Snow Patrol Live

**Introduction** Snow Patrol started out 14 years ago under the name Shrug, before releasing their first album under the name of Polar Bear, hence the name of their first album 'Songs for Polarbears'. They discovered another act had already claimed this name so they were then force to be renamed, and Snow Patrol was born. The bands lead singer/songwriter is Gary Lightbody who hails from Bangor, together with band members, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly and Paul Wilson. They released 2 albums before they hit the big time in 2003 with 'Final Straw', reaching no.3 in the UK Album Charts. They followed up that success with the terrific ...  Read the complete review

I was lucky enough to have a ticket to see Snow patrol on Tuesday night at Newcastle Arena, and must admit this gig surpassed all my expectations! I have liked Snow Patrol for a few years, but have never seen them live, until now. I have attended a lot of live gigs over the years, but only ever been to one other concert at the Arena which was last year, and the overall sound and acoustics were terrible for the first half of the concert. Although it improved half-way through, it was not as loud or clear as I expected. Nor was the atmosphere all that good, and I had found myself recalling memories of all the gigs back in the 80's I had attended at Newcastle ...  Read the complete review

A week or so ago, I stumbled through the front door, kicking off my boots and dumping my coat on the banister. It had a been a long day at my new job and I was facing the added dilemma of when to take the day’s holiday I had accrued and would lose if I didn’t use it by Christmas. Of course, I wanted to use it to maximum advantage in terms of Christmas shopping, but I didn’t want to use it too soon. As I was pondering this and before I’d even made it to the kettle, Dad appeared at the top of the stairs. “Um, you’ve…. tickets to see the arctic something?” he said. Being fluent in Dad speak, I was delighted to realise after a few more lines of conversation that his friend ...  Read the complete review