Elbow, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena review: 'Anthem jockeys raised the roof'

It had been a trying week. The night before they rolled up at the Motorpoint Arena , they were the first band to play a proper gig at Manchester’s new Co-op Live Arena – a venue whose farcical launch has already made it an international laughing stock.

He’s got a lot to be happy about. The band’s new album Audio Vertigo – their tenth – is one of their best, combining adventurous versatility and imagination with the usual melancholic melodies and lyricism. With its muscular grooves and alternating darkness and light, it’s a world away from its beautiful predecessor, 2021’s Flying Dream 1 .

An all-female team of string and brass players provided striking punctuation to the foundations laid down by Garvey, brothers Craig and Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Alex Reeves .

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