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Snow Patrol: "V Festival Was Our Best Gig Ever"

added 18 September 2009 at 12.07

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has told Xfm that their last minute headlining slot at V Festival in Chelmsford last month was "The single finest moment in our live career".

The band stepped into the breach to cover for Oasis, who pulled out of the festival at the eleventh hour and went on to crash and burn the following weekend with the departure of Noel Gallagher.

Talking to Xfm's Steve Harris, Lightbody claimed he wasn't nervous about facing a potentially angry mob of disappointed Oasis fans. "If the crowd had been against us, we'd have turned it around," he said. "It's what we do best - we're about the love. We were not about to let a crowd turn sour. But they were with us right from the start."

The resulting show was - in Gary's opinion - one of the best the band have ever played. "we've never come off stage with that amount of buoyancy - I was close to tears. It stands up against any crowd we've played to in Ireland or Scotland.  I've never seen anything like it in my life, the whole place was jumping. It was just so much fun."

Listen to the whole interview below:

Steve Harris talks to Gary Lightbody Part 1

Steve Harris talks to Gary Lightbody Part 2

Steve Harris talks to Gary Lightbody Part 3

Snow Patrol's new collection, 'Up To Now', is released on November 9. ‘Just Say Yes’, one of three new tracks on the album, will appear as a single on November 2.

Tagged as Snow Patrol, audio, Festivals 2009, Interview

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1. Quite possibly my best highlight of the festival season! Snow Patrol had the eating out of their hand. .. and played their hearts out. I have goosebumps just thinking about it.
   Thank you!! It was AMAZING

   Posted by Michelline N on 21/09/2009 09:43:01 | report abuse

2. Lovely interview with a lovely guy. You just wanna hug him. And high praise indeed for those of us @ V on the night (23 Aug); truly heart-warming as he always tells the Irish/Scot crowds they're the best. It was a night I'll never forget. We were so proud of Snow Patrol! Thumbs up for 'Just Say Yes' and looking forward to the tour. "YES!"

   Posted by skydeb on 19/09/2009 05:31:04 | report abuse