Elbow Announce Tour Warm-Up Show In Cambridge & Tickets
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Mercury Music Prize winners Elbow have announced a warm-up show for their forthcoming arena tour, playing a small show in the intimate surroundings of Cambridge Junction on 2nd March. Elbow are set to return next Spring after announcing a major UK arena tour for their fifth studio album.
Elbow's atmospheric live shows are an experience to behold and after a successful tour and show-stopping performance at 2008’s Glastonbury festival Guy Garvey and his mates return with a March arena tour (their first headline arena tour) and a brand new album ‘Build A Rocket Boys’ for 2011. Elbow have so far confirmed seven dates for the tour which will support the release of their follow-up to 2008's Mercury Prize-winning 'Seldom Seen Kid'. The new album is expected to be released in early 2011.
The tour is set to include some surprises with Garvey revealing to fans. "There will be some theatre involved, There are a few very special guests on the record, and hopefully they’ll be coming out with us live as well."
Elbow's March 2011 tour will roll through some of the biggest arenas in the country with the band confirming shows at London's O2 Arena and Manchester's MEN Arena amongst others.
Elbow will play the following UK shows:
March 2011
2nd March, Junction, Cambridge – Warm-Up Show
15th March 2011, SECC, Glasgow
16th March 2011, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne
17th March 2011, Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
19th March 2011, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
20th March 2011, Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
22nd March 2011, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
23rd March 2011, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
25th March 2011, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester
27th March 2011, The Brighton Centre, Brighton
28th March 2011, O2 Arena, London
29th March 2011, O2 Arena, London
31st March 2011, The O2, Dublin
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