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Gary Lightbody stated that recording for the follow-up to Eyes Open was to begin in Autumn 2006, with Jacknife Lee returning a third time for production. Since then the band stated that they wished to take a year off after the back-to-back tours of Final Straw and Eyes Open and intended to emerge at the end of 2008 with their next album. Lightbody is also set to release an album as part of a solo project called "Listen... Tanks!" but a date for this has not yet been publicly announced.

A post, dated 23 May 2008 on the band's official website stated that recording for the next album had been under way for a week; they began on 19 May 2008. The new album, entitled A Hundred Million Suns, was released on 24 October 2008 in Ireland and 27 October in the UK and US. The first single entitled "Take Back the City" was released in Ireland on 10 October 2008.
Filming for the music video to "Take Back the City" took place on 11 August 2008 in Central London. The music video was directed by Alex Courtes.

The band kicked off their Taking Back the Cities Tour on 26 October 2008. Singer Miriam Kaufmann tours with the band and sings backing vocals, most notably on "Set the Fire to the Third Bar", which originally featured Martha Wainwright. The 'UK & Ireland Arena tour' ended on 23 March. The final show was played at the Odyssey in Belfast to a 9,000 strong crowd including family and friends of the band, and the Northern Irish football squad. It also reported that the band played to an estimated 200,000 fans during the tour.

The band next visited South Africa to play a couple of dates at the Coca-Cola Zero Festival, supporting Oasis before beginning a European leg of the tour. In June they supported Coldplay for a month on the Viva la Vida Tour, and joined the U2 360° Tour in July/August.

In April 2009, following the conviction of the founders of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay, Lightbody commented in interview that "They shouldn't have been jailed... the punishment doesn't fit the crime." In an interview to Xfm, Lightbody revealed that the band is recording some new songs that are set to release later in 2009. He commented that the band felt the songs act as a "bridge" between A Hundred Million Suns and the next album.

Snow Patrol are set to release the 22nd album in the Late Night Tales series of mix albums by artists, which has been curated by Lightbody and Simpson. The band covered INXS's song, "New Sensation" for the occasion. Lightbody has also spoken of plans to release songs from the Listen... Tanks! project (with Snow Patrol producer Jacknife Lee) and Tired Pony, a country group.

The band also released a compilation album featuring tracks from the band's 15 year history, Up to Now, on 9 November 2009. It includes thirty tracks spanning two CDs, of which three are original new songs. "Just Say Yes", a song written by Lightbody and earlier recorded by Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and X Factor star Diana Vickers, was released as the lead single on 2 November. The album additionally contains past singles, covers and rarities, including songs from the band's side-project The Reindeer Section. A limited edition coffee-table book is also in the works. The band also wishes to make a tour documentary in the future, on the lines of U2's Rattle and Hum.

In January 2010, the band was nominated in three categories in the annual Meteor Awards. The band will also play at the event, scheduled on 19 February 2010 at The RDS.

Snow Patrol will enter its "next phase" with their sixth album. The band has taken a new musical direction, and Connolly has advised fans to keep an open mind. The band currently has some unreleased material, which Connolly has described as "very different from each other", but emphasized that they have the lyrics of Lightbody, and strong melodies. He predicts a mixed reaction out of listeners. The album is said to showcase techno music and will be released in late 2011. However, Connolly has stated that "Just Say Yes" "isn’t necessarily a hint of where we’re going".

On 12 January 2011, Lightbody launched a blog to give details about the progress of the next release from the band. Initially, the posts included photos and stories from the 2010 tour but in February the first details about new material started to emerge. "We’ve ten songs in progress, some missing choruses or missing verses or missing something as yet undefined. Our goal is twenty songs." Lightbody said on a post dated 4 February.

The first song title to be announced was "Lifning", although the singer admits he is uncertain of the proper spelling since it is an imaginary word that he made up. Other ways of spelling it, according to Lightbody, are "Lifening" and "Life-ning", respectively. The meaning of the word is "to have lightning and light thrust into your life or to simply let them into your life" says Lightbody. The song features the dulcitone played by producer Jacknife Lee and the lead singer himself is seen playing a shruti box on the track. Later in the day of 7 February, the first guest appearance was hinted at. In the post, Lightbody says that a Ladybug visited the studio for a few vocal takes, complimenting him on his Stevie Nicks-like vocal contribution. Exactly who this person is remains
unclear as there are several people in the music industry with that moniker. In addition, Lightbody did not state what track the guest vocal was recorded for.

On 2 March Lightbody revealed the working title of yet another one of the new songs that the band had been working on. At the time, the track was entitled "Unspeakable Things" after being called "Overload" just a couple of days earlier on. This caused the singer to point out that track titles changes as the songs take shape over time. The following week, Lightbody announced that he had finished writing another new song, "The Garden Rules". The attached photograph hints of instruments such as the melodica, celesta and mellotron flute being featured on the track. In addition, he says that the number of vocal takes are kept to a minimum similar to how he recorded the album with his side-project Tired Pony in contrast to previous recording sessions with Snow Patrol.

During the first week of April, Lightbody wrote about a collaboration for the new record together with The L.A. Inner City Mass Choir. The group was discovered by Jacknife Lee after browsing YouTube a couple of weeks prior to the post by Lightbody. A few days later, the singer stated that Jacknife Lee was once again playing the dulcitone, on a track that would remain nameless for
the time being. However, later he claims it does in fact have a name but says: "I know it will change because I hate its name.
Playing into the night". Whether or not "Playing Into the Night" is the working title or not remains uncertain, though.

A third collaboration would be announced on 12 April when Lightbody said that the band had invited American folk rock artist Lissie to the recording sessions. Reportedly, she provided vocals to the
previously mentioned "The Garden Rules" along with songs called "I’ll Never Let Go", "Those Distant Bells" "West of Here" and "Fallen Empires". Lightbody particularly praised her for the vocals recorded for "I'll Never Let Go" and described them as similar in style to those of soul and gospel singer Merry Clayton on the track "Gimme Shelter" written by the English rock group The Rolling Stones. Shortly afterwards, the band was said to have left the studio, The Eagle's Watch, in Malibu, California as declared by Lightbody on 17 April 2011. Moreover, he mentioned that the forthcoming album will probably have a Deluxe Edition which will feature a movie shot during the group's stay at the studio among other things.

In May, Lightbody and Connolly were summoned to the studio of Jacknife Lee to supposedly record additional vocals. In late May, Lightbody said of the progress that the album was to be finished "and therefore very likely" to see a release later in the year. He also expressed his content with the result saying "It's different but it's great."

Lightbody mentions in a blog post in late June how Canadian musician Owen Pallett was called in to write string and brass arrangements for approximately 7–8 songs off the new record along with fellow composer Nico Muhly. According to the information given by Lightbody, the two were working with the band at Ocean Way Studios in the Los Angeles area at the beginning of the month.

Snow Patrol released a new single for radio airplay, "Called Out In The Dark" on Thursday July 21 on BBC Radio 1 on Zane Lowe's radio show. According to official sources, the single itself will be
released independently and as part of an EP later on and the UK release date is said to be September 4. More details on the EP were announced on August 3, when the group's website revealed the
artwork and tracklist contents. Along with the new single, the release will also contain three new tracks called "My Brothers", "I'm Ready" and "Fallen Empires", respectively. In addition, it was revealed that the EP is intended to be a digital release limited to the UK and Ireland.

Shortly after the premiere of the new lead single, the quintet's official website confirmed the news that the name of the new album will be Fallen Empires.  Lightbody also confirmed in a Dutch radio interview that the album is due in the first weeks of November preceeded by another single before that. He revealed that the band intend to tour the UK and Ireland in January and February 2012 with details on the rest of the European tour to be announced at a later stage.

A video for "Called Out in the Dark" was recorded in the Los Angeles area on July 30 and is based around an idea from Gary Lightbody. He stated in a Tumblr post that Brett Simon is the director of the video and that Noemie Lafrance is in charge of the choreography for it, previously known for her work with singer-songwriter Leslie Feist. Lightbody expresses some anxiety about the fact that he's part of the choreography but admits that "part of the idea is that I’m not supposed to be good at it" and concludes: "If you don’t try new things you fade away and die".

The success of Snow Patrol has influenced the thriving Belfast music scene positively. This includes Lightbody, who returned to the city and now lives there. The band's kindness towards local bands, partly by founding Polar Music, and Lightbody being an active part of the Oh Yeah Music Centre has resulted in high optimism in the scene. Musicians like Bono (of U2), Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.), Nikki Sixx (of Mötley Crüe) have also expressed their admiration for Snow Patrol. Terri Hooley, founder of the Good Vibrations label and a lifelong supporter of local Northern Irish music has expressed pride in bands like Snow Patrol.

Gary Lightbody and Tom Simpson are both fans of the football club Dundee F.C.. 

In 2008, they met the club's board of directors to find ways to financially help the short-of-cash club. The band also owns a stake in the Houndstooth Pub in New York City.

Snow Patrol have founded Polar Music, a publishing company run through Kobalt Music. The venture is independent from the band's publishing deal withUniversal Music. Polar Music will sign artists regardless of their genre, as drummer Jonny Quinn explained: "there is no agenda—if it's good enough and we believe in it 110%, we will sign it." Quinn, and his fellow band members Connolly and Lightbody are acting as A&R. The company's first signing is singer-songwriter Johnny McDaid, previously of the Northern Irish band Vega4. Quinn has said that they wish to sign artists to a one-album deal, and do not want to put undue pressure on the artists with a bigger, multi-year deal. Polar Music had its first chart hit in the first week of October 2009.

In June 2010, the band were commemorated with a Heritage Award by PRS for Music. A plaque was erected on the Duke of York pub in Belfast where the band performed their first gig. The band was the sixth to receive the award, with all the members turning out. They later performed a live set to a small crowd of around 30 people.

Перевод песни "Run" ("Беги"):



I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to
go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I
know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you
cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly
speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to
cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you
cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly
speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to
find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's
just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you
cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear



Я спою тебе это в последний раз,
А
потом нам действительно нужно идти.
Ты
была единственной правильной
вещью,              
Из
всего, что я сделал.

И я могу только едва взглянуть на
тебя,
Но каждый раз, когда я остаюсь
в одиночестве,
Я знаю, что мы сделаем
это где-нибудь
Далеко отсюда...

Светись, светись!
Так, будто у тебя
есть выбор.
Даже если ты не услышишь
моего голоса,
Я буду совсем рядом с
тобой, дорогая.

Громче, громче!
И мы будем бежать
всю нашу жизнь.
Я с трудом могу
говорить, я понял
Почему ты не можешь
говорить громче.

Если подумать, я мог бы не видеть этих
глаз.
Очень трудно заставить себя
не плакать.
Я чуть было не сделал
так,
Как будто мы надолго сказали
друг другу "Прощай!"

Светись, светись!
Так, будто у тебя
будет выбор.
Даже если ты не услышишь
моего голоса,
Я буду совсем рядом с
тобой, дорогая.

Громче, громче!
И мы будем бежать
всю нашу жизнь.
Я с трудом могу
говорить, я понял
Почему ты не можешь
говорить громче.

Медленнее, медленнее!
У нас нет на
это времени.
Все что я хочу, это найти
легкий путь,
Чтобы отвыкнуть от
наших маленьких жизней.

Будь милосердна, дорогая.
Мы
сдерживаемся, боясь
Смириться со
всей этой неразберихой,
Даже если
это всего лишь на несколько дней.  

Светись, светись!
Так, будто у тебя
будет выбор.
Даже если ты не услышишь
моего голоса,
Я буду совсем рядом с
тобой, дорогая.