Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish–Scottish rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals); Lightbody is the band's sole remaining original member. After briefly using the name Polarbear, releasing the EP Starfighter Pilot (1997) and losing Morrison as a member, the band became Snow Patrol in 1997 and added Jonny Quinn to the lineup as drummer. Their first two studio albums, Songs for Polarbears (1998) and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001), released by independent record label Jeepster Records, were commercially unsuccessful. The band signed to Polydor Records, in 2002 and Connolly joined as lead guitarist. Their major-label debut album, Final Straw, was released the following year. "Run", the record's biggest hit, saw the band rise to national fame as part of the post-Britpop movement. The album was certified 5× platinum in the UK. In 2005, McClelland left the band and was replaced by Paul Wilson. Their next studio album, Eyes Open (2006), and its hit single "Chasing Cars"—reported in 2019 to be the most-played song of the 21st century on UK radio—propelled the band to greater international fame. The album topped the UK Albums Chart and was the best-selling British record of the year. Snow Patrol released their fifth studio album, A Hundred Million Suns, in 2008; their sixth, Fallen Empires, in 2011; their seventh, Wildness, in 2018; and their eighth, The Forest Is the Path, in 2024. Quinn and Wilson left the group in 2023. During the course of their career, Snow Patrol have won seven Meteor Ireland Music Awards and been nominated for six Brit Awards and one Grammy. Final Straw, Eyes Open, and A Hundred Million Suns have sold ten million copies worldwide, combined.

The Forest Is The Path (Extended Edition) - 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000000Z

The Forest Is The Path - 2024-09-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Final Straw (20th Anniversary Edition) - 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000000Z

The Fireside Sessions - 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Reworked - 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

What If This Is All The Love You Ever Get? - EP - 2018-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Wildness (Deluxe) - 2018-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Greatest Hits - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Fallen Empires - 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol - 2009-09-28T00:00:00.000000Z

A Hundred Million Suns - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Eyes Open - 2006-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live And Acoustic From Park Ave. - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Final Straw - 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Snow Patrol: Sessions@AOL - 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2019 Remaster) - 2001-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs for Polarbears - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

But I'll Keep Trying - 2025-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

All - 2024-08-08T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is The Sound Of Your Voice - 2024-07-05T00:00:00.000000Z

The Beginning - 2024-05-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Spitting Games (Demo) - 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Chocolate (Demo) - 2023-03-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Reaching Out To You - 2020-07-30T00:00:00.000000Z

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