Snow Patrol 'warn fans about new tour'

Snow Patrol have warned fans hoping to hear their hits live that they will be rearranging their past material on their upcoming tour.

Guitarist Nathan Connolly told BBC Newsbeat that the band will be adding new instruments to the old songs as well as moving in a different direction with their new work.

Connolly said: "We want to change it up. We're going to rearrange all the songs and try them in a different way. There's strings, brass, maybe a small choir.

"We're going to try and do things differently. We want to try and mess with the songs and see. If people are wanting to come and hear the hits the way they are I guess they need to be warned."

Of the band's new songs, he added: "They're all very different from each other. They sound like Snow Patrol but presented slightly differently. I think I'd rather let people make up their own mind.

"I think some people might be surprised. Some people might just think it's normal. I think it's different. We have Gary [Lightbody] and his voice, no matter what kind of musical direction we'll take, we'll always make it sound like Snow Patrol."