I was lucky enough to be able to go with Pauline tonight to see Snow Patrol’s last concert (in England anyway) on their Take Back The Cities tour at the O2 arena. I’d heard that Snow Patrol have really great concerts and I was glad that tonight they didn’t disappoint. In support tonight were Animal Kingdom and Fanfarlo. We didn’t get to hear Animal Kingdom as we were still having dinner at Canary Wharf but arrived in time to hear Fanfarlo’s set. I don’t think Pauline was too impressed with them but I thought it was interesting that this indie pop group used instruments, such as the trumpet and violin, that are probably considered less “alternative” but more “classic.” Their set only lasted about half an hour.

Snow Patrol came on to stage at 9pm (no late start for this band) and didn’t leave the stage until about 10.45pm except for a brief five minute break to signal the end of the “normal” set before they came out for a twenty minute encore. They played some new and some old songs. At the start of the concert those who had seating were for the most part glued to their seat but by the end of the concert everyone was up on their feet.

In addition to their music being quite suited to a concert style venue I think its their very charismatic frontman who really made tonight happen. There was just something about Gary Lightbody that was so engaging. He really gave himself to the to the crowd and the concert was the kind of concert that actually had shivers going up and down my spine at one point. Maybe it was the romantic in me because lets face it their music is actually quite tender and dreamy!

Probably what I liked most was that at the end of the day the group come across as modest and humble folk asking for nothing more than for everyone to enjoy their music. And we certainly did.