Backstreet pub to big time
Date published: 22 March 2011
BURY band Elbow started life in a backstreet pub in Rossendale in 1990 and have retained their original line up ever since. The five piece have released five top 20 albums and seven top 40 singles in the UK.
The band won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize for their fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid. They play the Manchester Arena on Friday night
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