Didn't see/hear their Coachella performance...was away from home all weekend. But, setlist is here, for anyone who's interested: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elbow/2011/coachella-festival-indio-ca-2bd3a04a.html

Also, a quite nice interview with Pete, done prior to Coachella, is here: http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2011/04/14/q-amp-a-pete-turner-of-elbow-discusses-the-sound-of-rockets-manchester-by-the-sea-and-this-weekend-s-coachella-experience.aspx

A solitary picture can be found here (it's number 7)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/apr/18/coachella-2011#/?picture=373761172&index=0

I was able to watch the "live" webcast on youtube, but I will have to note that I was watching it on a mobile phone, which means that I probably ended up with a completely different quality of recording/experience. The only issue I had was with the inability to hear Guy clearly at the start of the performance. Luckily, it seemed like they fixed that towards the end because I don't recall making any commentary about it around that point.

Lippy Kids actually went quite well with the crowd. For the most part, they were quiet until the end when Guy stops whistling and Craig is still playing the piano. There was a lot of whistling (funnily enough, there was one individual who mimicked Guy's whistling perfectly), clapping, and cheering at that point but other than that, they were a great crowd. I can't say if they pulled off the intimate setting, simply because I wasn't there in person. It's easy to create an intimate setting when I can see the close-ups of almost all of the band members - Craig was hidden in the back and was seldom seen in the webcast. All in all, the crowd was quiet when they needed to be and completely energized & responsive to Guy's orders the rest of the time. I'd have to say that they filled up the Mojave tent and had more crowd members outside of it.

You can read the commentary on the Coachella board here.

Cheers Ukkonen - judging by the comments, it seems like, as you said, that they went down a treat !

Hello all,

I finally got to see Elbow for the first time at Coachella. I was two people off the front barrier and had an amazing time. Their whole set was beautiful and I wished it could have lasted for hours. The crowd seemed to be very enthusiastic from what I saw. The highlight of the night for me was singing the line from Station Approach "I need to see your face that's all" to Guy and him pointing back at me, Awesome!

Elbow confirmed for ACL Festival is Austin, TX in September. Hopefully, there'll be some more dates.

http://www.aclfestival.com/

Great news, Todd. Hopefully this means that they'll start announcing tour dates for their pending fall tour.

Hopefully Elbow booking ACL in September is an indication that there will be some fall shows in the US.