Simon Lipman
Snow Patrol have premiered the lead single from their new album Wildness.
Don’t Give In follows on from the LP’s announcement earlier this month as the band prepare to bring a seven-year gap between releases to an end on May 25th. Gary Lightbody has spoken about the track’s origins:
“‘Don’t Give In’ was originally about a friend going through a tough time but the more I wrote into it I realised it was about me and the struggle of making the album – which took 5 years and was not easy – coupled with the struggle with depression I’ve had since I was a kid, so it has become the talisman of the album. The song that became a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Some live outings are due to start in April which will take Snow Patrol from the UK to North America and on to Ireland.
Tour dates:
April
11 – London, UK, Islington Assembly Hall
18 – New York, NY, Irving Plaza
25 – Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda Theatre
May
11 – Derry, UK, Millennium Forum
12 – Cork, Ireland, Opera House
14 – Killarney, Ireland, INEC
15 – Dublin, Ireland, Olympia Theater
16 – Wexford, Ireland, Opera House
18 – Galway, Ireland, Leisureland
20 – Belfast, UK, Ulster Hall