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Group Members:

Jonny Quinn, Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Richard Colburn, Paul Wilson, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson

Similar Artists:

Keane, Aqualung, The Fray, Coldplay, Idlewild, Travis, Doves, The Myriad, Tomte, Passenger, Duke Special, Touriste, Vega 4, Director, Morning Runner, Thriving Ivory, The Ruse, Turn off the Stars, Augie March, South, Badly Drawn Boy, Belle & Sebastian, Papas Fritas, Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap

Influenced By:

Nick Drake, Mercury Rev, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Boo Radleys, The Flaming Lips, Donovan, Lou Barlow, Neil Young

Followers:

The Windupdeads, The Baltic Sea, Spacebar, Republic of Letters, Cord, The Ruse, Kettcar

Formal Connection With:

The Reindeer Section, Terra Diablo
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  • Formed: 1997, Dundee, Scotland
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "A Hundred Million Suns," "Final Straw," "Eyes Open"
  • Representative Songs: "Chocolate," "One Night Is Not Enough," "Chasing Cars"

Biography

Featuring a fusion of several alternative stylistic touchstones, Snow Patrol's compositions combine songwriting aptitude with pop/rock's sharpest strains. Although originally from Northern Ireland, vocalist/guitarist Gary Lightbody and bassist/keyboardist Mark McClelland first teamed up in 1994 at the University of Dundee, having relocated to Scotland for college. The duo began composing music under several different band names, including Shrug and Polar Bear, before adopting the Snow Patrol moniker and enlisting Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. They signed with the U.K.'s Jeepster label in 1998 and released their debut album, Songs for Polar Bears, in August of that same year. The record was a large success across the U.K., where the bandmates also gained a large fan base for their live show.

The British trio graduated from school and decided to relocate from Dundee to Glasgow in late 2000. Their second full-length, When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, was released in April 2001. Quickly thereafter, guitarist Nathan Connolly was added to the group, and Snow Patrol found themselves a deal with Polydor. Producer Chris Lord-Alge signed on for the release of Final Straw, which appeared stateside in April 2004. With the success of singles such as "Chocolate," "Run," and "Spitting Games," Final Straw sold two million copies in the band's native U.K. and became the 26th most popular British album of that year. Despite the band's growing success, founding member Mark McClelland left in March 2005, effectively downgrading Snow Patrol to a trio comprised of Lightbody, Quinn, and Connolly. Shortly thereafter, former Terra Diablo bass player Paul Wilson and touring keyboardist Tom Simpson were permanently added to the band.

An opening slot on the European leg of U2's Vertigo Tour followed in summer 2005, and Snow Patrol's fourth album, the slickly commercial Eyes Open, arrived in May 2006. One year later, with a successful run through North America under their belt and the mainstream appeal of "Chasing Cars" maintaining the band's presence on American radio, Eyes Open was certified gold in the United States. It later rose to platinum status. Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years to break into the Top Five of the Billboard singles charts, a feat they sought to revisit with the release of 2008's A Hundred Million Suns. Led by the single "Take Back the City," the album featured an emphasis on positive, romantic lyrics, something that Gary Lightbody had pointedly shunned in the past. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges & Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide
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Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol, from L–R: Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson
Background information
Origin Northern Ireland and Scotland, United Kingdom
Genres Alternative rock, power pop, indie rock
Years active 1994–present
Labels Fiction/Interscope (2003–present)
Jeepster (1995–2001)
Electric Honey (1997)
Associated acts The Cake Sale, The Reindeer Section, Belle & Sebastian, Shrug, Listen... Tanks!, Terra Diablo, Iain Archer, Little Doses, File Under Easy Listening
Website snowpatrol.com
Members
Gary Lightbody
Paul Wilson
Jonny Quinn
Nathan Connolly
Tom Simpson
Former members
Mark McClelland
Michael Morrison

Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish[1] alternative rock band, with members from Northern Ireland and Scotland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994,[2] the band is now based in Glasgow. The band's first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot, and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, were commercially unsuccessful and were released by independent labels Electric Honey and Jeepster, respectively. When the band moved to a major record label Polydor Records, they released their 2003 album Final Straw which surpassed 4x platinum sales in the UK.[3] This was the first time the band achieved significant commercial sales, following it up with international success in 2006 when Eyes Open sold 4.7 million copies worldwide. The songs "Run", "Chasing Cars" and "Signal Fire" are among the band's biggest hits. Snow Patrol have been nominated for three BRIT Awards and have won five Meteor Ireland Music Awards. In 2008, the band released their fifth studio album A Hundred Million Suns, and are due to release their first compilation album, Up to Now in 2009. Worldwide, the band have sold over ten million albums.[4]

Contents

History

Early years (1994–2001)

Snow Patrol originated from a band called Shrug, which formed in 1994 and consisted of Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison, and Mark McClelland.

Originally formed in late 1994 by Northern Ireland University of Dundee students Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland the as Shrug,[5] the band started by performing gigs at the university and surrounding pubs such as Lucifer's Mill. Their first EP, called the "Yoghurt vs Yoghurt debate", was a rousing success. In 1995, they changed their name to Polar Bear (or Polarbear) to avoid issues with an American band that was also named Shrug. Shortly afterwards, drummer Mike Morrison left the band after suffering a breakdown to return to Northern Ireland. In mid 1997, Polar Bear released a three-track EP, Starfighter Pilot, on the Electric Honey label.[6] The band again renamed, this time to Snow Patrol,[2] because of a naming conflict with another band of the same name fronted by Jane's Addiction's ex-bassist Eric Avery. At this point, Jonny Quinn, from Northern Ireland, joined as permanent drummer.

“ SP were originally called Polar Bear but had to change their name due to the Jane's Addiction bassist also having a side project called Polar Bear. The name Snow Patrol came from a friend of the band who while called Polar Bear always referred to the group as Snow Patrol. When the time to change the name came, it was a logical step.[7] ”
Jonny Quinn, who joined the band before their first studio release.

Snow Patrol joined Scottish independent label Jeepster in 1997, home of Glasgow band Belle & Sebastian.[8] Jeepster had the same idea for Snow Patrol as the approach they had with Belle & Sebastian, who had become popular by word-of-mouth and not heavy promotion. The band were happy to be associated with an indie label, because it provided them the independence. At that time, they felt all Jeepster records would work like that, and did not deem it necessary to have a work ethic or promotion behind them.[9]

Snow Patrol recorded two albums under Jeepster, Songs for Polarbears (in 1998) and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (in 2001). Both were recorded while the band lived in Glasgow,[1][10] where Lightbody used to hold a job at the Nice n Sleazy's Bar in Sauchiehall Street.[11] Both albums were critically lauded, but failed to make any impression commercially.[9] Despite the record deal, the band was struggling. They started to work harder, and toured more to promote their albums, but continued to be in debt. They slept on fans' floors after concerts and pretended to be members of Belle & Sebastian to get into nightclubs.[12] They owed rent to their landlords and used to receive regular visits and letters from them when on tour.[9] After the failure of the second album, the band began to think what was going wrong. The band realized that the label's lax attitude towards management and record promotion was harming their career, even thought these were the qualities they had liked before. They realized that a lot of help was needed to succeed.[9]

Final Straw (2001–2005)

Nathan Connolly was asked to join the band in 2002.

Jeepster dropped Snow Patrol in 2001,[13] a decision that was criticized by Hot Press magazine as brainless.[14] Then band manager Danny McIntosh compared the band's relation with the label to a marriage gone sour: "[they] gave us our big break, so we fell madly in love with them. Then the fighting and the arguing started and, well, let’s just say that both sides filed for divorce".[15] By July 2001, many major labels had started showing interest in Snow Patrol,[15] but the band were cash-strapped and had no record deal.[16] Lightbody sold a major part of his record collection to raise money keep the band going. Lightbody calls the time "miserable", but was confident of getting signed to another label quickly. However, the music scene in the United Kingdom had turned its attention to American bands and British bands were not getting signed. The band spent this time constantly writing songs. Lightbody, bored at this point, assembled The Reindeer Section, a Scottish supergroup, and found a record label to release the group's recordings.[17] Quinn said that though the time was hard for everyone involved, the question of splitting up never arose. It was during this time the band wrote "Run" (which had been around since 2000)[16] in a room on an acoustic guitar, which later became the band's breakthrough single. The band's "low point" came when they played a concert to 18 people at a strip club in High Wycombe.[13][18][19] The show took place in a shoddy VIP area, and the management had to unscrew poles used by pole dancers in order to make space for the band to play. Quinn calls the show "horrendous". Desperate for attention, the band raised £200 to nominate themselves for a Mercury Prize, but failed to get shortlisted.[18]

In 2002, the band started to be managed and published by Jazz Summers of Big Life.[20][21] Guitarist Nathan Connolly, previously of F.U.E.L.[17] had been working in an HMV store room in Belfast at the time.[22] Connolly and the band had a mutual friend, who introduced them to him. Connolly moved to Glasgow to join the band in the spring of 2002.[23][24] His mother commented that he had been "kidnapped by rock stars".[25] By 2002–2003, the band had started to lose faith of getting signed, and was considering getting jobs to raise money to finance the album themselves.[16] During Lightbody and McClelland's years at the University of Dundee, they had been noticed by Richard Smernicki, a senior student. Through Richard, brother Paul too had come to know the band. Richard graduated in 1996, two years before Lightbody and McClelland, to become Polydor's Scottish A&R representative. Paul became Polydor's Press and Artist Development Manager[26] and Fiction's label manager.[27] Later, Jim Chancellor, an A&R executive for Fiction, and Alex Close (fellow talent scout)[28] approached the band and judged them on "the quality of the songs", according to Lightbody.[16] The band contemplated their future for a few months before eventually signing. Manager Summers too had a major part in getting the band signed.[20]

The band, however was still nervous, afraid of the fact that the label might push them around, and make them do things they did not want to make money.[9] Their fears came to life when Chancellor introduced them to the producer the label had hired for them, Jacknife Lee. Lee at the time had no production experience with a rock band.[9][29] Again, the band got no help from the executives.[9] They immediately began working for their third studio album, and credited producer Lee for truly helping the band and doing "an amazing job".[30][16][9]

It was called Final Straw because in some ways it was the final throw of the dice. But the title was also taking the piss out of people who thought we were really over. A lot of them didn't give us much of a chance. When we wanted to release the third album, we came up against many obstacles. To most record companies we were considered failures.
—Gary Lightbody, on the naming of the band's third album[31]

Final Straw was released on 4 August 2003, under Black Lion, a subsidiary of Polydor Records.[1] Its music was along the same lines as the band's first two albums, and no attempt was made to change the sound to something more radio-friendly.[9][1] The album, along with "Run" (which debuted at #5 in the UK Singles Chart), gave the band their first taste of mainstream success. The record peaked at #3 in the UK Albums Chart. Archer's final date with the band was 27 September 2003 in the St Andrews Students' Association. They followed the success of "Run" up with three more singles from the album: "Chocolate", as well as a re-release of "Spitting Games", both reaching the top 30, and "How to Be Dead" reaching number 39.

The release of Final Straw in the United States in 2004 saw the album sell more than 250,000 copies and become the 26th most popular album in the UK of that year. In mid-2005, during their tour to support Final Straw, the band toured with U2 as an opening act on U2's Vertigo Tour in Europe.[32] The band then returned to the United States to continue touring in support of Final Straw. That summer also saw Snow Patrol playing a small set in London at the worldwide benefit concert Live 8.[33] After finishing their opening act duties and extensive 2-year tour of Final Straw in late July, the band took a few weeks off and began writing and recording songs for a new album. Snow Patrol's new version of John Lennon's "Isolation" was released on 10 December 2005 as part of the Amnesty International campaign, Make Some Noise.[34] The song was later issued on the 2007 John Lennon tribute album, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.[35]

Mark McClelland's departure

On 16 March 2005, McClelland left the band, with Lightbody stating 'a whole new set of new and unexpected pressures... have unfortunately taken their toll on working relationships within the band, and it was felt the band could not move forward with Mark as a member.'[36] At the end of March 2005, former Terra Diablo member Paul Wilson was announced as the official replacement for McClelland and Snow Patrol also declared longtime touring keyboardist Tom Simpson an official member of the band.[37]

Eyes Open (2006–2007)

Paul Wilson took over bass duties after McClelland's departure.

The band completed recording Eyes Open in December 2005, with Jacknife Lee returning for production, and this album was released on 28 April 2006 in Ireland, and the UK on 1 May 2006, with the first UK single "You're All I Have" having been released on the 24 April 2006. The album was released in North America on 9 May. While "Hands Open" was the first American single, "Chasing Cars" pushed its way onto the download and pop charts after it was heard during an emotional scene of the second season finale of the television show Grey's Anatomy on 15 May 2006. Due to the song's surprise popularity, it was released as an overlapping single in early June and the video was re-recorded to include clips from the show.

On 30 July 2006, Snow Patrol appeared on the finale of the long-running BBC music show Top of the Pops, performing "Chasing Cars". The band was the last act to ever appear on the show.[38]

Snow Patrol recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road on 4 October 2006. The performance was included on an episode shared with Madeleine Peyroux and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and shown in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on the Sundance Channel.

The band was forced to postpone a majority of the American Eyes Open tour after polyps were discovered on Lightbody's vocal cords, and failed to heal after initial postponement of three dates on the tour. Dates were rescheduled for August and September. The year would continue to be difficult on the band for the U.S. legs of their tours, as they were also forced to cancel two west coast festival appearances in mid-August due to the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S.-bound flights from the UK. Two band members made it to the U.S. while two were stuck in London. Subsequently, they all made it to the lone U.S. tour stop in Boston days later but failed to recover any of their luggage, forcing them to shop for clothes on Newbury St. that afternoon. Their gear arrived hours before show time, just in time for sound check. The band also had to cancel appearances in Germany and France after bassist Paul Wilson injured his left arm and shoulder.

Performing at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht on 11 October 2006.

On 26 November 2006, Eyes Open had become the UK's best-selling album of the year, overtaking previous leader Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys. Despite very strong sales for Take That's comeback album Beautiful World, Eyes Open marginally earned the title of the UK's best-selling album of 2006, with 1.6 million in sales. The album reached platinum certification in the US as well, selling over 1,000,000 copies, and it maintained a spot in the upper quarter of the Billboard 200 list for over fifteen weeks, on the heels of the popularity of "Chasing Cars". The band also holds the distinction of having one of iTunes' top downloaded albums and songs of 2006. Ahead of the band's February tour, Eyes Open topped the Australian charts some eight months after its release on 22 January 2006. Back home in Ireland, Eyes Open became one of the best selling albums of all time, staying at the top of the charts from the end of 2006 to early — mid 2007, and remaining in the charts to the present.

Snow Patrol appeared as the musical guest on the 17 March 2007 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. They performed "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars". The band toured Japan in April, followed by European festival dates, Mexico, and the US in the summer. They ended their tour in Australia in September 2007.

The band contributed the song "Signal Fire" to the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack, as well as the film. The song was the lead single from the soundtrack and was featured in the credits to the film.

On 7 July 2007, the band performed at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London. Shortly after the band's performance, Simpson was arrested at RAF Northolt for missing a court date in Glasgow, having been charged with possession for cocaine.[39][40]

1 September 2007 saw Snow Patrol headlining a "home coming" mini-festival in Lightbody and Jonny Quinn's home town of Bangor, County Down. Around 30,000 people came to see the band.[41] [42]

On 25 November 2007, Snow Patrol performed an acoustic session for the charity Mencap, in a small chapel in Islington. They were one of the main bands to take part in the project, called "Little Noise Sessions" which was curated by Jo Whiley.

A Hundred Million Suns (2008–2009)

Gary Lightbody stated that recording for the follow-up to Eyes Open was to begin in Autumn 2006, with Jacknife Lee returning a third time for production.[43] Since then the band stated that they wished to take a year off after the back-to-back tours of Final Straw and Eyes Open and intended to emerge at the end of 2008 with their next album. Lightbody is also set to release an album as part of a solo project called "Listen... Tanks!" but a date for this has not yet been publicly announced.

Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol perform "The Lightning Strike" live in May 2009.

A post, dated 23 May 2008 on the band's official website stated that recording for the next album had been under way for a week; they began on 19 May 2008. The new album, entitled A Hundred Million Suns, was released on 24 October 2008 in Ireland and 27 October in the UK and US. The first single entitled "Take Back the City" was released in Ireland on 10 October 2008. Filming for the music video to "Take Back the City" took place on 11 August 2008 in Central London. The music video was directed by Alex Courtes.

The band kicked off their Taking Back the Cities Tour on 26 October 2008.[44] Singer Miriam Kaufmann currently tours with the band and sings backing vocals, most notably on "Set the Fire to the Third Bar", which originally featured Martha Wainwright.[45] The 'UK & Ireland Arena tour' ended on 23 March. The final show was played at the Odyssey in Belfast to a 9,000 strong crowd including family and friends of the band, and the Northern Irish football squad. It also reported that the band played to an estimated 200,000 fans during the tour.[46]

The band next visited South Africa, playing a couple of dates at the Coca-Cola Zero Festival, supporting Oasis.[47] The band then began a European leg of the tour[48] and then supported Coldplay for a month on the Viva la Vida Tour in June.[49] The band also supported U2 on a handful of European shows on the U2 360° Tour in July/August.

In April 2009, following the conviction of the founders of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay, Lightbody commented in interview that "They shouldn't have been jailed... the punishment doesn't fit the crime."[50] In an interview to Xfm, Lightbody revealed that the band is recording some new songs that are set to release later in 2009. He commented that the band felt the songs act as a "bridge" between A Hundred Million Suns and the next album.[51]

Snow Patrol is set to release the 22nd album in the Late Night Tales series of mix albums by artists, which has been curated by Lightbody and Simpson. The band covered INXS's song, "New Sensation" for the occasion.[52] Lightbody has also spoken of plans to release songs from the Listen... Tanks! project (with Snow Patrol producer Jacknife Lee) and Tired Pony, a solo country album.[53]

"You know you've made it when you have your own coffee table book."
—Gary Lightbody

The band will also release a compilation album featuring tracks from the band's 15 year history.[54] Up to Now will be released on 9 November 2009 and will include thirty tracks spanning two CDs, of which three are original new songs. "Just Say Yes", a song Lightbody wrote and earlier recorded by Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will be released as the lead single[54] on 2 November, about a week before the album. The album additionally contains past singles, covers and rarities, including songs from the band's side-project The Reindeer Section.[55] An expensive limited edition coffee-table book is also in the works.[56] The band also which to make a tour documentary in the future, on the lines of U2's Rattle and Hum and U2 3D.[57]

Sixth studio album (2009–present)

Snow Patrol will enter its "next phase" with their sixth album.[58] The band has taken a new musical direction, and Connolly has advised fans to keep an open mind. The band currently has some unreleased material, which Connolly has described as "very different from each other", but emphasized that they have the lyrics of Lightbody, and strong melodies, something which Snow Patrol have always been known for. He predicts a mixed reaction out of listeners.[59] The album will showcase techno music and will be released in 2010.[60][61]

Influence and other ventures

Graphics of Snow Patrol before coming out on stage as the opening act at the U2 360° Tour at Soldier Field.

Gary Lightbody and Tom Simpson are both fans of the football club Dundee F.C.. In 2008, they met the club's board of directors to find ways to financially help the short-of-cash club.[62] The band also owns a stake in the Houndstooth Pub in New York City.[63]

Snow Patrol have founded Polar Music, a publishing company run through Kobalt Music. The venture is independent from the band's publishing deal with Universal Music. Polar Music will sign artists regardless of their genre, as drummer Jonny Quinn explained: "there is no agenda — if it's good enough and we believe in it 110%, we will sign it." Quinn, and his fellow band members Connolly and Lightbody are acting as A&R.[64] The company's first signing is singer-songwriter Johnny McDaid, previously of the Northern Irish band Vega4.[65] Quinn has said that they wish to sign artists to a a one-album deal, and don't want to put undue pressure on the artists with a bigger, multi-year deal.[65] Polar Music had its first chart hit in the first week of October 2009.[66]

The success of Snow Patrol has influenced the thriving Belfast music scene positively. This includes Lightbody, who returned to the city and now lives there. The band's kindness towards local bands, partly by founding Polar Music, and Lightbody being an active part of the Oh Yeah Music Centre has resulted in high optimism in the scene.[67] Musicians like Bono (of U2), Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.), Nikki Sixx (of Mötley Crüe) have also expressed their admiration for Snow Patrol.[68][69][70]

Band members

Current members
Former members
Touring members
  • Richard Colburn – drums, percussion (1996–1997, 2008–present)[71][72]
  • Tom Simpson – keyboards, samples (1997–2005)[73]
  • Iain Archer – guitar, backing vocals, songwriting collaborator (2001–2003),[74] guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)[75][76][77]
  • Ben Dumville – trumpet (2001–present)[76]
  • Colm MacAthlaoich – trumpet (2001–present)[76]
  • Miriam Kaufmann – backing vocals (2006–2007, 2008–present)[76][78]
  • Lisa Hannigan – backing vocals (2007)[76]
  • Graham Hopkins – drums, percussion (February 2007)[79]
  • Troy Stewart – guitar (2008–present)[72]
Line-ups
September 1994–December 1996
  • Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mark McClelland – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Morrison – drums
December 1996–1997
  • Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mark McClelland – bass guitar, backing vocals
1997–Spring 2002
  • Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mark McClelland – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jonny Quinn – drums, percussion
Spring 2002–March 2005
  • Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Nathan Connolly – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark McClelland – bass guitar
  • Jonny Quinn – drums, percussion
March 2005–present
  • Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Nathan Connolly – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Wilson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jonny Quinn – drums, percussion
  • Tom Simpson – keyboards, samples
Timeline

Discography

Main article: Snow Patrol discography

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Snow Patrol
Year Award Category Result
2005 BRIT Awards Best British Group[80] Nominated
Best British Rock Act[80] Nominated
2007 Best British Rock Act[81] Nominated
1999 Hot Press Awards Phil Lynott Award for Best New Band[82] Won
2005 NME Awards Best British Band[83] Nominated
2004 Meteor Music Awards Best Irish Band[84][85][86] Nominated
2005 Won
2007 Won
2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Rock/Alternative Act[87] Nominated
2007 Best Headliner[87] Nominated
2004 Q Awards Best Newcomers[88] Nominated
2007 Silver Clef Awards Best British Group[89] Won
UK Festival Awards Most Memorable Moment[90] Won
2009 Best Headliner – Radio 1's Big Weekend[91] Nominated
Best Headliner – V Festival[91] Nominated
Other recognitions
  • 2009 – Snow Patrol ranked #22 in The Irish Times' The Best Irish Acts Right Now.[92]
  • 2009 – Snow Patrol ranked #10 in Ulster's Top 10 exports.[93][94]

Tours

Tour Supporting album Start date End date
Final Straw Tour Final Straw 10 August 2003 23 July 2005
Eyes Open Tour Eyes Open 14 February 2006 22 September 2007
Taking Back the Cities Tour A Hundred Million Suns 26 October 2008 (ongoing)

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