Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘20,000 people were giving me the finger’
The Northern Irish frontman talks embarrassing love stories, legal run-ins and meeting royalty – both musical and literal
Rich Pelley
21, Sep, 2024 @8:00 PM

‘We only agreed to do it if they shook hands’: Bono on the gig that helped end the Troubles
From Neil Hannon to Bertie Ahern, musicians, politicians and PR gurus recall the crucial part that a 1998 gig played in Northern Ireland’s peace process
Lee Campbell
15, Apr, 2023 @10:55 AM

‘It feels like Live Aid’: all-star Concert for Ukraine joins war relief effort
Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello are among the stars performing at the ITV-screened event, rushed together in just two weeks. The organisers explain how it was done
Dave Simpson
25, Mar, 2022 @1:10 PM

Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello and Emeli Sandé to play Concert for Ukraine
Snow Patrol and Gregory Porter will also perform at the televised fundraiser, with more performers still to be announced
Laura Snapes
21, Mar, 2022 @2:45 PM

Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version) review – getting back together with a classic
Swift re-records the 2012 album on which she first embraced synth-pop, tweaking songs and adding others: a mix of saccharine fluff and superb keepers
Laura Snapes
12, Nov, 2021 @5:00 AM

Toto, ELO, Queen ... why hits from happier times top Covid lockdown playlists
Nostalgic Spotify users turn to the music of their youth to escape the woes of 2020
Jamie Doward
13, Sep, 2020 @6:01 AM

Snow Patrol on how they made Run
‘I went on a three-day bender in Glasgow and woke up blind in one eye with teeth missing. After I recovered, songs started pouring out of me’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
26, Nov, 2019 @6:00 AM

Chasing Cars was never No 1. How did it become the century’s biggest UK radio hit?
What can we learn about how to write an enduring pop classic from Snow Patrol’s success with a song that peaked in the charts below Paris Hilton?
Stuart Heritage
17, Jul, 2019 @4:05 PM

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is most-played song on UK radio this century
Epic ballad beats the Black Eyed Peas and Pharrell to prize awarded by licensing body PPL
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
17, Jul, 2019 @8:03 AM

Snow Patrol cancel Glastonbury set and tour due to 'serious' injury
Guitarist and piano player Johnny McDaid requires immediate surgery for a neck issue, as Charlatans replace band at Worthy Farm
Laura Snapes
25, Jun, 2019 @5:01 PM

Snow Patrol review – drifting along in a clinical quest for love
The band’s popularity is undiminished but listening to their precision-engineered arena rock is like drowning in candyfloss
Ian Gittins
27, Jan, 2019 @12:26 PM

Lana Del Rey, George Ezra and Snow Patrol to headline Latitude
Ezra will also top the bill at Isle of Wight festival alongside Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Biffy Clyro
Laura Snapes
24, Jan, 2019 @11:54 AM
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