The singer-songwriter reflects on how he and the band have changed and Northern Ireland's influence on his life as they release their new album. Snow Patrol performing at Bangor Marina to celebrate frontman Gary Lightbody being awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Ards and North Down. Picture date: Wednesday August 31, 2022.
(Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) Johnny McDaid, Gary Lightbody and Nathan Connolly Snow Patrol have been on quite a journey for the last 30 years. From their early years forming as a student band in Dundee, to creating hits which have become beloved across the world. The line-up has evolved since its formation in the 1990s, but the most major change came last year when long-term band members drummer Jonny Quinn and bassist Paul Wilson announced their departure .
The remaining trio of Northern Ireland-born musicians - Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly and Johnny McDaid - were left heartbroken but wished them well and have powered on to produce their emotionally charged eighth studio album. "On a band level, just the three of us feel stronger and more connected than we've ever done", says frontman Lightbody as the band release their first record in six years. "And I'm so excited to bring this album out that we've made, that we're all really excited about, we're all really proud of, and get to gigging around the world.
" The singer-songwriter from Bangor has been on his own path of evolution, having gone sober in 2016. Based in his native Cou.