Radio 2 and Elbow break TV records, intimate Coldplay gig announced
Thursday, Nov 17th 2011 at 9:57AMThe Elbow gig, which saw the Mercury Prize winners play a career-spanning set, took place at Manchester Cathedral on October 27.
The Red Button performance was viewed 922,000 times on BBC TV, with online views reaching 40,000.
Perhaps most impressively, the concert was watched live on TV by 233,000 people - the largest number of viewers ever drawn by a Red Button music concert as it happens.
"We're really thrilled with the numbers," Radio 2 and 6 Music Controller Bob ...
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