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The last two years have seen Elbow go through a rollercoaster of emotions. Two new additions to the Elbow family have arrived in the form of children for Mark and his brother Craig whilst contractual issues saw the band studio bound since their last UK tour in 2006 awaiting a now completed change of label. The time was well spent in the recording, mixing and production of 'The Seldom Seen Kid', with keyboardist Craig Potter firmly claiming the producer's chair. As the band members began recording the album, their good friend and respected singer songwriter Bryan Glancy died, leaving a shadow over many in Manchester including the Elbow boys.
'Grounds For Divorce' lyrically is affected and inspired by that loss. Whilst other tracks on 'the Seldom Seen Kid' are elegies to a lost friend, the single is about the initial aftermath, the desire to flee the situation, find another life and wipe the slate clean of all the emotional entanglements that come with the death of a close friend. It also rocks.
Elbow are playing a really intimate gig at the Porchester Hall in London on 12th Feb, their first UK show in over a year. They then return to the UK touring circuit in April after that long hiatus, promising something 'extra special' for these long awaited dates which are as follows:
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Fri 04 Glasgow ABC 0844 844 0444
Sat 05 Newcastle Academy 0844 477 2000
Sun 06 Leeds Metropolitan University 0113 244 4600
Tue 08 Oxford Academy 0844 477 2000
Wed 09 Bristol Colston Hall 0117 922 3686
Thu 10 Birmingham Academy 0844 477 2000
Sat 12 Sheffield Octagon 0114 222 8777
Sun 13 Manchester Academy 0161 832 1111
Mon 14 Nottingham Rock City 0115 822 1314
Tue 15 London Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
020 7734 8932
Mon 21 Dublin Vicar Street 0870 998 8888
Tues 22 Belfast Mandela Hall 0818 719 390
Tickets are £15 (£18 London) plus booking fee. 24hr CC hotline: 0871 2200 260. |
