Who: Gary Lightbody (of Snow Patrol) When: August 2, 2015 Where: Swedish American Hall/ San Francisco, CA With: A room full of people in varying states of emotion Of Note: This is a story about how I cried in public. Snow Patrol is a band that I have a lot of emotional bullshit tied to. For years, one of their albums (it rotated) was my 'go to sleep' music. And, the first time I saw them (in PARIS) served as kind of an ending for me, the end of a period of mourning from a failed relationship . I can still clearly remember tearing up during 'This Isn't Everything You Are' and feeling so very triumphant during the last chorus because the message that despite all the pain and heartache, that's not all you are provided a tidy end to my, "and now we move on," narrative. So, when I saw that Gary Lightbody, Snow Patrol's lead singer, was doing a solo show in SF, I immediately bought a ticket. That man's voice is magic. The set was a g