Snow Patrol Play Secret London Show

Northern Irish indie giants Snow Patrol have launched their new compilation 'Up To Now' with a show in their local pub.

Formed while still at university, Snow Patrol have never quite lost their roots in indie rock. Deeply indebted to Sebadoh, the band's early material was released on Jeepster Records - at that time home to Belle And Sebastian.

Since then, of course, Snow Patrol have embarked on the long strange journey to fame and fortune. The band have struck it big with last year's album 'A Hundred Million Suns' notching up several million sales.

Playing a lengthy British tour the band finished by performing a huge show in Belfast, inviting the Northern Irish international football team along for good measure.

Releasing their new compilation 'Up To Now' the band were keen to keep things familiar. Snow Patrol decided to launch the collection with a show in their local pub, before a handful of lucky fans.

"Our record company wanted to call it 'Greatest Hits' (but one of our songs) went in at Number 89," Gary Lightbody joked at London's Kings Head pub.

"We suggested 'Best Of', which is pushing it. We're going to play our three best songs and then we're going to scrape the barrel!"

Running through a short set the band played 'Crack The Shutters' but singer Gary Lightbody stumbled over the first few verses. "That was rubbish, forget everything, I hope everyone is drinking. It's better with a drink inside you!"

Later playing their breakthrough hit 'Run' the singer joked it was a "song made famous by Leona Lewis".

The new collection contains songs from Lightbody's short lived Scottish indie supergroup The Reindeer Section, and Snow Patrol performed a song from that collective during the London show.

New track 'Give Me Strength' was also aired. "This song is about the guys in the band," explained the singer. "Ten of our 15 years were shit. They were fun, but we didn't sell any records, so this is me saying thank you. Soppy, isn't it?"

Snow Patrol played:

'Crack The Shutters'
'Shut Your Eyes'
'Run'
'An Olive Grove Facing The Sea'
'Spitting Games'
'Chasing Cars'
'You Are My Joy'
'Set The Fire To The Third Bar'
'You're All I Have'
'Just Say Yes'
'Ricket'
'Give Me Strength'
'Take Back The City'
'Chocolate'