iTunes Live: London Festival '09 (Snow Patrol EP)

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iTunes Live: London Festival '09
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EP by
Snow Patrol
Released9 July 2009
Recorded5 July 2009 at The Roundhouse, London, UK
GenreAlternative rock
Length31:20
LabelFiction/Interscope
Snow Patrol chronology
iTunes Live from London
(2009) 		iTunes Live: London Festival '09
(2009)

iTunes Live: London Festival '09 is a six-song EP by alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released digitally on 9 July 2009 on the iTunes Store. The songs were taken from the band's set at The Roundhouse in London as part of the iTunes Festival 2009.

Background[]

Snow Patrol headlined the July 5 performance at The Roundhouse of the iTunes Festival 2009. They were supported by Animal Kingdom and Silversun Pickups. It was reported, since the festival was free, many non-fans had come to attend the show. Many of these left after the band got through "Run" and "Chasing Cars",[1] and they were left to play to a much smaller crowd (less than 70% of the capacity) as they neared the end of their set, especially the sixteen-minute "The Lightning Strike".[2] The festival's ticket policy was thus criticized.[1]

It had earlier been announced that all performances from the month-long festival would be made available for download exclusively on all 22 iTunes Stores.[3] The subsequently released EP on 9 July contained songs taken from the band's set.[4][5] However, the release omitted several songs from the 17 song set. The songs that didn't make the release were — "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It", "Chocolate", "Hands Open", "How to Be Dead", "You Could Be Happy", "Run", "Somewhere a Clock is Ticking", "Take Back the City", "The Lightning Strike" (second and third parts), "Open Your Eyes", "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" and "You're All I Have".[6] Two songs from the set were later shown on the band's Facebook page as highlights.[7]

Track listing[]

  1. "Crack the Shutters" – 3:22
  2. "The Golden Floor" – 3:23
  3. "Make This Go on Forever" – 5:51
  4. "Chasing Cars" – 4:27
  5. "Shut Your Eyes" – 8:54
  6. "What If This Storm Ends?" – 5:23

The live EP additionally contained a digital booklet, which could only be downloaded with the purchase of the entire album.[4]

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Jefferies, Chris (21 July 2009). "iTunes Festival 2009". Open. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. ^ Jefferies, Chris (7 July 2009). "Snow Patrol, Camden Roundhouse, July 5th". inthenews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  3. ^ Cardew, Ben (21 May 2009). "Oasis and Snow Patrol for iTunes festival". Music Week. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "iTunes Live: London Festival '09 - EP". iTunes. Retrieved 15 July 2009. Note: Need iTunes to view link.
  5. ^ "Review Snow Patrol At The iTunes Festival". Xfm. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  6. ^ Bumder (9 July 2009). "Snow Patrol Live @ The Roundhouse (iTunes Festival)". Get to the Front. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  7. ^ Eskimos, The (15 July 2009). "Video from the iTunes Festival - Download the EP now!". snowpatrol.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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