emotional sound, doing pretty well at revving up the crowd of humor than their sometimes angsty, anthemic songs might Then came "Set the Fire to the Third Bar," and pretty soon, everyone -- likely including the band -- got have to imagine the voice of Martha Wainwright, who adds guest vocals to the song on the album.
Unless, you know, ha ha, anyone in the audience wanted to sing it with him.
Or maybe not so ha ha, because, amid all the yells and waving arms, Lightbody pointed to a woman at the back, who was waving her arms and jumping up and down, and invited her up.
"This is as off the cuff as you can possibly get," he said.
Lightbody and the woman, introduced as "Madison" after a hasty consultation, then sang together, each with an arm around the other. And it was pretty good.
OK, Madison is no Martha Wainwright, but, as Lightbody pointed out, what she did was "the height of bravery." She even chuckling as he sang.
But more important, the moment transformed the show.
Up until then, the band had played well and the charismatic Lightbody had connected with the crowd.
band's albums, and there had been little of the Only a band accomplished but flexible, prepared but playful, would have tried what Snow Patrol did. Brave of Madison, sure -- but pretty brave for the Snow Patrol lads, too.
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