“He was the funniest man I’ve ever known.” Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has paid tribute to his father who passed away shortly before Christmas having lived with dementia for some time. Jack Lightbody’s funeral took place on Christmas Eve, attended by family and close friends. In a post issued via his Instagram account, Gary […]

6 years ago

All-acoustic, all action. Having been forced to cancel their previously scheduled appointment at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre due to illness last month, Snow Patrol are fighting fit and raring to go again. To wit, the Gary Lightbody-led outfit have officially rescheduled that gig and it’s set to take place very soon indeed. Fresh from the recent release of […]

6 years ago

“Until I got sober, I wasn’t really able to figure out what it was that I wanted to write about…” Rare the record that doesn’t take an artist or band on a personal journey throughout the process of making it, but that can be a hoary old cliché in and of itself. In the case […]

8 years ago