They also played in the Cardiff Castle on 5 June 2015 with 10,000 fans attending the gig, it was broadcast nationwide by BBC Two Wales.
In June 2015, the band released an acclaimed album called Dark Matter/Dark Energy on Cherry Red Records in Europe and Metropolis Records in the USA and South America. The album made many of the year-end best album lists for 2015.
Despite Wilson’s comments alluding to leaving the band in 2014, he was seen in recording sessions with Geffen and Parsons in June 2015
In late June, the band began to promote pictures of an umbrella symbol being used as a tattoo, and on stickers, and posters across England, the United States, Australia, and Europe; it was later used for a promotional cover for the band’s first single.
Announced in June to the NME , Garvey stated “Elbow are involved in various solo projects and collaborative endeavours for the next few months and we just felt we really wanted to get ‘something’ away to tide fans over until the next album.”
In June, they released Hours – Live at Islington Academy , a live DVD of their show at O2 Academy Islington in April 2014 where they played Hours in full. The DVD also came with a CD or vinyl record of the show.
The Who headlined 2015’s Hyde Park Festival in June,
and two days later, the Glastonbury Festival .
The Who headlined 2015’s Hyde Park Festival in June
two days later, the Glastonbury Festival