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Former court reopens as live music venue backed by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody

A former Co Down bank and courthouse has reopened as Northern Ireland’s newest live music venue. The Victorian era magistrates’ court on Bangor’s seafront was decommissioned in 2013, when campaigning began to turn it into an arts venue. Bangor’s ...

18 Oct 2022 at 12:00

Snow Patrol singer hopes Bangor Court House venue will spark city ‘renaissance’

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has expressed his hope that a former court turned music and arts venues will spark a renaissance in his home city of Bangor. Lightbody visited Bangor Court House on Friday after the initiative beat off ...

14 Dec 2023 at 15:44

Lightbody says arts must not be neglected as he launches new strategy

Northern Ireland

Ten-year strategy to create a financially stable arts sector is launched

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody has said the arts are “essential for the survival of the soul” as he backed a new 10-year strategic vision to develop a more financially stable sector in Northern Ireland. The Arts Council of Northern ...

08 May 2024 at 13:38

Northern Ireland

Snow Patrol frontman gets freedom honour ahead of concert

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has been awarded the freedom of the borough of Ards and North Down in an official conferment ceremony at Bangor Castle. The conferment took place ahead of an acoustic concert by the band on ...

30 Aug 2022 at 21:00

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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody says it took him a year to cry after father’s death

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has said it took him “a full year” before he cried following the death of his father Jack in December 2019. The Northern Irish musician, 48, details his experience with grief in his new ...

19 Mar 2025 at 10:04

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'A dream come true' for County Derry artist who supported Snow Patrol in Belfast and Dublin concerts

As a student working in SSE Arena's box office, Feeny woman Shannon O'Neill would often day dream about performing there one day. Just last month, Shannon's dreams came true when she was given the opportunity to open ...

11 Mar 2025 at 20:33

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Nine arrests on final day of Trnsmt takes festival total to 19

Nine people were arrested and charged on the final day of the Trnsmt music festival in Glasgow. Police said the alleged offences included sexual assault, assault, culpable and reckless behaviour, hate crime, ...

14 Jul 2025 at 10:04

Sir David Attenborough beams as he collects high honour from Prince of Wales

National treasure Sir David Attenborough has been awarded his Knight Grand Cross honour by fellow avid environmentalist the Prince of Wales. The 96-year-old broadcaster collected his Knight Grand Cross of ...

08 Jun 2022 at 23:22

Charles to appoint Sir David Attenborough as Knight Grand Cross

Sir David Attenborough is to officially be appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael And St George for services to television broadcasting and to conservation on Wednesday. The Prince of ...

08 Jun 2022 at 03:45

Snow Patrol frontman to perform home city gig with a difference

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody will perform one of his first major gigs as an author, in his home town this summer. The event discussing his new book, The Forest Is The Path, is expected to be one ...

05 Jun 2025 at 16:10

Thousands descend on Bangor to watch Gary Lightbody ‘Take Back The City’

Thousands of people have gathered in Co Down to watch Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody “Take Back The City” of his birth. Bangor Marina was transformed with a temporary arena filled by an audience ...

31 Aug 2022 at 22:17

Love and time from a ‘wider lens’ among the themes for Snow Patrol’s next album

Snow Patrol’s next album is set to focus on love and time, but to “open the lens” in a way the band haven’t done in a “long time”. Frontman Gary Lightbody was speaking as he celebrated the Bangor ...

14 Dec 2023 at 17:05

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