“I slept too late and didn’t go to enough classes and would go to rehearsals instead of tutorials. The first day of university I formed the band with Mark McClelland. Recalling the early years of the band, which formed while the members were studying at Dundee University, Gary said: “We started in ’94. Lightbody also thinks fans will see he has matured considerably since the band first found fame with their third album, Final Straw in 2004. Starting their tour tomorrow in Belfast, Snow Patrol go on to play Glasgow’s SECC on Friday and Saturday, followed by Aberdeen’s AECC on Monday, January 30. He has stopped drinking on tour and ahead of the band’s latest dates, which include shows in both Glasgow and Aberdeen. The Irish rocker has already taken the first steps towards normality. Thank God I’m calming down because I wouldn’t want to be in one of those bands who disappears up his own a******e.” “As much as I adore my niece, my godchildren and the children those around me are having, I want kids of my own. Everybody that I know including my sister is having children. He explained: “Is everyone’s state of being not centred around love, loss and longing? In my case, it’s still very much so.
The man who brought us million-selling love songs such as Run and Chasing Cars, has given up his hard-partying ways. Gary, 35, said he is finally ready for the responsibilities he would face as a parent after years of caning it on the road. SNOW Patrol rocker Gary Lightbody is famous for his songs about love, loss and longing, but says he is now ready to settle down and have children.