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Snow Patrol have just announced two MASSIVE Irish gigs

Published 10:28 30 Aug 2019 BST

Snow Patrol have just announced two massive Irish gigs in Belfast and Dublin.

The band will be bringing their Reworked tour to Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on November 26 and Waterfront Hall, Belfast on November 28. On this tour, Snow Patrol will play reimagined versions of tracks from their catalogue, as well as new songs from their Reworked album - which is available now via Polydor Records. The EP includes “reworked” versions of “Crack The Shutters,” “Chocolate,” and “Open Your Eyes,” as well as the previously released new song, “Time Won’t Go Slowly.” Tickets for this tour will go on sale to the general public on Friday September 6 at 10am from the usual outlets. Fans can also access early tickets for this tour by preordering the band’s forthcoming Reworked album, which includes three new songs as well as 13 re-envisioned versions of classic songs, and celebrates Snow Patrol's 25th anniversary as a band. Snow Patrol’sReworked is available for pre-order here on all formats here.

Snow Patrol’s album Wildness, their first studio album in seven years, was released last year reaching #2 in the UK album charts and going gold in the process. The band recently performed to 35,000 fans in Bangor, Northern Ireland at their own festival Ward Park 3, which celebrated the music of Northern Ireland with all 11 artists on the bill from NI, and featured a career defining performance by the band, including a special guest appearance from Bono. This year Snow Patrol’s hit Chasing Cars was announced by the PPL as the most played song on UK radio of the 21^st Century. Over a twenty-five year career, Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves. Since their 1998 debut, Songs for Polarbears, the band have racked up an impressive number of critical and commercial accolades, including over 17 million global album sales, 1+ billion global track streams, 5 UK Platinum Albums, an Ivor Novello award and have been nominated for a Grammy and Mercury Music Prize.

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