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

Welcome, Sparky's in-law!! Was very lovely to meet you indeed! Will you be making an appearance at the MEN Arena in September?

Sparkies-in-law wrote:

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

Hello again! Welcome to our great forum!
Wonder if we were near you and Sparky at all those gigs?
Hope you're all watching BBC3 right now - Elbow will be on soon at T in the Park

Ditto, it was great meeting you guys! Hope you do manage to make it to the MEN, another massive Elbow exodus is planned and it's going to be a doozy!!

Last night I was trying to think of who I nearly completely missed MEW supporting a few years ago in London and after a good hour of googling I realised it was Elbow! Brixton 2005 blew me away, although I was steaming I knew I'd witnessed something special. Only seen them twice since, last year at Nottingham and the second night in Manchester. Both of those I was sober and in that condition I tend to hang about near the back of the crowd. Sound, performance and atmosphere were faultless for both of those too, but I'm having a beer before the MEN gig!

There's some quite impressive list keeping going on here.

I've seen them maybe 35-40 times. First time at Reading Festival in 2000, I don't have a clue when and where the others were tho...

Heres my list, no where as near as impressive as some peoples

Supporting Manic St Preahcers
Leeds Festival 2001
Move Festival 13/07/2002 (New Order, Doves, SWR, Alfie)
Manchester Academy 03/10/2003
Glastonbury Festival 25/06/2004
Move Fesitval 09/07/2004 (The Cure, Keane, Longview)
The Ritz, Manchester 08/11/2005
Manchester Academy 13/04/2008
Glastonbury Festival 28/06/2008
Manchester Apollo 23/10/2008
Blackpool Empress Ballroom 07/03/2009
Bridgewater Hall 08/07/2009

Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground - Move Festival Supporting The Cure 9/7/2004
Manchester Ritz 14/10/2001
Blackpool Empress Ballroom 07/03/2009
Bridgewater Hall 08/07/2009
Bridgewater Hall 09/07/2009
Manchester Academy 13/04/2008
Manchester Academy 3/10/2003
Bolton Reebok supporting Coldplay (July 05)
Tsunami Relief Concert - Manchester Apollo 31 Jan 05
Manchester Apollo Wed 23 November '05
Manchester Apollo October '08
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 19 March 11
Manchester MEN Sept 09
Manchester MEN 25 March 11
Belfast Belsonic Aug 11
Liverpool Echo Arena 2014
Manchester Apollo (Thur) Feb 2015
Manchester Apollo (Sat) Feb 2015

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Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground - Move Festival Supporting The Cure 9/7/2004
Manchester Ritz 14/10/2001
Blackpool Empress Ballroom 07/03/2009
Bridgewater Hall 08/07/2009
Bridgewater Hall 09/07/2009
Manchester Academy 13/04/2008
Manchester Academy 3/10/2003
Bolton Reebok supporting Coldplay (July 05)
Manchester Apollo Wed 23 November '05
Manchester Apollo October '08
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Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground - Move Festival Supporting The Cure 9/7/2004
Manchester Ritz 14/10/2001
Blackpool Empress Ballroom 07/03/2009
Bridgewater Hall 08/07/2009
Bridgewater Hall 09/07/2009
Manchester Academy 13/04/2008
Manchester Academy 3/10/2003
Bolton Reebok supporting Coldplay (July 05)
Manchester Apollo Wed 23 November '05
Manchester Apollo October '08
Manchester Apollo (Tsunami relief gig) Jan 05

Forgot the last one, thanks to LWD for jogging my memory !!

Lowlands Festival - 17-08-08 (only the last 3 songs)
Eindhoven - 15-11-08
Amsterdam - 26-05-09 (radio show recording, 1hr show)
Werchter Festival - 03-07-09
Manchester - 18-09-09

5 times in 13 months, nothing to be ashamed of

I didnt sit near Sparky at the gig, he was with Kim and some others. I was lucky enough to get a last minute ticket and sat next to the choir it was immense.

lucky with disease wrote:

29. 27/6/2006 - Paris Maroquinerie (Craig, Guy, Jupp after in the bar)

We were there too! How long did you stay in the bar after the gig?

Haha, have I've only been to one I'm afraid Funnily enough last year they played both Southampton and Portsmouth Guildhall and I missed them

B.I.C, Bournemouth 2/3/09.

More in the future for sure.

1. 23/10/2005 Apollo Theatre, Manchester
2. 18/02/2006 Carling Academy, Liverpool
3. 17/01/2009 Abbey Road, London
4. 02/03/2009 Solent Hall, Bournemouth

- know the feeling, bluejayway. Weird circumstance has meant I missed the Leaders tour completely & have seen the guys four times in four different cities. No complaints

evilpixie wrote:

lucky with disease wrote:

29. 27/6/2006 - Paris Maroquinerie (Craig, Guy, Jupp after in the bar)

We were there too! How long did you stay in the bar after the gig?

Till crew were loading out, so not so long, as they had to travel to next stop that night.

I thought I was going to be late and miss the gig as I was a bit lost in Paris, but when I got to the venue the first thing I saw were all the band and crew sitting at the table there about to have dinner! before they went on stage.

bettyblue wrote:

Move Festival 13/07/2002 (New Order, Doves, SWR, Alfie)

aww, I really wanted to go to this one, having seen Doves at Manchester Academy in the May just before, but I don't think Virgin were doing the train deal then and it was going to cost too much, so had to wait till later in the year till I first saw them.

Lucky you seeing the early Leeds/Reading Festival appearance.

lucky with disease wrote:

bettyblue wrote:

Move Festival 13/07/2002 (New Order, Doves, SWR, Alfie)

aww, I really wanted to go to this one, having seen Doves at Manchester Academy in the May just before, but I don't think Virgin were doing the train deal then and it was going to cost too much, so had to wait till later in the year till I first saw them.

Lucky you seeing the early Leeds/Reading Festival appearance.

The early Leeds appearance is a little hazy to say the least due to the amount of beer we had consumed, but I can remember that the boyfriend and I really liked 'Red' so thought we would go and see them. I remember them being on in a tent, and that it was quite busy. Hearing them live for the first time, this was where the love affair with them started.

Its a shame that they dont do the Move fesitvals anymore, they were always good days out.

Looking forward to my next Elbow fix though in Sept, it cant come quick enough

its been a while since i last logged into the forum- and great to see so many like minded Obsessive’s ! :-)

Have seen Elbow some 20 odd times now- having discovered them in 2003.

Highlights include-

Brigewater Hall ( and meeting the legend that is Magical Trevor!!- shook your hand on my way to the bogs!!)
Abbey Road (turned up without a ticket and blagged my way in!)
London Festival Hall- (Meltdown festival) – crashed the aftershow and met the boys!!
Roundhouse (again crashed the aftershow and had a good chat with the lads!)

Am now looking forward to them supporting U2 at Wembley- and then Bestival on the Isle of Wight!!!

I want to go to gigs with you, you're lucky!!!

wouldnt say lucky- more that after a few beers confidence levels are high and polite blag does wonders!

Still....pretty cool. I don't even want to hear about the Abbey Road show, I would implode with envy!

Ok, I am curious. How did you do it and how was it?

turned up early and got chatting with the bouncers- plenty of banter and i asked if there were any no shows- one of the guys went into Abbey Road and talked to someone or other and we were told to hang on for an hour or so- then not long before the doors opened a PR woman walked up to us with two tickets in her hand!! turns out there were indeed some no shows on the night.... result! was an amazing night not one that i will forget for a long time to come!!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! LUCKY DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lucky with disease wrote:

I thought I was going to be late and miss the gig as I was a bit lost in Paris

To our shame we were late! Didn't think they'd be on so early and struggled to find the place. Had the great honour of buying the guys a drink in the bar after.

My lot is:

1. Newcastle Uni
2. Newcastle Uni
3. V festival 2004
4. Leeds Festival 2005
5. Newcastle Academy
6. Sage Gateshead
7. Newcastle Academy

i cant remember any dates!!