(PR) One of the most respected bands from the U.K. will be heading to the states this summer to join Coldplay on tour as well as play some headline dates of their own. Elbow will arrive in Los Angeles in July kicking things off with a headline show at The Wiltern on July 22nd. See below for a complete list of U.S. tour dates.
Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid was released on Fiction/Geffen Records here in the states last April to critical praise as well as placement on a slew of year end 'best of' lists!
The album is currently 2x platinum in the U.K. and the band had been lauded with awards including the 2008 Mercury Music Prize (where they were nominated alongside such luminaries as Radiohead, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss) the "Best British Band" award at the Brit Awards this year as well as the "Outstanding Contribution To British Music Award" at this years' NME Awards.
Lead singer Guy Garvey, drummer Richard Jupp, keyboardist Craig Potter, guitarist Mark Potter and bassist Pete Turner all met in the early '90s at college in Bury. Moving together to Manchester Elbow was born and after releasing a string of EPs (Noisebox, Newborn and Any Day Now) the band signed with V2 Records and released their debut album Asleep In The Back in 2001. Cast Of Thousands followed in 2004 and Leaders Of The Free World in 2005.
Below is a list of U.S. summer tour dates with Coldplay:
**July 22nd Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
July 25th East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theater
July 30th Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
August 1st Montreal, QC Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
August 2nd Jersey City, NJ Liberty State Park- All Points West
August 3rd Mansfield, MA Comcast Center of Performing Arts
**August 4th Washington DC 9:30 Club
August 6th Raleigh, NC Music Pavilion Walnut Creek
August 7th Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
**August 8th Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theatre of Atlanta
August 9th Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
** Elbow headline date
