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Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol broke into the mainstream with 2003's Final
Straw, a mega-selling album that showcased the band's fondness for epic,
melancholic rock, paving the way for the success of 2006's Eyes Open --
particularly its worldwide hit single, "Chasing Cars" -- as
well as the band's future work.
Co-founders Gary Lightbody and Mark McClelland began composing music in
1994 under several different band names, eventually adopted the Snow Patrol
moniker and enlisted Jonny Quinn to play drums in 1997. One year later,
Snow Patrol signed with Jeepster Records and released the debut effort
Songs for Polar Bears.
After guitarist Nathan Connolly joined the group in 2002, Snow Patrol
signed a contract with Fiction Records and began recording a new album
alongside producer Chris Lord-Alge. With the power ballad "Run"
serving as its lead single, Final Straw became the band's breakthrough
hit.
Despite the band's growing success, McClelland left in March 2005. Shortly
thereafter, bass player Paul Wilson and keyboardist Tom Simpson were permanently
added to the lineup, and the group honed its expanded sound by opening
shows on the European leg of U2's Vertigo Tour. Upon the tour's completion,
they returned to the studio and created the slickly commercial Eyes Open,
which was released in May 2006. One year later, with a successful run
through North America under their belt and an enduring single, "Chasing
Cars," maintaining their presence on the radio, Eyes Open rose to
platinum status, becoming the band's most successful release in America.
Snow Patrol also became the first U.K. rock act in 13 years to break into
the Top Five of the Billboard singles charts
Led by the single "Take Back the City," 2008's A Hundred Million
Suns featured an emphasis on positive, romantic lyrics, something that
Gary Lightbody had pointedly shunned in the past. The band joined U2 on
the road once again, this time playing stadiums in Europe and America
during the summer of 2009. Rather than record another album after the
tour, however, they chose to release the comprehensive Up to Now, a compilation
spanning Snow Patrol's 15-year history.
Let us connect you with a Snow Patrol Agent now to book Snow Patrol to appear at your next corporate, private or special event!
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