elbow today announce details of a new album and UK Arena tour for 2014, their first live dates for over a year.
The band’s sixth studio album, currently being recorded at their facilities at Blueprint Studios, Salford, will be released in March 2014. As with previous albums, the platinum ‘build a rocket boys!’ and multi-platinum ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’, the production and mixing of the album is being undertaken by keyboardist Craig Potter.
elbow’s first ever live DVD, ‘Live At Jodrell Bank’ consists of two CDs and a DVD covering the entire performance at the Cheshire Observatory and a documentary of the event by long standing collaborators The Soup Collective, featuring exclusive interviews with the band and backstage footage.
Fans will have the opportunity to pre-order the new album to be delivered in March 2014, as well as an exclusive bundle including a DVD / double CD of the band’s 2012 headline performance at Jodrell Bank for immediate despatch, for a limited time only via the band’s website www.elbow.co.uk.
Tickets for all arena shows go on general sale at 9am on Friday 4th October.
Arena tour dates are as follows:
April 2014
Saturday 5thBirmingham LG Arena
Sunday 6thGlasgow SSE Hydro
Tuesday 8thCardiff Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday 9thManchester Phones 4U Arena
Friday 11th Leeds First Direct Arena
Saturday 12thLiverpool Echo Arena
Monday 14th Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Wednesday 16th London The O2