Photo: James Berry
Elbow staged a love-in as they played the second of two gigs at London’s O2 Arena last night (March 29).
The Manchester band thrilled fans with a set weighted heavily in favour of their new album, ‘Build A Rocket Boys!’.
Singer Guy Garvey made several references to themes of love and friendship throughout the show, encouraging audience participation.
Before ‘Mirror Ball’, taken from their commercial breakthrough album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’, he asked everybody in the audience who was in love to raise their hands.
He then added: “This is for anybody in the room who is in love with somebody but doesn’t want to tell them.”
After recent single ‘Neat Little Rows’, a female member of the audience proclaimed her love for Garvey, to which he replied: “I’m actually engaged.”
He then turned to his bandmates and said: “Actually I’m not, am I? Well I am now.”
Elbow’s set also included new songs ‘Lippy Kids’, ‘With Love’ and ‘The Birds’, and concluded with the fan favourite, ‘One Day Like This’.
The band's UK and Ireland tour is set to conclude in Dublin later this week. For more details, check out Gigwise Gig Tickets.
Elbow’s setlist was:
'The Birds'
'Bones Of You'
'Lippy Kids'
'Mirror Ball'
'With Love'
'Neat Little Rows'
'The Night Will Always Win'
'Great Expectations'
'Grounds For Divorce'
'The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver'
'Puncture Repair'
'Some Riot'
'Weather To Fly'
'Open Arms'
'Starlings'
'Station Approach'
'One Day Like This'
Elbow - live
