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Boehlert, Eric (12 November 1998). "Gomez get fabulous for Philips advertisement". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009 . Retrieved 4 January 2010. Snow Patrol star arrested". NME. 8 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 July 2007 . Retrieved 8 July 2007. And the most-played song on UK radio is... Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol". BBC News. 17 July 2019 . Retrieved 17 July 2019. Smith, Sean (20 March 2007). "San Diego Music – The band Snow Patrol!". San Diego.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013 . Retrieved 10 June 2010. On 25 November 2007, Snow Patrol performed an acoustic session for the charity Mencap at Union Chapel, Islington. They were one of the main bands to take part in the project, called "Little Noise Sessions", which was curated by Jo Whiley. [103] [104]

Savage, Mark (17 July 2019). "And the most-played song on UK radio is... Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol". BBC News . Retrieved 17 July 2019. bolin, rachele (17 September 2018). "Interview with Troy Stewart of The Windsor Player". hixton collective . Retrieved 20 November 2023. a b "Pussycat Dolls' solo work on hold for "Domination" ". Reuters. 20 September 2008 . Retrieved 25 August 2009. Snow Patrol founded Polar Music, a publishing company run through Kobalt Music. The venture is independent from the band's publishing deal with Universal Music. Polar Music was planned to sign artists regardless of their genre, as drummer Jonny Quinn explained: "there is no agenda—if it's good enough and we believe in it 110%, we will sign it." Quinn, and his fellow band members Connolly and Lightbody, are acting as A&R. [98] The company's first signing was Johnny McDaid, previously of the Northern Irish band Vega4. [99] Quinn has said that they wish to sign artists to a one-album deal and do not want to put undue pressure on the artists with bigger, multi-year contracts. [99] Polar Music had its initial chart hit in the first week of October 2009. [100] Wilson, Rebekah (1 September 2023). "Snow Patrol: Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson leave band". BBC News.

Guitarist Nathan Connolly, previously a member of the band File Under Easy Listening, [26] had been working in an HMV store room in Belfast at the time. [31] Connolly and the band had a mutual friend, who introduced them to him. Connolly moved to Glasgow to join Snow Patrol in the spring of 2002. [32] [33] Scottish Music in the US". Scotland.org. March 2007. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009 . Retrieved 1 November 2009. Snow Patrol – Starfighter Pilot EP". Interscope Records. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009 . Retrieved 17 July 2008.

Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. BBC. 14 December 2009 . Retrieved 24 November 2011. Snow Patrol – What If This Is All the Love You Ever Get? – EP". Discogs . Retrieved 10 September 2023.

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Snow Patrol's debut album, Songs for Polarbears, was released in 1998 after the band had started living in Glasgow. [14] Lightbody was then working at the Nice n Sleazy's Bar in Sauchiehall Street. [15] The album was a critical success but did not make any impact commercially. [13] The same year, the band came close to getting featured in a worldwide advertisement for Philips. Gomez was ultimately signed. [16] [17] In 1999, Snow Patrol won the "Phil Lynott Award for Best New Band" by Irish music magazine Hot Press. [18] In 2001, still living in Glasgow, the trio followed up with When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up. [19] Like its predecessor, the album was praised by critics but did not sell. [13]