[Watch] Snow Patrol - "New York" Live on Letterman

Snow Patrol have stayed off the radar a little here in the UK in recent months which is a shame as they once reigned supreme on the arena circuit as well as on the air-waves. Although I don’t fully dig their new stuff it's good to see them getting some air time in the US. They visited David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater last night to perform a track from their latest LP, Fallen Empires. The track in question was "New York" and it can be  enjoyed at the top via The Audio Perv.

[Listen] Snow Patrol - "This Is Everything You Are" x "Last Friday Night" (Katy Perry Cover) in Radio One's Live Lounge

Snow Patrol made no secrets about their love for Katy Perry earlier in the year when they covered Katy Perry on one of their live dates. Earlier in the week though the boys pad a visit to Radio One's Live Lounge and by this point it didn't take a genius to work out what they might throw down in the studio. SURPRISE, it was a cover of Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night", who'd of guessed. They do a pretty decent job of it too and it's a better quality recording than you're going to see on Youtube from live footage at shows around Europe.

As well as performing a cover they laid down a rendition of their recent single "This Isn't Everything You Are". Through the magic of the internet you can enjoy both track below.

"Last Friday Night" (Katy Perry Cover)

"This Is Everything You Are"

[Listen] Snow Patrol - "Mysterious Ways" U2 Cover

We seriously can't complain at the amount of leaks that have come ahead of this compilations release. THe comp I'm talking abut is the one put together by Q to celebrate the 20th anniversary of U2's Achtung Baby. Following the magazine's release comes another leak, this time it's from a band not too far away from U2's roots over in Northern Ireland, Snow Patrol. Taking on "Mysterious Ways" they've stepped away from the upbeat and funky sound of the original Snow Patrol turn it into a slow building track full of throbbing gentle guitar lines before a final crescendo in the final moments. A very nice rendition of the track indeed. Check it out for yourself and if you've missed the other previews from the likes on NIN, Jack White and Garbage don't fret, we've got you covered right here.

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Snow Patrol - Mysterious Ways (U2 Cover) by Snow Patrol

[Watch] Snow Patrol - "Called Out In The Dark" Live @ Maida Vale

Last night on Zane Lowe's Radio One Show he had musical guests in the shape of those lovable Irish rogues, Snow Patrol. They were in session at Maida Vale Studios to lay down some tracks both new and old. Through the wonder that is the modern age we live in and the internet you can now enjoy a performance of their latest track "Called Out In The Dark" which we first got to hear in late July.

The band are set to relese their sixth studio album Fallen Empires early in 2012.

[Listen] Snow Patrol - "Called Out In The Dark"

Snow Patrol are back after 2 years of work in the studio and they will return soon with a new album titled Fallen Empires but firstly we'll be treated to an EP on September 4th. It'll be the follow up to their 2008 album A Hundred Million Suns and today, on a glorious lazy Sunday you can get a taste of the new direction that the band told fans to take with an "open mind". It's definitely a different direction but it's still the band fans will have fallen in love over the last 13 years and over the course of their previous 5 releases.

This track was bebuted earlier in the week and dubbed Zane Lowe's hottest record in the world right now. It has a disco feel with some nice vocal harmonies and funky drum beat throughout not to mention the prominent bass lines. Lead singer Gary Lightbody describes the new material as "different but great." What do you make of it? Personally I'm in to it and look forward to hearing some more new material from the band, give it a spin for yourselves below.