With his Reindeer Section duties complete, Gary Lightbody goes back to his day job. Jumping ship from Jeepster to new Polydor subsidiary Black Lion, the Snow Patrol boys have scheduled a single, 'Spitting Games', for a 1st September release.

Their latest album 'Final Straw' was released this Monday, with the following tracklisting:

1. How To Be Dead
2. Wow
3. Gleaming Auction
4. Spitting Games
5. Whatever's Left
6. Chocolate
7. Run
8. Grazed Knees
9. Ways & Means
10. Tiny Little Fractures
11. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking
12. Same

A promotional tour starts on Sunday, with Terra Diablo supporting throughout. The bands call at:

AUGUST

Sun 10 - Peterborough The Met
Mon 11 - Derby Victoria Inn
Tue 12 - Cambridge Boat Race
Wed 13 - Northampton Soundhaus
Fri 15 - Rugeley Rose Theatre
Sat 16 - Bristol Louisiana
Mon 18 - Cardiff Barfly
Tue 19 - Wolverhampton Little Civic
Wed 20 - Middlesborough Dickens Inn
Fri 22 - Edinburgh T On The Fringe
Sat 23 - Dundee West Port Bar
Sun 24 - Aberdeen Lava
Tue 26 - York Fibbers
Wed 27 - Ashton Under Lyme Witchwood
Thu 28 - Whitehaven Civic Hall