Snow Patrol 'want to be as big as U2'

Gary Lightbody has said that he wants to become as successful as Coldplay and U2 in the coming year.

According to Contactmusic, the Snow Patrol frontman wants to build on the band's current popularity and take a step up to the next level in 2010.

He said: "I see U2 in a class of their own, Coldplay in the next tier down and us and a ton of bands in the tier below them."

Although the group received an encouraging crowd response as last-minute headliners at this year's V Festival in Chelmsford after Oasis pulled out unexpectedly, Lightbody insisted that they still have a way to go before they can match the country's top-billing acts.

He added: "I don't see them as equals. We need 10 or 15 more songs in the national consciousness for that to happen."

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