{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)","description":"What do you do when you\u2019ve spent your whole adult life striving to become a successful musician, and then when you finally reach that breakthrough you discover that success still doesn\u2019t fix that creeping sadness you\u2019ve felt since you were a kid? That was the situation Gary Lightbody found himself in when hits such as Run and Chasing Cars catapulted Snow Patrol to the top of the charts and into some of the biggest venues in the world. In this conversation Gary talks openly about that struggle and how he\u2019s managed to, in his words, become great friends with his demons. We also talk about what it was like growing up in Bangor in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the impact Nirvana had on him as a kid, his journey to sobriety, how his father\u2019s battle with dementia has affected him and much, much more. ","author_name":"Humans of Music","author_url":"https:\/\/humansofmusic.libsyn.com\/website","html":"