Just noticed this on Amazon. It's a longish lead-in for a pre-order, so plenty of time to put it on your wish list.

Product Description
When Elbow won the Mercury Prize in 2008 for their fourth studio album - "The Seldom Seen Kid" - the accolade followed a 17 year long career marked by four classic albums and a cult following that cast them in the role of Manchester's best kept music secret. Elbow started out at a time when great songs and evocative lyrics were not generally recognised. Their music transcended genre, age and image, eventually finding it's own distinctive global audience as Guy Garvey evolved into one of the most brilliant and intriguing lyricists of recent times. This book charts Elbow's long journey from humble roots through modest success to international recognition. It features interviews with the band and those close to them to form the most complete band history to date.

About the Author
Mick Middles has written about rock music for Sounds and the Manchester Evening News and is the author of several biographies including the critically acclaimed Torn Apart: The Life of Ian Curtis, also published by Omnibus Press as well as books on The Smiths, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Simply Red, Lisa Stansfield and the history of Factory Records.

Yes, I'll be getting my mitts on that, thanks for the tip MrsW!
But dang! I have to wait until September for it???

Sorry I've not been around, I'm over to you soon
I have more time later tomorrow.

Maybe he is still busy with ] this one

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No worries me dear! I'm just catching up on a few bits. Catch you when you have a min.

Ooh thanks for the tip-off MrsW; look forward to that one. LWD and MrsW, sounds like you're cooking up something interesting...

I have the biog he did of The Smiths, not read it for years though. I seem to remember Morrissey saying none of it was true, but then he always did say that about almost everything ever written about them. We shall just have to see I suppose.

Thanks for the tip mrswoman! Hope it's decent, as bios of musicians are sometimes a bit lame (collections of press clippings and interviews with random people, like the gent who runs a cornershop where Pete came in and bought an Orange Tango once). If the "interviews with the band" that are promised turn out to be actual interviews done specifically for this book, it'll be a nice resource of fresh info and insights, but if it's old quotes being rehashed, I'd be quite disappointed.

I just dipped into the Look Insidefor the Mark E Smith book, who he was a pal of so its about him as much as about the Fall. I hope he doesn't write in the same style for the Elbow one. I don't think I would have the patience to read all the flannel and his superior tone.

I'l see what the reviews for the Smiths one are like, Nellie and if there is a 'look inside' for that

If publishing in the UK is anything like publishing in the US, the writing was probably finished last September. It takes several months to get it edited, laid out, printed, and shipped to the warehouse, and then another few months of marketing with advance copies before the book is released from the warehouse to retailers.

I'm going to wait to hear if it's any good before plunking down a big chunk of change on this — not cheap for those of us in the states!

An Elbow-Biography? Wow! At last! Hope it won't take to long until it's released...

Just pre ordered it. Well- we all need something to look forward to!

Tell us what you think of it when you get it, please Emma