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.”
A frieze of you
Is with me now
A frieze of you
With knitted brow
A frieze of you
Asking how i could
A fury climb
To prove myself
A fury climb
To a whisper grass shelf
With god above
And not much else
The air gets thin
I came down
Gave in i
The game i’m in i’ll win
And lose the simple love
You gave to me
On quiet days
A frieze of you
Granite cold
Detached and granite cold
I stood
Came down
Gave in