Pitchfork

Routinely hyped Northern Irish quartet Snow Patrol have yet to catch their big U.S. break (in the wake of their acclaimed third album Final Straw), but an upcoming 23-date North American tour will attempt offer a mainstream-curing remedy for the melodic pop-mopesters (oh, it's a genre).

Snow Patrol's 2005 schedule also includes stops at two of the summer's most prominent festivals-- Coachella on April 30, and the Isle of Wight Festival on June 12. And we're not sure if this is newsworthy or whatever, but the band is scheduled to open a handful of European dates this summer for some Irish wankers called U2, who are out supporting their recent album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. R-e-s-p-e-c-t:

04-23 Spring, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
04-24 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
04-25 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
04-26 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
04-30 Indio, CA - Coachella Music and Arts Festival
05-02 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
05-03 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
05-04 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
05-06 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
05-08 Calgary, AL - MacEwan Hall Ballroom
05-10 Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
05-12 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
05-18 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
05-19 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret LaTullpe
05-20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
05-23 Norfolk, VA - NORVA
05-24 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
05-26 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
05-27 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
05-28 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
05-29 St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre
05-31 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
06-10 Brussels, Belgium - Koning Boudewijn Stadium *
06-12 Newport, England - Seaclose Park (Isle of Wight Festival)
06-14 Manchester, England - Manchester Stadium *
06-24 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park *
07-07 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion *
07-09 Paris, France - Stade de France *
* with U2