elbow have today announced UK tour dates for 2024 to accompany the release of their tenth studio album.

The dates see elbow revisit the scenes of some of their greatest shows including Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena on Friday 10 May.

elbow’s first arena tour since 2018 marks a moment for the band to deliver the perfect show in celebration of that ten album career as lead singer Guy Garvey explains: 

“We love the intimacy of theatres, but we have some very big songs and the electricity of 20,000 people singing along cannot be denied. So, the big rooms it is and big shows they will be. Can’t wait to see everybody again.” 

The landmark release of a tenth studio album in March 2024 for one of the UK’s most beloved bands underlines the importance of elbow to the story of contemporary British music. Having established a reputation for crafting timeless music and cemented their position as one of the country’s most respected bands with their fourth studio album, the multi-platinum certified ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’, the band are now rightly regarded as one of the most influential acts of the last twenty years. 

Their nine studio albums to date have seen elbow amass a host of awards, including a BRIT, a Mercury prize, and multiple Ivor Novello songwriting awards. After performing at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony the band were granted the freedom of their hometown of Bury.   

The new album was written and recorded in their individual studios in Manchester and London and progressed with a period together in the Cotswolds. Production and mixing were finalised at their spiritual home of Blueprint Studios, Salford, central to all elbow albums.  

Fans are able to register for a ticket pre-sale for the arena tour from Friday 20 October by pre-ordering a special limited edition of the new album from elbow.co.uk. The pre-sale will go live on Wednesday 25th October at 10am. Tickets for the shows are available on general sale from Friday 27th October. 

Tickets for elbow go on-sale to the general public on Friday 27 October at 10am BST at theticketfactory.com.