Great band, great venue
by Anonymous on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaElbow is amazing live. Center stage theater is a great venue - seats are first come, first serve and the sound quality inside the theater is excellent.
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Elbow will make a much anticipated and welcome return to Australia for four special shows. Fellow Brits and special guests, Bombay Bicycle Club, join Elbow on tour in what will be their first Australian shows. Tickets go on sale at 9am Tuesday December 6.
Elbow's return visit follows quickly after four mesmerising performances last July, including sold out shows in Melbourne and Sydney and a remarkable set at the Splendour in the Grass festival.
Elbow have consistently delivered impeccable, brilliant live shows. "Elbow are as close to a perfect live band any punter could hope for..." Fasterlouder
The band's graceful, lush orchestral sounds a gently sublime mix of the intricately elegant, poignant, and elative, rousing crescendos serve up stunning renditions from their five album repertoire.
Up front, Guy Garvey fills the room with his angelic vocals, undeniable stage presence and natural charisma; his generous between song banter building a strong rapport between band and audience. "‘Open Arms' was triumphant, ‘Station Approach' possessed an almost hypnotic jubilation and set closing ‘One Day Like This' was positively euphoric." Drum Media
"We think we may have gone to musical heaven..." Inpress 2011 marks Elbow's 20 year anniversary and the release of their fifth studio album, ‘Build A Rocket Boys'. ‘Build A Rocket Boys' follows debut album ‘Asleep in the Back', ‘Cast of Thousands', ‘Leaders of the Free World' and their fourth album, the 2008 Mercury Music Prize winning ‘The Seldom Seen Kid'.
North London's Bombay Bicycle Club, opening for Elbow on all shows, have released three albums in as many years. Winning a competition to perform at V Festival while still at school, the youthful band released their gold, debut album,‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose', in 2009. Wasting no time, a stripped down, acoustic, second album ‘Flaws', was released a year later making the UK top 10. ‘A Different Kind of Fix' is Bombay Bicycle Club's latest offering, cited as a their best record yet and a promise of more to come. The band have built a fiercely loyal UK fan base to which they're about to add a whole lot more Australians. Immerse in the sounds of Elbow, with special guests Bombay Bicycle Club.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 5 out of 5 Don't EVER miss a show with Elbow!
by Cirdan on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaGuy and the rest of the boys never fail to entertain. Seeing them at Center Stage was fantastic; the acoustics are great, and the venue is just the right size--not too big or too small. Guy adds a personal element to every concert, and calls us the Lost City of Atlantis. :) I also love the fact that Guy always introduces the songs, interacts with the audience, and gets feedback from us. When Elbow comes to town, it's like seeing old friends again. I don't care what my budget looks like--if tickets are on sale for them, I'm buying them somehow!
Rating: 4 out of 5 Elbow entertained
by JimmyB8 on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaElbow's journey from a small town in Lancashire to playing large auditoriums and headlining festivals has taken 20 years and is now complete. And they deserve it. The "size" of the new show did not come across in a venue of the size of Centre Stage but it does in bigger places- lights, sound, displays behind the band etc. Guy Garvey is one of the most genial frontmen in the business- he has a great gift for interacting with the crowd, no matter what the size. He makes everyone feel "his mate" and, rather like his lyrics, there is an intimacy to that relationship. His throat was obviously giving him some problems- echoes of an earlier Atlanta show which ended with fans helping him out on stage. But this did not detract from the overall excellence of the performance. I have two minor criticisms: there was no material from the first two albums and it would be good to "get to know" the other members of the band in the way that we now know more about Guy Garvey. They are all stars.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Fabulous show by Elbow!
by dtougas on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaMy husband and I discovered them earlier this year while traveling overseas. We kept hearing them on the radio and loved them. The show was amazing! They really have great interaction with the audience and loved how they played a mix of all their songs not just their most recent album.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Kickass
by mandybr on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaSeriously, the boys of Elbow put on such a great show.
Rating: 5 out of 5 elbow
by Anonymous on 9/22/11Center Stage Theatre - AtlantaBest show Ive seen in a long time. Really great! Can't wait to see them again!