Music Under Fire

Snow Patrol have taken off with a bang with the release of their new album A Hundred Million Suns. Now with a few weeks under their belt getting used to the limelight once again, the band chose 'Crack The Shutters' as their second single ('Take Back The City' was their first). According to the band's MySpace page, 'Crack the Shutters' became a fan favorite during their Take Back The Cities Tour and decided to run with it given its popularity at their shows.

The single will be released in the UK on December 15th. Even more exciting is their cover of Elbow's (Guy Garvey) "One Day Like This" and the addition of an unreleased track called "Cubicles" that will be available on the single.

MP3: Elbow - Any Day Now (buy)
MP3: Snow Patrol - Run (live) (buy)

If you're looking to draw some attention to yourself and win some prizes, you can enter the band's contest and make a video about your hometown or the city you live in:

Snow Patrol are asking you to make your own video about your city. You can film anything about your city, what you do there, what makes it a great place, why you live there, anything! The best video will win the Grand Prize of New 13in Macbook & Snow Patrol Prize Pack (including a Hundred Million Suns CD, poster and Snow Patrol glow in the dark stars)! First Runner up will receive an 8GB iPod Touch & Snow Patrol Prize Pack! Second Runner up will receive an 8GB iPod Nano Chromatic & Snow Patrol Prize Pack!

How To Enter: Join the contest group on YouTube here and upload your video to the group. Then enter all your information and the URL of your video on YouTube to this registration page here.