Guy Garvey

Guy Garvey refused to sing Olympic theme

Music Gossip

8 Mar 2012

Guy Garvey refused to sing on the BBC's official Olympics theme. The Elbow star was asked to compose the tune to accompany the broadcasting corporation's coverage of the London summer games this year, but didn't want his vocals on it, as he wanted…

Elbow promise 'epic' Olympics song

Music Gossip

23 Jan 2012

Elbow claim their official Olympics song will be "epic". The Mercury Prize-winning group have worked with the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Community Gospel on the new track - which will be the official soundtrack for the London 2012 Olympic…

Elbow and Goldfrapp sign up for Little Noise Sessions

Music Gossip

3 Oct 2011

Elbow, Marina and the Diamonds and Goldfrapp have signed up for this year's Little Noise Sessions. The artists have the joined the bill for the annual intimate charity concerts, which see artists play special stripped back sets in London to aid…

Elbow too busy 'messing' to rehearse

Music Gossip

10 Mar 2011

Elbow find it hard to concentrate on rehearsing for their tour because they are always "messing about". Guy Garvey - the Manchester-based group's frontman - admitted while the 'One Day Like This' hitmakers used to be "really quite fascist" about…

Elbow happy to be liked

Music Gossip

7 Mar 2011

Elbow never want to make an "inaccessible" album. The 'Neat Little Rows' group saw their last LP, 2008's 'The Seldom-Seen Kid' win a string of awards and knew it would be "churlish" to turn their backs on the recognition it had given them by…

Massive Attack - Heligoland

27 Jan 2010

(Virgin) Massive Attack have been in the studio for an age with this album, leaving fans restless and critics wondering if they had given up. The result is Heligoland, only ten tracks long but still hard-hitting with an enviable guest list. Damon…

Massive Attack set for Glasgow 02 Academy

16 Sep 2009

‘If a thing’s worth doing,’ declares the latest status update on Massive Attack’s MySpace page, ‘it’s worth doing slowly’. There’s your nine-word excuse, then, for the gap between 2003’s 100 Windows album and their much-anticipated fifth record.

Elbow

27 Mar 2008

Elbow’s recently released fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, was met by a whole raft of effusive, praise-filled reviews which all fitted a familiar template. The underlying message across the board was essentially, ‘This band are unbelievably amazing…