Snow Patrol announce tour dates Snow Patrol have announced they are to take to the road for a UK arena tour next year.

The band will begin the 13-date series at the Bournemouth International Centre on February 22nd followed by a performance at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow 48  read the full post here >>

Snow Patrol takes different approach Snow Patrol have revealed their new album saw the band take music lessons and set fire to their guitars.

In an interview with the BBC, frontman Gary Lightbody said the group tried not to repeat themselves while making the new record, although they tried to retain the  read the full post here >>

Snow Patrol star in court no-show Snow Patrol's Tom Simpson failed to make his court appointed hearing deadline today over charges of cocaine possession, it has been reported. The 35-year-old, along with co-accused Colin Kennedy, are accused of possessing the class-A drug on June 24th 2006 in Glasgow, but case at  read the full post here >>

Snow Patrol set for massive O2 show Snow Patrol are the latest act to confirm a massive one-off date at the O2 Arena this summer. The new venue, formerly the Millennium Dome in East London, is already confirmed to host shows from Bon Jovi, Keane, Prince and before it has even opened, and Snow Patrol join that list  read the full post here >>

V Festival Chelmsford sells-out Weekend tickets for the Chelmsford leg of this year's V Festival have sold out in record time. The event, which is headlined this year by The Killers, Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol, saw over 40,000 weekend passes snapped up in less than 90 minutes, after going on sale at 9am.  read the full post here >>

50,000 sell-out for Isle of Wight festival This year's Isle of Wight Festival has completely sold out, organisers have revealed today. The line-up was only announced last week - with Muse, Snow Patrol, The Feeling and Kasabian amongst the early names - but, after going on sale Friday (Feb. 23), it seems demand is higher  read the full post here >>

"Crazy" named 2006 best seller Gnarls Barkley predictably rides the top selling singles list for 2006, released this week. Their summer smash-hit "Crazy" was named the top seller after smashing download records, eventually selling more than 700,000 copies in it's nine week reign at No. 1 - before the duo of Cee  read the full post here >>

U.S. stars dominate UK charts Fresh from landing the No. 1 single last week, Sister Sisters have gone one better by adding a No. 1 to their haul. With "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" continuing at the top of the singles Top 40, the band's new album "Ta-Dah" debuts atop the albums chart this week. The Killers'  read the full post here >>

Snow Patrol add more dates to UK tour Scottish rockers Snow Patrol have added another date to their huge forthcoming tour of the UK and Ireland. The band will cap the most successful year of their career with the 16-date 'How To Be Dead' tour - which now includes four shows in Belfast after the band confirmed another  read the full post here >>

Witnness Line-Up Strengthened The Manic Street Preachers, Badly Drawn Boy and Doves have all been added to the bill for the Witnness Festival. The Irish music festival, which takes place at the Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare from July 12 -13, is going from strength to strength in its fourth  read the full post here >>