Snow Patrol drummer on the mend

After fracturing his arm on a snowboarding holiday, Snow Patrol drummer Johnny Quinn expects to be back within the month.

Quinn posted a statement on the band's website saying, “I thought it was time that someone from Snow Patrol learnt to snowboard, so I took myself off to Chamonix. However on the first day I tumbled down a hill and broke my elbow. Fortunately it is not a bad break and it looks like I will be set for Australia."

Despite the band's reluctance to play without Quinn, ex-Therapy drummer Graham Hopkins is filling in on their forthcoming European dates so as to avoid a repeat of last year's cancelled shows.

Following their track on the Save The Children kids album Colours Are Brighter, the band have decided to give a percentage of the proceeds from their new single Open Your Eyes to the charity. Their record label Polydor will match the donation for the single, which is out on February 12.

Singer Gary Lightbody said, “ We have been supporting Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future campaign since it launched last year. Over 40 million children living with the effects of conflict can't go to school. Yet education is the very thing that could keep them safe, give them and their countries hope, and transform their lives. The donation from this single will help but it is also about putting pressure on governments to open their eyes and their pockets and provide enough funding to make sure all children get a chance to go to school. “

2:48 PM | 25/01/2007

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