In a blog post on the band’s website, the Guitarist/Singer confirmed that the work of his two side projects: Tired Pony and Listen…Tanks!, will be completed by the end of January.
Lightbody told Chartattack.com that Tired Pony, whose sound he described as, “country-tinged,” is comprised of, “Garret [Jacknife] Lee, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Miriam Kaufmann and myself. There are two others but I’m not going to say who they are just yet as I’m too excited about them and they are very busy people so they could be whisked away for one reason or another so I’ll bite my happy tongue for now.”
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Snow Patrol Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by
Eva Lam
Snow Patrol have named their fifth studio album “A Hundred Million Suns” and may release the disc as early as October.
In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, drummer Jonny Quinn said the U.K. band recorded the new album at Ireland’s Grouse Lodge Studios as well as Berlin’s Hansa Ton Studios, where U2 produced “Achtung Baby.”
“It’s still very much melody-based, but it’s different too in ways from the other albums,” Quinn said of the follow-up to 2006’s “Eyes Open.”
“It’s hard to know what everyone will make of it but we’re happy. I’d go as far as to say I think it’s our best album yet.”
He also revealed it may hit stores within the next several months. “The new album should be out some time later this year, maybe October,” he said.
The group hopes to back the new release with a few small gigs before the end of the year, followed by a bigger show in Northern Ireland in 2009.
To date, Snow Patrol have sold over seven million albums worldwide.
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Just three of the 54 albums nominated for this year’s Shortlist Music Prize are by Canadian artists, reports ChartAttack.com.
The award is handed out for the best album released in the U.S. between January and November of last year that sold less than 500,000 copies domestically. Albums from 48 different labels and nine countries were nominated by Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers and four radio personalities.
Lucky Canucks Feist, Arcade Fire and Stars will duke it out against the likes of Bjork, Justice, M.I.A., The Hives and Wilco. Previous winners include Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice and N*E*R*D.
Terrorist Alerts have forced the guys of Snow Patrol to cancel two U.S. shows.
The band was to kick off their U.S. tour in Seattle on Saturday and Portland the day after, but the shows were cancelled due to problems getting a flight to the US.
Snow Patrol posted a brief message explaining their absence on their website, which reads, “Due to the recent terrorist alert which has caused innumerable flight delays and cancellations both in the UK and United States, we regret to inform you that Snow Patrol will not be able to perform two scheduled shows this weekend in Auburn, Washington and Portland, OR. The band members were flying from different cities, and while two (Nathan and Tom) did make it to the U.S., the rest did not. Continued delays and problems securing new flights have made it impossible for the three others (Gary, Johnny, and Paul) to arrive in time for the concerts. Snow Patrol regrets any inconvenience or disappointment it has caused its fans.”
