Gary Lightbody: ‘I thought I was broken, and I would never feel again’ | 11
How Do You Cope?
Wondery
5 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when the grief of losing a loved one becomes all-consuming?
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody sits down with John to talk about losing his father, and the all-encompassing grief that followed.
Gary talks about the sometimes challenging relationship he had with his Dad Jack. In the wake of Jack’s death, he was forced to confront the ways in which their relationship could have been better. He also discusses his experience of being a single man, and the importance of finding stillness in your everyday life.
On Thursday in our bonus episode The Gratitude List, Gary shares the 5 things that he is currently grateful for.
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| 0:49.0 | Hello and welcome to How Do You Cope with me, John Robbins. This is the show where I sit down with |
| 0:59.1 | very special guests talk about the challenges they've faced and the coping mechanisms they use |
| 1:04.0 | every day. Today's guest is the musician Gary Lightbody, best known as the lead singer of the band Snow Patrol. |
| 1:12.3 | Gary was born in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland, |
| 1:15.7 | and at a young age he developed an interest in music and literature, |
| 1:19.3 | especially citing Kurt Cobain and Seamus Heaney as early inspirations. |
| 1:24.2 | In 1994, whilst at university in Dundee, he formed the band that would later become Snow Patrol, |
| 1:29.5 | and after a couple of album releases on a small indie label, they released their breakthrough album |
| 1:33.9 | Final Straw, featuring the well-known songs Run and Spitting Games. The album would go on to sell |
| 1:40.0 | nearly two million copies in the UK and many more worldwide. The band's next album featured the runaway hit Chasing Cars, |
| 1:47.0 | which as of 2019 was reported to have been the most played song on UK radio |
| 1:51.5 | of the 21st century. |
| 1:53.5 | As well as writing his own music, |
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