Elbow - Asleep In The Back Live
Celebrating 25 years of ‘Asleep In The Back’

To celebrate 25 years of ‘Asleep In The Back’, elbow will return to Manchester’s Ritz this November for three very special hometown shows on 20th, 21st & 22nd November 2026.

The band will perform ‘Asleep In The Back’ in its entirety, alongside selected B-sides and rarities.

Guy Garvey: “It’s fascinating for us to revisit the atmosphere we created, and the Ritz feels like the perfect setting to capture that atmosphere. A time machine night for us and for the fans. See you there.”

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An audience with the Pope

Sweet Jesus, I’m on fire
She has the sweetest, darkest side
And when it comes into her eyes
I know iron and steel couldn’t hold me

Good God, I’m easy bruised
But so often a moth to her flame
And the things that she’s asked me to do
Would see a senior saint forgetting his name

I have an audience with the Pope
And I’m saving the world at eight
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody’s gonna have to wait, ah, ah

Where could she be
Was that a minute or an hour
Where could she be
She turns the hours into days
I’m gonna kill the phone,

Cover the cage
And wait for the doorbell to ring

Where could she be?
No, she won’t come running
Where could she be?
The world is turning at her pace
Kill the phone, cover the cage
And wait for the doorbell to ring