The Forest is the Path by Gary Lightbody: Moving, lyrical and more than just a companion book to Snow Patrol’s album
Bangor musician maps out the terrain of loss, memory and creative renewal in an imaginative, deeply personal work
Gary Lightbody
Shona McCarthy, the Irish woman running the world’s biggest arts festival, is heading home: ‘I’m tired. You feel it to your bones’
After 35 years of nonstop work, this ardent advocate for the arts is about to catch her breath
Snow Patrol at 3Arena review: ‘Am I about to die?’ Gary Lightbody nearly plunges from the stage in a thrilling Dublin show
Gripping gig is thoughtfully paced with blitz of singles followed by a pivot into slower, more introspective numbers
Snow Patrol: The Forest Is the Path – Gary Lightbody lays himself bare in terrifyingly tender songs
Band finds new sense of reflection in odd intersection between break-up album and self-aware confessional
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I was using alcohol to drown all kinds of different things in me. I didn’t have anything else’
Snow Patrol frontman hasn’t forgiven himself for letting down the people in his life. But the band’s new album is a far cry from its angst-ridden predecessor
Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’
The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out
Covid-19: Foster and O’Neill united in struggle to save lives
Northern Ireland’s Executive demonstrating ‘common purpose’, say political leaders
Rite&Reason: Grace is our pathway to doing right thing every day
Belfast’s 4 Corners arts festival focuses on thoughts and actions to change world
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and cricketer Eoin Morgan on queen’s honours list
Classical music group The Priests, and members of PSNI included in awards
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is most-played song of 21st century so far
Lead singer Gary Lightbody to receive award from British music licensing agency PPL
Snow Patrol at Malahide Castle: Everything you need to know
Set list, tickets, weather, restricted items and transport for the first gig of a summer series
Gary Lightbody: On My Culture Radar
Snow Patrol singer on why Dave Chappelle is a modern day hero and what makes Melvyn Bragg’s podcast stand out
Lyra McKee’s friends begin peace walk from Belfast to Derry
Hundreds turn out for the start of the event in honour of murdered journalist
Bono, Cathy Davey and Conor O’Brien cover ‘Homeward Bound’ for homeless
U2 singer records Simon & Garfunkel track with Saint Sister and others for McVerry Trust
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