Snake ornaments adorn his body, and bronze images often depict multiple necklaces, a waist-band, armlets, elbow bands, bracelets, anklets, and rings on all his toes and fingers.
It was his first proper gig in the city as a solo artist, the others having all been with Elbow, the band he joined as a teenager in the early 1990s and who've steadily risen to arena-level status since they won the Mercury Prize in 2008.
Glastonbury festival is woven into the fabric of our band, Elbow.
From alternative English rock band Elbow, this is a slow acoustic guitar and piano song which cannot help but quieten any feelings of stress.
While drivetime host Geoff Lloyd broadcasts from down the corridor, programme manager Tony Moorey (favourite band: Elbow) says that one of the secrets to Absolute's success is that "we don't try to pretend we're the coolest station on Earth".
Guy Garvey - whose band, Elbow, were shortlisted for the Mercury prize for a second time this week - is a classic example of a northern musician who has retained humble roots while having an impact at the top of pop.
None of these changes were dramatic, really, and the record doesn't sound disparate; but Elbow, as a band and as people, are so constant that it was a big shake-up.
Always known for wearing his heart on his sleeve lyrically, the influence of New York, and the couple's split, runs through The Taking Off and Landing of Everything, the album that Garvey's band Elbow were working on when he made the move.
Mancunian band Elbow, also nominated this year, won in 2008 and enjoyed a 700% rise in sales of their album The Seldom Seen Kid in the next week; Antony and the Johnsons' album I Am a Bird Now achieved a 175% sales rise in 2005; and Franz Ferdinand's self-titled album had a 37% rise – adding 175,000 sales – in 2004.
