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It wasn't until after being dropped by Jeepster that guitarist Nathan Connolly joined, and the band signed to Snow Patrol tickets the mainstream Polydor label. They gained mainstream success with their Snow Patrol tickets song "Run" (which Snow Patrol tickets debuted at #5 in the UK singles chart), as well as the album it was from, the 2003 release, Final Straw which Snow Patrol tickets was produced by Jacknife Lee. Iain Archer, a touring guitarist Snow Patrol tickets and songwriting Snow Patrol tickets collaborator from 2001-2003, won an Ivor Novello award for his contribution to the Final Straw album. The Snow Patrol tickets record Snow Patrol tickets peaked at #3 in the UK albums chart. Archer's final date with the band was September 27th, 2003 in the St Andrews Students' Association. They followed the success of "Run" up with three Snow Patrol tickets more singles from the album, "Chocolate", and a re-release of "Spitting Games", both reaching the top 30, and Snow Patrol tickets "How to Be Dead" Snow Patrol tickets reaching number 39.
The release of Final Straw in the United States in 2004 saw the album notching up well in excess of a quarter Snow Patrol tickets of a million sales and becoming the 26th most popular British album of that year. Their single "Run" was the Snow Patrol tickets 22nd most played British song on American airwaves, having been played just under 28,000 times on Snow Patrol tickets US radio stations in that same year.
On March 16, 2005, McClelland left the band, with Gary stating 'a whole new set of new and unexpected Snow Patrol tickets pressures... have unfortunately taken Snow Patrol tickets their toll on working relationships within the band, Snow Patrol tickets and it was felt the band could not move forward with Mark as a member.' Former Terra Diablo member Paul Wilson Snow Patrol tickets replaced him on bass. In April 2005, Snow Patrol declared longtime touring Snow Patrol tickets keyboardist Tom Simpson an official member of the band.
In the midst of touring on U2's Vertigo Tour in Europe in the summer of 2005 as an opening act, the band Snow Patrol tickets played in London at Live 8. After finishing their opening act duties and extensive 2-year tour of Final Straw Snow Patrol tickets in late July, the band took a few weeks off and began writing and recording songs for a new album. Snow Patrol's new version of John Lennon's "Isolation" was Snow Patrol tickets released on December 10, 2005 as Snow Patrol tickets part of Make Some Noise, Amnesty International's campaign about music with a message.
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