Elbow News: Elbow (Leeds Festival 2011)
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With a gorgeous sunset which swathed the Main Stage in a deep red light, frankly the evening called for a band such as Elbow. Enticed onstage by a string section to the building opening track, 'The Birds', Guy Garvey already had the crowd in the palm of his hands; leading by example and orchestrating the crowd at his will to wave their arms at his command. Slowly the track swelled and, directed by Garvey's soothing vocals, the strings grew to the forefront which gifted the track a strident glory.
Few could refuse Garvey's instantly uplifting persona, especially after such a gloomy...
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