Elbow with Sounds of the City and The Slow Readers Club

The Slow Readers Club are a Manchester-formed British indie band (2009) known for post-punk energy, brooding synths and atmospheric guitars. Albums include Build A Tower (UK Top 20), The Joy of the Return (Top 10) and Out of a Dream (No.11).

British band Elbow formed in the early ’90s, rising with 2001 debut Asleep in the Back. Their 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid went multi-platinum and won the Mercury Prize; The Take Off and Landing of Everything topped the UK chart in 2014.

Sounds of the City is an annual series of high-profile outdoor concerts held at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester. The series has been running for over 15 years, organized by Manchester-based promoters SJM Concerts. Castlefield Bowl is part of an urban heritage site—the world's first industrial heritage park. To accommodate larger crowds, designers once famously built a 22-meter "floating" stage over a spur of the Bridgewater Canal to maximize space and sightlines.