Elliot Minor - It Wasn't Just a Phase

Elliot Minor head an anniversary tour alongside Madina Lake and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, three rock acts from the late-2000s alternative scene. The Manchester date takes place at the O2 Ritz.

Elliot Minor are a British rock band formed in York in 2005, whose sound draws on classical influences, orchestral rock, alternative music and pop-punk. They broke through independently in 2007 with Parallel Worlds, and a run of UK Top 40 singles followed, alongside a self-titled debut album that reached the Top 10. After more than a decade apart, the group returned in 2025 with reunion shows and a slot at Download Festival at Donington later that year.

Madina Lake, an American post-hardcore band formed in Chicago in 2005, released their debut album, From Them, Through Us, to You, in 2007. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, an American rock band formed in 2003, issued Don't You Fake It on Virgin Records in 2006. Both groups share the bill with Elliot Minor, taking turns as the main support act across the dates.

The tour marks twenty years since the scene that linked these three acts, and it is headlined by Elliot Minor at the O2 Ritz Manchester, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in the city. The programme centres on the songs that connected the bands with their audiences during that period.