Snow Patrol Are Against Abstinence

Snow Patrol will mount their own headlining tour behind last year's A Hundred Million Suns after they wrap their opening slot dates for U2 in North America in September.

According to the band's website, the band will stage a few headlining shows between their U2 dates before the tour truly gets underway in late September. The lone Canadian date is at Montreal's Metropolis on Sept. 18.

Tickets for all shows except Washington, D.C. go on sale to the general public on Saturday (June 27) and members of the SP.com fan club get the first crack at tickets through pre-sales.

Snow Patrol just finished a handful of dates opening for Coldplay in North America. But singer/guitarist Gary Lightbody says he couldn't go anywhere without seeing or hearing about the Jonas Brothers and was especially irked at one of their beliefs.

"Promise rings? Hmmm. As you read this people what are you thinking about now?" he wrote in a June 20 blog entry.

"Yup, thought so, sex. Or if not right now then ten minutes ago? Four minutes ago? From all of our teenage years onwards we think of sex a hell of a lot.

"What then do you think would be an apt suggestion to the youth of the world? You think abstinence is gonna cut the mustard? ABSTINENCE?! Yes indeed. What a good idea! Let's tell kids to simply fight their carnal (and wholly natural) urges and stay 'pure' until marriage. I may know very little (and I really don't know much) but one thing I'm sure of is that this simply will not work."

You can see Snow Patrol here:

June 27 Vienna, Austria @ Donauinsen Festival
June 30, July 2 Barcelona, Spain @ Nou Camp w/U2
July 5 London, England @ Roundhouse (iTunes Festival)
July 7-8 Milan, Italy @ San Siro w/U2
July 10 Eadestown, Ireland @ Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen Festival)
July 12 Balado, Scotland @ Balado Airfield (T In The Park)
July 15 Nice, France @ Parc Des Spirts Charles Ehrmann
July 17 Eching, Germany @ Sonnenrot Festival
July 18 Berlin, Germany @ Olympic Stadium
July 20-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Amsterdam Arena
July 25 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
July 26 Lorrach, Germany @ Marktplatz
July 29 Hamburg, Germany @ Stadtpark
July 31-Aug. 1 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Arena w/U2
Aug. 3 Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Arena Auf Schalke
Aug. 6-7 Chorzow, Poland @ Slaski Stadium w/U2
Aug. 10 Zagreb, Croatia @ Maksimir Stadium w/U2
Aug. 12 Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
Aug. 14 Gampel, Switzerland @ Gampel Festival
Aug. 21 Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Aug. 22 Staffordshire, Engalnd @ Weston Park (V Festival)
Aug. 23 Chelmsford, England @ Hylands Park (V Festival)
Sept. 10 St. Paul, MN @ Myth
Sept. 14 Detroit, MI @ Fillmore
Sept. 16-17 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre w/U2
Sept. 18 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Sept. 20-21 Boston, MA @ Gillette Stadium w/U2
Sept. 22 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
Sept. 25 Washington, D.C. @ Constitution Hall
Sept. 26 Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Records Ave. Of The Arts
Sept. 27 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
Sept. 29 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
Sept. 30 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Murat Centre
Oct. 2 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 3 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
Oct. 5 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
Oct. 6 Austin, TX @ Stubb's
Oct. 7 Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
Oct. 9 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 10 Orem, UT @ McKay Events Center
Oct. 11 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Oct. 13 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Oct. 14 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
Oct. 16 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
Oct. 17 San Diego, CA @ Open Air Theatre (San Diego State University)
Oct. 20 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern LG