They recently played Dublin's Olympia Theatre as well as a number of smaller Irish venues as a warm-up for their comeback album 'Wildness' - but now Snow Patrol are gearing up for a much bigger show in the capital.

Gary Lightbody and his bandmates will play the 3Arena on December 11th, as well as Belfast's SSE Arena on December 7th.

Tickets for both dates go on sale next Friday, June 8th from usual outlets at 9am.