was heartbroken when he split from writer Emma Unsworth, his girlfriend of almost 10 years, and he subsequently relocated to New York to get over the relationship. He has...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2015
Elbow Singer Guy Garvey To Curate 2016 Meltdown Festival
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has been announced as the curator of next year’s Meltdown festival. Garvey follows on from this year’s curator, Talking Head’s David Byrne, while past hosts have included Patti Smith, David Bowie,...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 13 October 2015
Elbow Want Bond Soundtrack
Elbow want to record a James Bond theme.The 'One Day Like This' hitmakers worked on a song for Simon Pegg's movie 'Man Up' and enjoyed the experience so much, they have now set their sights...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 September 2015
Stars Turn Out For Folk Awards
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards were dished out at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, and former Catatonia frontwoman Matthews took to the stage to offer a tribute to late music historian...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Ryan Adams Added To Itunes Festival Line-up After Concerts Sell Out
After selling out a string of UK gigs in September, the returning Ryan Adams has been added to next month's iTunes Festival in London joining the previously announced headliners Maroon 5, Sam Smith and 5...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 August 2014
Yoko Ono Pens Thank You Letter For Elbow
Yoko Ono has written an open letter to Elbow thanking the band for mentioning her in a song. The Japanese artist - the widow of Beatles legend John Lennon - has been name-checked by the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 March 2014
Guy Garvey Fled To New York To Escape Break-up
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey left his native U.K. and moved to New York City following a bad break-up.The singer split from his long-term girlfriend Emma Unsworth and subsequently emigrated to America in 2012 in a...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 February 2014
Elbow Explore Turning 40
Elbow's new album is inspired by Guy Garvey's impending 40th birthday.The group will release the follow-up to 2011's 'Build A Rocket Boys!' next March, the same month the frontman reaches the milestone age, and the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2013
Guy Garvey To Write Music For King Kong Musical
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey is heading to New York to write the music for a new King Kong stage show.The British rocker has been hired to help create a new Broadway musical based on the...
By WENN on 29 October 2012
Guy Garvey Launching Vinyl-focused Record Label
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey is set to launch his own label in a bid to revive vinyl records.The British singer is founding the music company with Jim Chancellor, the head of Fiction Records, his band's...
By WENN on 30 August 2012
Elbow Promise 'Epic' Olympics Song
Elbow claim their official Olympics song will be "epic". The Mercury Prize-winning group have worked with the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Community Gospel on the new track - which will be the official soundtrack...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 January 2012
Ian Brown Claims Stone Roses Reunion 'Definitely Happening'
Ian Brown has reportedly confirmed The Stone Roses will reunite and "rule the world again".The 'I am the Resurrection' group are set to hold a press conference tomorrow, and singer Ian confirmed to friends this...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 October 2011
Elbow And Goldfrapp Sign Up For Little Noise Sessions
Elbow, Marina and the Diamonds and Goldfrapp have signed up for this year's Little Noise Sessions. The artists have the joined the bill for the annual intimate charity concerts, which see artists play special stripped...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 October 2011
Elbow Too Busy 'Messing' To Rehearse
Elbow find it hard to concentrate on rehearsing for their tour because they are always "messing about".Guy Garvey - the Manchester-based group's frontman - admitted while the 'One Day Like This' hitmakers used to be...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 March 2011
Elbow Happy To Be Liked
Elbow never want to make an "inaccessible" album.The 'Neat Little Rows' group saw their last LP, 2008's 'The Seldom-Seen Kid' win a string of awards and knew it would be "churlish" to turn their backs...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 March 2011
Guy Garvey's Album Anxiety Dreams
British rocker Guy Garvey suffers "anxiety dreams" ahead of every Elbow release, because he's so convinced his albums will flop.The band is releasing its fifth studio record, Build a Rocket Boys!, in the U.K. on...
By WENN on 04 March 2011
Elbow Return To Debut Sound
Elbow see their new album as a return to their roots.The Mercury Prize winning group will release the record 'Build a Rocket Boys' later this year but rather than try to move away from their...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 January 2011
Garvey Tips Kloot For Mercury Triumph
ELBOW frontman GUY GARVEY has tipped I AM KLOOT to scoop the prestigious Mercury Prize on Tuesday night (07Sep10).The British rockers took home the highly-regarded industry award in 2008 for their album The Seldom Seen...
By WENN on 07 September 2010
Elbow Bassist Catches Mermaids
ELBOW bassist MARK POTTER claims he caught mermaids while recording new album CAST OF THOUSANDS on a Scottish island. Mark's bandmates - GUY GARVEY, PETE TURNER, CRAIG POTTER and RICHARD JUPP - were amazed...
By WENN on 01 July 2004
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