How many times have you seen Elbow live, and where?

Wow, LWD that's a fair few! Suppose you could just take 'em or leave 'em eh!

Yeah lol, am leaving them foR a bit, i think.
I havn't ever travelled that far to see them, and tried to spread them out so wasn't seeing the same show all the time, and so I could afford it, so like 2 or 3 a tour.
Furthest was Paris and Scotland as holidaying anyway. Somebody for LOTFW tour travelled to Istanbul, New York and Amsterdam aswell as over UK for that tour.
There other friends (not on here) who have done a fair few too, starting with Reading 2001.
Wish I'd been to some more of the earlier smaller gigs. and Festivals.

Now I know what guys must feel like in locker rooms....

sundaygirl wrote:

Now I know what guys must feel like in locker rooms....

I second that emotion! Definitely got a serious case of "Elbow envy" right now...

LOL! Yup, just can't "measure" up!!!!

sundaygirl wrote:

Now I know what guys must feel like in locker rooms....

Don't understand?

Its about the music isn't it?

Their music has always been important for me, since I first heard it and has helped me through bad times, when other things wern't working.
Their concerts have always been a pleasure, and made me feel better and if I don't enjoy the gigs anymore I won't go, and will put on the CDs instead.

Only teasing!! We're just jealous of all your shows!!! I think it's gret you've seen them loads!!!

I'm still planning to do an Elbow UK tour one of these days... when I've saved up enough money, I'm going to go to every single show on the tour.

It'll be epic. Who's with me?

Good thing they may not be touring here again for a couple of years... need that time to save up!

I want to see then in other countries - go to Holland or Germany, that would be great. Get a group of us and make a little holiday out of it.

That too!!

Haha! I did a Ste Fretwell tour a few years ago... when he played a short 5-day acoustic run. Absolutely wiped me out, I've gained a lot of respect for folks who do entire big tours! Of course I was working at the time, so it was like gig-at-night, up at no-such-time-o-clock for work the next morning... I think next time I do that, I will just take a month or two off, do it properly... would be a lot more fun

Wish I could have seen them at the Ritz, would have loved to have seen them there. Saw PJ Harvey there and it is such a cool venue.

Kim wrote:

I'm still planning to do an Elbow UK tour one of these days... when I've saved up enough money, I'm going to go to every single show on the tour.

It'll be epic. Who's with me?

Good thing they may not be touring here again for a couple of years... need that time to save up!

Kim, I said before, see if you can volunteer to work on the merch stall for the next UK tour, then you'd get to be at every gig!
They can only say no, if they have enough people to man them already.

lucky with disease wrote:

Kim, I said before, see if you can volunteer to work on the merch stall for the next UK tour, then you'd get to be at every gig!
They can only say no, if they have enough people to man them already.

But then don't you miss parts of the gig where you have to work? It would be so brilliant to be involved in some way though... I wonder how you get started in that kind of thing. I don't have any contacts to band management!

Do you get to travel on the bus with them?????

I'll go with you Kim!!! Do we get free merch???

sundaygirl wrote:

I want to see then in other countries - go to Holland or Germany, that would be great. Get a group of us and make a little holiday out of it.

The only time I've travelled abroad is for Muse, to both Paris and Dublin. But they were both really big gigs. I would absolutely love to see the smaller venues but I guess the Elboys are getting pretty popular everywhere now? Still the venues abroad would certainly be smaller than MEN. ^_^

sundaygirl wrote:

Do you get to travel on the bus with them?????

Haha, I remember joking with LWD and Jonathan about that... if they see us at every single one they might eventually offer us a lift.

sundaygirl wrote:

I'll go with you Kim!!! Do we get free merch???

Sweet! Dunno about free merch... but we'd get to hang out with the crew a bit I suspect.

Hehe!!! Only joking. Just being there would be payment enough!!!

Would be cool...

Maybe we could get first dibs on setlists?

Oh, but can you imagine if it were venues like MEN or Wembley and you were at merch stand you wouldn't see a thing...

Yeah, you'd *be* there but I'm not convinced you'd actually get to see the shows all that much. :/ And I would still wanna be right there at the front for each gig! Maybe we should start a new thread for our Elbow tour, hehe.

OK. Where would it go? Elbow Patch? Elbow Live?

Seeing as there likely won't be another tour announced for ages, I created a thread in Elbow Patch to be safe.

http://elbow.heavenforum.org/elbow-patch-f1/elbow-tour-who-s-in-t802.htm#22347

Hello to all the elbow room only people I met at the Bridgewater hall gig last Wednesday. I only knew Sparky(obviously) but I was made to feel V welcome. had the best night ever!! Finally managed to sign up and say Hi!!!

Ive seen them 5 times now
Leeds University
Delamere Forest
Apollo, Manchester
Blackpool empress Ballroom
Bridgewater Hall with Halle