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

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.

iTunes Live: London Festival '09
EP by Snow Patrol
Released	9 July 2009
Recorded	5 July 2009 at The Roundhouse, London, UK
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	31:20
Label	Fiction/Interscope
Snow Patrol chronology
iTunes Live from London (2009) iTunes Live: London Festival '09 (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

• Gary Lightbody – vocals, guitar
• Nathan Connolly – guitar, backing vocals
• Paul Wilson – bass guitar
• Jonny Quinn – drums
• Tom Simpson – keyboards

References

1. 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. "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.