Limited Number of tickets for tonight's show at the Newcastle City Hall just released please contact venue for details. A small amount of tickets for Monday's show at the Royal Albert Hall have also been released, again please contact the venues box office for details.

Hello everyone, 

 

So we are off and running with the Reworked tour. Brighton was a lot of fun and the gig went great I think. Was nervous on stage for longer than I have been since the first gigs we ever did. Suppose it’s appropriate as we are looking back over the last 15 years. Thank you to all that came to the Brighton Centre on Wednesday night. May have been a little strange for some of you but it was for us too so we were all in the same boat. There are a few things that didn’t work and we’re gonna spend today’s soundcheck correcting that. 

 

I don’t normally watch us on the telly nor do I enjoy listening back over live recordings as I tend to spend the duration squirming in my seat and cursing at myself for bad vocal tuning so it’s best just to avoid it altogether for the most part. I did though watch children in need last night and thought the whole show was great especially Dizzy with Dame Shirley. I also thought Cheryl did a marvellous job of Set The Fire. It’s a tough song to carry off as the original singer of the song was Martha Wainwright, possibly the greatest female singer of her generation. It’s a tricky hill to climb because of that and few singers will get close to the pain, passion and soul of Martha. Cheryl tackled it with honesty and tenderness and, although some of you on this site haven’t been very kind to her about it, you should, at the very least, give her credit for that and the bravery she showed for even agreeing to do it in the first place. She was well out of her comfort zone and not many singers in her position would be daring enough to attempt anything like it.

 

All that said this forum is a place where you should feel free to voice whatever you think whenever you think it. I’m only giving you an alternative view to think on. Personally I like looking at songs in as many ways as possible and this tour is giving us all free reign to do just that in ways we’ve only begun to touch on. Exciting times for a restless spirit such as myself. Set The Fire itself will go through many more interpretations as the tour goes on. Strange and wonderful I hope as ‘strange and wonderful’ is my deepest hope for every day of life for all those I love and myself who some days I kind of like. 

 

Bristol tonight. It’ll be a slightly different set to Brighton. We’ll try and change it each night if we can, certainly in places where we have more than one show. One thing will remain the same though, the first half will be softer, quieter and will feature older songs so please do get there early if you want to hear some older stuff. We start at eight each night. After about 40 minutes we take a short break to have a wild sex party backstage. About half way through the second set things will start to get louder and do feel free to stand up and shake your tail feathers. I hope you do. 

 

Whatever happens I hope you all have fun. Am already really enjoying this tour and looking at the songs in new ways has made me fall in love with some of them all over again. Even Starfighter Pilot. There, I said it! 

 

Hope we see you on the road. Lots of love to you all.g.x

Following a stunning opening night of the tour in Brighton on Wednesday, where the Patrol performed a career spanning set including…. well actually, we’ll not spoil it for you.

The band head to Bristol tonight for a show at the Colsten Hall, before playing the Newcastle City Hall tomorrow night.

Please remember, the band will be playing two sets on this tour. Performance begins at 8pm prompt every night.

We’ve just added new merchandise to the SP merch shop and you will of course be able to buy from the stalls at each venue. To check out the new range of merchandise, including t-shirts, hats and scarves click here.

Finally thanks to all who entered the competition to see Snow Patrol at the Royal Albert Hall, well done to Sabena and Andrew who won tickets for Mondays and Tuesdays performances respectively. We’ve just added a second competition to see the Patrol in Manchester next Friday (27th November), so head to mySP for full details.

Gary will be talking about his influences and inspiration behind the writing of some of Snow Patrol's best loved songs. 

In the new series of Sky Arts 'The Great British Songbook' the SP front man will perform tracks including 'Chasing Cars' and 'Run' unplugged during an hour long episode set to premier on Sky Arts on Thursday 19th November at 8pm. 

For more information log onto skyarts.co.uk.

The highly anticipated Reworked Tour finally hits the road this evening at the Brighton Centre.

The tour will see the band play complete reworkings of songs the Patrol have been playing live for the last few years, as well dusting off some much loved old tracks and a few special delights. 

Each evening will consist of two halves and an interval. With the 11 extra musicians on stage for various numbers. There are no support bands on this tour, due to the nature of the performance(s). Please be seated and ready for the 8pm prompt start each evening.

A limited number of seats have just been released (non-restricted views) for the show tonight in Brighton, but these are very limited so best be fast. You can buy them from ticketmaster.co.uk NOW!

For details of how to win tickets for the Patrol’s show at the Royal Albert Hall log into mySP.

Don’t forget to tune into BBC One on Thursday 19th November 2009 at 8pm for BBC Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall – Watch Snow Patrol perform with a special guest and don't forget to give generously to help change children's lives by texting DONATE to 70077.  Text messages will cost £5 plus your standard network message charge and £5 will go to BBC Children in Need.  Please check with the billpayer before texting.  For full terms and conditions of text to donate go to bbc.co.uk/Pudsey/donate.

 

You can also donate by calling our donation line on 0345 7 33 22 33 (calls charged at geographic rates, calls from mobiles may be higher) or donate online at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/donate

Ahead of Snow Patrol’s Reworked tour kicking off in Brighton on Wednesday, we can inform you that a limited amount of production holds for the show have just been released.

You can purchase tickets for the show NOW via Ticketmaster.co.uk

On the day that sees the release of ‘Up To Now’ we are delighted to launch a free new Snow Patrol app for the iPhone.

The Snowflake app allows you to keep update with all things Patrol related, with the latest news stories, forum, photo galleries and even the chance to create your own snowflake.

You can even upload your own photos to the app and show them off to the world. The band will be doing the very same over the next few months, adding photos taken everywhere from the rehearsal studio to the stage during the forthcoming Reworked Tour that begins on November 18th. The first uploads from the band were taken last Wednesday when they played a very exclusive acoustic show for fans in the band’s local pub in London.

To access the photos, keep up to date, or just make as many snowflakes as you want, download the FREE app now from the iTunes store here.

Up To Now - the best of Snow Patrol - is now available in the shops in the UK & Irelandand to download worldwide (Including North America, where it available from today).

The thirty track, double album of singles, cover versions, rarities & tracks by The Reindeer Section, is out on CD & DVD, double CD, download and Limited Edition Boxset (which is available exclusively from SP.com and not available in the shops).

The beautiful heavyweight boxsets are numbered and contain the double disc album on CD, three heavyweight vinyl's, two DVDs, a lithograph print by Bradley Quinn and an LP-sized booklet. 

The two DVD’s feature the Up To Now and Take Back the Cities documentaries, over a dozen live performances and the animated film for ‘The Lightning Strike’ and all the bands videos. With the extra CD featuring the bands semi-acoustic performance at 2007’s MENCAP Little Voices at the Union Chapel, London.

To order the box sets simply click here.

MySpace US is currently featuring 3 new songs from Snow Patrol’s “Up To Now” (available in the US tomorrow!). Click HERE to listen to Snow Patrol’s new single “Just Say Yes” and previously unreleased tracks “Crazy In Love” and “Dark Roman Wine”.

The new Snow Patrol single ‘Just Say Yes’ is now available in the shops and to download.

‘Just Say Yes’ is the lead single to be taken from ‘Up To Now’ and is one of three new tracks that feature on the double album.

Backed by the ‘Thin White Duke Mix’ (Les Rythmes Digitale) of ‘Just Say Yes’, the CD single is available to order from amazon.co.uk and hmv.com NOW and to download by clicking here.

To celebrate the release of ‘Up To Now’ the best of Snow Patrol on November 9th, the band will be playing an exclusive invite-only gig in a pub in London!

The only way you can win tickets for this show is via two competitions currently found on Play.com and right here via the Snow Patrol members area MySP.

Several pairs of tickets are available via each competition, with lucky winners getting a rare chance to see one of the biggest bands in the world at an intimate pub on November 4th 2009.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets all you need to do is head over to Play.com, click the competition banner and answer a simple question. You can also log into MySP and sign up to the SP competition at snowpatrol.com/mySP/.

To pre-order ‘Up To Now’ head to Play.com, Amazon.co.uk, or you can order a limited edition box set of the album from the Snow Patrol store by clicking here.

The Patrol performed live from Maida Vale this morning for the Fearne Cotton show on Radio 1.

While there, they also recorded three other tracks which were broadcasted during Greg James’s Radio 1 show. All five performances can be watched now via the Radio 1 website by clicking here.

The band will also be appearing on T4 on Sunday to perform ‘Just Say Yes’. For more information log onto channel4.com/entertainment/t4/.

Line Up: Andy Rourke, Peter Hook & Tim Botth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott of James

Tickets: Onsale Now via Ticketmaster, SeeTickets and Ticketline.

Snow patrol are the latest act to be announced as playing this year’s Verses Cancer, Manchester’s biggest charity concert, which raises money for local cancer charities. Famous for its one-off sets and collaborations, the line-up includes Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order). As well as a special set from Tim Booth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott of Manchester’s legendary band James.

The patrol will be perform a unique set on the night featuring SP classics and what promises to be a memorable collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tickets are selling fast for the annual charity gig, set to take place at the MEN Arena on December 12th. Priced at 32.50 tickets are available now from Ticketmaster, SeeTickets and Ticketline. For more information on the show and the charity visit versuscancer.org.

Writing from Portland where the Patrol are set to play this evening, the Snow Patrol lead singer gives an insight into days off in the SP camp, as well updating us on the latest news of his side-projects Tired Pony and Listen.. Tanks! 

You can read Gary’s latest blog NOW by clicking here.

Gary has also been continuing his ‘Band of the Week’ series on Qthemusic.com, with Cat Malojian and El Perro Del Mar featuring among his current favourite bands. To read the latest band of the week log onto qthemusic.com

The artwork for 'Up To Now' has just been confirmed and can be seen to right of this very text. 

As previously announced ‘Up To Now’ is a collection of Snow Patrol’s best loved songs, as well as 3 new tracks including forthcoming single ‘Just Say Yes.’

Released on the 9th November ‘Up To Now’ will be available on a two disc CD featuring thirty tracks, and a three disc digipack with an additional DVD which offers two exclusive documentaries, ‘The Lightning Strike’ animated film and previously unseen live footage. A limited edition heavyweight box will also be made available on a strictly limited run. Each box will be numbered and wrapped in cloth and is a veritable treasure trove for fans, containing the two disc CD, three heavyweight LPs, two DVDs, a lithograph print by Bradley Quinn and an LP-sized booklet.

You can pre-order the Box Set now by clicking here or alternatively order the limited edition version or standard CD from amazon.co.uk

Snow Patrol are set to join an illustrious group of artists who have been given the chance to delve into their record collection and produce their Late Night Tales.

Ever the purveyors of left-field rock, funk and soul music Tom and Gary have put together a 70 minute mix tape indulging in artists as diverse as Captain Beefheart to A Tribe Called Quest, John Martyn to DJ Food. 

The album will be released in the UK on 28th September and you can see full tracklistings for the album at latenighttales.co.uk.

To whet your appetite you can listen to an exclusive mini-mix created by the duo, featuring tracks not found on the Late Night Tales album. To access the mini-mix click HERE. 

You can also pre-order the album now from amazon.co.uk

Zane Lowe had the exclusive first play of Snow Patrol’s new single ‘Just Say Yes’ on his BBC Radio 1 show last night.

If you missed it or would like hear the track again alongside a short interview with Gary, you can listen again via the bbc.co.uk website by clicking here.

‘Just Say Yes’ is one of three new tracks to feature on the Patrol’s forthcoming album ‘Up To Now’, set for release on the 9th November. The new single will be released a week before the album on November 2nd. For more details on the album click here.

Let us know what you think of the track by leaving your comments for the band. To add you view simply click here.