Posted November 30, 200618 yr 17,000 Officially their biggest ever indoor attendance, and i was there :yahoo: Gary was immense, they sung song's from all 4 albums and a Reindeer Section song [You Are My Joy] The supporting act, The Crimea, The Young Knives were good too but doesn't come close to Snow Patrol
November 30, 200618 yr 17,000 Officially their biggest ever indoor attendance, and i was there :yahoo: Gary was immense, they sung song's from all 4 albums and a Reindeer Section song [You Are My Joy] The supporting act, The Crimea, The Young Knives were good too but doesn't come close to Snow Patrol Very nice B) I'd have loved to have gone :(
November 30, 200618 yr Author Gary didn't take one break, and he doesn't stop moving all night! alot of red bulls i think :D
November 30, 200618 yr Author IT’S amazing, considering just how long Snow Patrol have been around, that their astonishing leap into music’s A-lister mainstream seems to have occurred merely in the blink of an eye. Having paddled comfortably in the shallows of MOR indie whilst bigger, tougher cousins the likes of Coldplay tackled the perilous depths of notoriety and global domination, it seemed for all the world like Snow Patrol were contentedly sticking with their lot. Advertisement your story continues below Until - to everyone’s surprise - carried on a tide that has risen ever higher since the release of epochal single Run, they made their break for the big-time. And how they succeeded. Not only is tonight’s M.E.N. gig a sell-out – no mean feat given the venue’s overwhelming capacity – but what’s more, they’re returning to Manchester in a fortnight to play a double-bill at the G-Mex. It is a situation which seems equally incredulous to front-man Gary Lightbody who, after a three-song intro which begins with a cacophonous medley and stadium-style light display and ends with play-list stalwart Final Straw, professes this to be their biggest ever gig. He seems vaguely overwhelmed; yet the nervous energy and obvious euphoria with which he is charged serves only to heighten his performance. Illuminated Before a technicolour, illuminated backdrop of moving screens, flashing lights and dry ice, Snow Patrol conduct a show worthy of its venue. The set comprises mainly recent album hits such as the radio success story that was Chasing Cars, but older and/or more obscure songs like Starfighter Pilot and the collaborative Reindeer Section project’s You’re My Joy make a welcome appearance. All are executed with an irrepressible energy that sees Lightbody hopping around the stage like an agitated grasshopper, whilst admirably managing to remain in control of both guitar and voice. Most recent single Set The Fire To The Third Bar sees Damien Rice’s sidekick Lisa Hannigan step into the absent Martha Wainwright’s shoes, a role she fills with all the beauty, poise and sheer talent for which she is renowned. The highlight of the show is – unsurprisingly – a superlative rendition of Run, which despite making an appearance before the encore, has all the hallmarks of a climactic set-closer. Lightbody’s vocal – which has, in previous times, struggled with the low register of this track – is flawless tonight. Not that it matters, because the crowd sing loud enough to carry the song right to the end, in a magical conclusion befitting of a sterling performance. --- from manchestereveningnews.com
December 1, 200618 yr Author http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/8078/photo0002qr6.jpg taken with my mobile, we were in block 1 :)
December 20, 200618 yr I went to see them in Manchester on Thursday and they were fantastic. They outshone the two support bands and the rendition of Chasing Cars was one of the best live performances ever! I loved it!
December 20, 200618 yr I saw them at GMEX and they were superb :D Set The Fire was a proper goosebumps moment!!!
December 21, 200618 yr im really glad they played some old material there first 2 albums deserve some promoting and performing them live is a great way of doing that
December 22, 200618 yr Lisa Hannigan there? I think that was her name, I can't really remember. When they repeat the last verse and she does that long note, I proper shivered!!! Hahaha - I love that song so much :D
