Biography
Gary Lightbody (born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, 15 June 1976) is best known for his work as the frontman of the Scotland-based Indie rock band Snow Patrol.
After attending Campbell College, he moved to Dundee, Scotland in 1994 to attend Dundee University. It is here that he formed Snow Patrol with fellow students Jonny Quinn and Mark McClelland.
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He also performed in the Scottish supergroup The Reindeer Section.
In 2005, he went on to join The Cake Sale, where he collaborated with Lisa Hannigan to perform a song written by Bell X1's Paul Noonan.
Lightbody now lives in Glasgow and is a friend of the BBC Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.