Altsounds — *Q: What do Bono, Irving Welsh, Snow Patrol and Sinead O'Connor have in common?* *A: They are all fawning over Irish mavericks REPUBLIC OF LOOSE!* Ireland's biggest band, REPUBLIC OF LOOSE, are bound for New York! The only Irish band to get more a... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The indie boys are back with a track from their new album A Hundred Million Suns... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The indie boys are back with a track from their new album A Hundred Million Suns... more info

XFM.co.uk — ‘Crack The Shutters' is the next single to be taken from fifth album, ‘A Hundred Million Suns'. more info

AngryApe — Extra 2009 live shows are announced more info

XFM.co.uk — Johnny and the gang lose out to Girls Aloud in this week's album chart battle, plus Snow Patrol drop down and Paul Weller squeezes in... more info

Clickmusic — The band add further shows in London, Dublin and Belfast and reveal their next single. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — 01: Girls Aloud -Out Of Control02: Pink - Funhouse03: Enrique Iglesias - Greatest Hits04: Razorlight - Slipway Fires05: Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns06: Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night07: Celine Dion - My Love - The Essential Collection08: S... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveSpinner.com: Snow Patrol's Irish frontman Gary Lightbody swears he can still roam the streets anywhere in the world unrecognized, but that would surely change the minute he opened his mouth. The platinum-plus group has be... more info

Guardian Music — For anyone too young to remember the early 70s firsthand, progressive rock can seem almost impossibly arcane and strange. Was there really a time when a band could expect to do good business with 21 minute-long songs in 9/8 time about supernatural ex... more info