Oxegen 2007 until they went on general sale on 2 March. Snow Patrol issued a come-and-get-me plea to the organisers and, at the Meteor Music Awards on 1 February 2007, lead singer Gary Lightbody confirmed that they would be appearing, stating that it would be their only Irish performance of the year. They were the first band to confirm a definite appearance at the festival and were the second headline act on the Main Stage on Saturday 7 July. In an interview with XFM, Muse singer Matt Bellamy let slip that the band would be playing in Ireland on 7 July, which
Robert Lightbody Robert Lightbody Robert Lightbody (22 January 1802 – 5 July 1874) was a British amateur geologist and member of the Ludlow Natural History Society. Lightbody was born in Liverpool in 1802. His parents, John Lightbody and Harriet Hughes, were non-conformists and members of the Unitarian Church. In 1829 Lightbody still had links with the Liverpool area when he was bound as a clerk to George Ashby Pritt, Liverpool attorney. In 1840 he married Jane Peele in Shrewsbury, and by 1841 he moved to Llanllwchaiarn in Wales. During his time in Wales at least four of his six children were born,