Love minus zero: Snow limit

Music
11 Jan 07

Forget all the chatter about solo albums and injuries sustained on the road: Snow Patrol are revelling in the end of a triumphant year, one which saw Eyes Open become the biggest selling album in the UK in '06, as well as making serious inroads Stateside.

Nathan Connolly was looking the other way when Britney Spears smacked a Kevin Federline lookalike in the face at the American Music Awards recently. Nor does Snow Patrol’s guitarist and songwriter recall having much to say to Red Hot Chili Peppers or Will.i.am as the Northern Ireland band rolled into Los Angeles for the US record industry’s annual pre-Christmas blingfest.