Elbow’s BBC London Olympics track to debut in March


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Elbow bass player Pete Turner has revealed the song which the band have written exclusively for the BBC’s coverage of this year’s London Olympics Games will receive its premiere in March.

The news broke of Elbow’s intention to the pen the track on behalf of the BBC last November, when the band’s frontman Guy Garvey told BBC News: “We are knocked out to be involved and it’s been quite a challenge. We have feelings of real responsibility as we will be the soundtrack to so many images of personal sacrifice and endeavour while the nation roots for and celebrates with Team GB.”

And now, Turner has told Noise11 he believes the track is ‘really good’, and is likely to be first heard by the masses in a couple of months time.

“That was really good,” he said on penning the song. “”Just an area that we’ve never explored really, writing something specifically for something else. And it was great; really good fun.”

“It’s a pretty epic tune. It’s got the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Community Gospel on it. I’m looking forward to hearing that. I think it gets its first airing in March.”


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