Yoko Ono writes letter to Elbow over mention in 'New York Morning'

Yoko Ono has written an open letter to Elbow, thanking them for namechecking her in their latest single 'New York Morning'. Read her full letter below. 

The band reference John Lennon's widow in the track taken from their (frankly incredible) new album The Take Off And Landing Of Everything, when Guy Garvey sings: "Oh, my giddy aunt, New York can talk, It’s the modern Rome and folk are nice to Yoko."

Now, Ono has replied to the band with this letter on her official site:
"Dear Guy, Craig, Mark, Pete and Richard,
Yes. New York has been kind to me as your song says. Thank you.
For John, he always wanted to come and live in this city, ever since he saw Bob Dylan on the famous album cover (The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan). And I played the catalyst to make his dream come true.
But in sleepless nights, I am still living in the memory of my sweet husband, who was virtually kicked out of his own country that he loved so dearly and learned to live in this bleak port city just so his woman and he could live in peace.
Two sides of the coin. Life is. Have a great time in New York.
We loved it.
Love, Yoko" 

The Take Off And Landing Of Everything is due for release on 10 March 2014. 

As well as being confirmed for V Festival and rumoured for Glastonbury, Elbow's full dates for their  UK arena tour are:

MARCH
Mon 31st - Newcastle Academy
APRIL
Sat 5th – Birmingham LG Arena
Sun 6th – Glasgow SSE Hydro
Tue 8th – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Wed 9th - Manchester Phones 4U Arena
Fri 11th – Leeds First Direct Arena
Sat 12th – Liverpool Echo Arena Mon
14th – Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Wed 16th – London The O2