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Album: Snow Patrol, "Fallen Empires" (Fiction)

The thing about being an arena band is that it's got to be fun or why else would you want to try it? Sure, there's money, adulation and fame, but there's also <i>sturm und drang</i>, pyrotechnics, group chanting, and the free license to scamper up into the catwalks and swing from the lighting rigs knowing full well a thousand fans below would gladly turn into human pillows just to save you if you were to somehow slip and fall. The thing about being an arena band is that it's got to be fun or why else would you want to try it?

Snow Patrol plan 'Hundred Million Suns' tour

With a European festival run set to kick off next week, Snow Patrol has announced a headlining tour of North America this fall behind last year's "A Hundred Million Suns."

Album Chart: AC/DC stays charged at No. 1

Despite its distribution being limited to two retailers and the band's own website, rock stalwarts AC/DC's latest album, "Black Ice," will spend its second week at the top of the US chart.

Snow Patrol looks to build on hard-fought success

After 10 years chasing success, UK-based band Snow Patrol finally found notoriety in the ballad "Chasing Cars." Singer/guitarist Gary Lightbody calls it a lesson in humility.

Snow Patrol plows through North America once more

Snow Patrol has put together a second run of North American dates this year to support its latest release, "Eyes Open."

Briefly: R.E.M., 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, 'Spider-Man' soundtrack, Linkin Park

Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees R.E.M. will unveil some new material during a five-night stand this summer in Dublin, Ireland.

Snow Patrol finalizes North American tour

Irish alt-rock band Snow Patrol has put the finishing touches on its North American tour, which kicks off Feb. 26 in Portland, OR, and wraps with a few Canadian dates in April.

Snow Patrol sets next North American trek

Irish rockers Snow Patrol have mapped out a return to North America in February as the group continues to support its most recent studio effort, "Eyes Open," which hit stores in May.

Snow Patrol reschedules postponed dates

British rockers Snow Patrol have scheduled make-up dates for most of the shows they postponed early in June following the "severe throat condition" suffered by frontman Gary Lightbody.
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