Elbow with the Halle orchestra last evening was an utter privilege to witness: The Bridgewater hall rocked (gently) out as the band drew from all four of their long players. Joe Duddell lead the Halle in some sparkling renditions of the bands catalogue, 'Starlings' in particular had a sumptuous elongated intro. 'Grounds for Divorce' turned into a huge singalong, ably led by the Halle Youth Orchestra. The gig was also being beamed live to Castlefield, were 5000 people had congregated to watch on big screens. it was after one of these live link ups that the band launched into a song about crushing loneliness ('The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver'). Inevitably 'On a Day Like This' closed proceedings & the band were given a magnificent send off from the masses. They seemed genuinely humbled by the whole experience. Beautiful doesn't seem a big enough word to describe the evening...
In the program Guy Garvey described the show as 'A love letter to the city and it's acceptance of music and arts throughout history'. This (plastic) Mancunian is extremely grateful to have experienced it. A couple of tunes then, first up is 'Grounds for Divorce' live from Abbey road:
Elbow- Grounds for Divorce (Live at Abbey Road) (Download)
And here's their debut single, 'Newborn'.
Elbow- Newborn (Download)
2 comments:
Not forgetting my Castlefield big screen cameo appearance!
Utterly stunning evening.
When I saw you I started waving and shouting 'Dready'. Was surprised you couldn't hear me..
It was very marvelous indeed..
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