Elbow to play St Pauls Cathedral 26 May

Niiice...broadcast on Absolute on 5 June aswell.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8495310/Elbow-to-play-gig-at-St-Pauls-Cathedral.html

I quite like the idea of a band from *Bury* playng in a crypt!

That is going to be one unique gig (here's hoping I win a ticket)!

Away on holiday Always thought the choir on BARB gave the album a religious feel. Should sound awesome in St. Pauls!

26th is my birthday and the 1st anniversary of my Mums death, yes my Mum died on my birthday, great eh?
This would be an even more intense day if i could get in......might have to dress up as a Bishop and get in the back.
Should be a great gig.

I bet you a Cheese sandwich I don't win a ticket for this.

Tickets 'll be like hens teeth won't they......hopefully they'll do a decent recording and release it .

How can we all make sure we win?! Everything crossed for us all. Maybe as i missed my chance to meet 1 of my heroes,archbishop tutu, the nite i chose to see elbow at the o2, god will compensate by letting me win? Reckon theres about as much chance of that as me buying a cheryl cole cd!

Big love to everyone x

I've gone in for it - hope I don't win - can't afford the journey to London !

By the way, if anyone wins, i live in London and you can stay at mine - as long as i have the other ticket if you can bring a guest! Unless of course you have criminal convictions or worse, support spurs...
Genuine offer!

apparently they're gonna play re-done newbie tracks, rare live efforts and the off old one... :-)

errant wrote:

apparently they're gonna play re-done newbie tracks, rare live efforts and the off old one... :-)

The Crypt of St Paul’s is the largest in Europe, and is the final resting place of some of the nation’s greatest heroes, poets and scientists, including Admiral Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. The Crypt is available for evening corporate events, and can cater for dinner for up to 250 people, and receptions for 350.

Wonder how many will enter the competition.
I'd already planned to see these guys play in Hither Green that night, at this place.
More likely to get in.

errant wrote:

apparently they're gonna play re-done newbie tracks, rare live efforts and the off old one... :-)

From the man himself...

RT @CraigLPotter Yes pre SSK. Pre COT even! @errant1977: stripped back/acoustic/alt versions of old n new songs + unheard (live) > define old? pre tssk?

Fingers crossed you never know someone's gotta win, if not will have to tune in June 5th for the broadcast! Something to look forward to.

Hey guys, Freddy here from Absolute Radio. Just thought i'd tell you fans that there's a high quality video of the entire Elbow gig up on the Absolute Radio website. It's been recorded in the FLAC (Fully Lossless Audio Codec) format which means that instead of being compressed like most mp3 tracks every detail is recorded, so no quality is lost at all. It was a really amazing, emotional gig so I recommend watching it.
Here's the link: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/artists/Elbow/article/3928-Elbow+at+St.+Paul's+Cathedral
Please enjoy. Cheers Freddy.

Did anyone out there win tickets? Tell us all about it please!

Just watched it - amazing stuff again....loved the finger 'sshhh' bit during JIARG.....turned out to be his girlfriend, very funny !

Looked a glorious venue - saw Beach House at Manchester Cathedral which blew me away, this, from the vid, looked at least it's equal.

Gaily67 wrote:

Did anyone out there win tickets? Tell us all about it please!

http://elbow.heavenforum.org/t1421p15-st-pauls-cathedral-may-26th-ticket-giveaway....see the other thread Gaily, for a review, it seems only one person who posts on here went. I know two long time fans who work nearby who managed to get an invite in the end, very last minute, after somebody on the guestlist dropped out, but they don't use messageboards.

Apart from Absolute radio guests and bands friends and family, the winners were Absolute radio listeners who entered the phone ins and won...don't know how many of those tickets were left for the final email draw.
Door Security was very strict on the night, so doesn't seem as if any of the people who posted on here who were still trying to go, as they didn't win the competion, did manage as they probably would have said.

I know this gig is available to stream in a FLAC format but has anyone got a FLAC recording of the show that they'd be prepared to share?

Cheers.

Cestrian Saint wrote:

I know this gig is available to stream in a FLAC format but has anyone got a FLAC recording of the show that they'd be prepared to share?

Cheers.

Havn't seen it on dimeadozen yet, but Elbow DVD recording of - Westerliefde, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 10 May 2011 is on there with exactly the same set.

that would be Free Lossless Audio Codec, and I'm not just being pedantic - the whole raison d'etre of the FLAC project is that it is unencumbered

nice recording though, tyvm for sharing that!

carry on, as you were )



edit to add: oops, was replying Freddy at the bottom of page 1, missed page 2. *facepalm*

Cestrian Saint wrote:

I know this gig is available to stream in a FLAC format but has anyone got a FLAC recording of the show that they'd be prepared to share?

Not that I would know anything about this, but...

The audio player on Absolute's website leaves a 400-megabyte OGA present in the browser cache. (It doesn't technically stream -- your browser will load the whole file.) An OGA file is just an OGG file, and if you rename the cached file with an OGG extension, you can use various audio tools on it to, oh, split the file into its component tracks.

Don't see that in my Browser cache... any idea where that ends up in Windows?

(Dumb question, I know)

If anyone would like a CD of the gig then just send me a PM.
It's not an MP3. It's converted from the Flac download & It sounds amazing!

x

I've recorded this gig too and can share, but unfortunately only in September, 'cause now I'm not home.

Btw, does anyone have a video? The whole set in single file I mean. On youtube it's only divided into pieces and quality was not that good.