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‘Snow Patrol began there’: Rock star praises Dundee University after honorary degree announcement

Gary Lightbody on stage with Snow Patrol at T in the Park in 2012.
Gary Lightbody on stage with Snow Patrol at T in the Park in 2012.

The lead singer of Snow Patrol has thanked Dundee University after the institution announced it would hand him an honorary degree.

Gary Lightbody is one of ten prominent figures being recognised by his alma mater later this month as thousands of students graduate.

Snow Patrol began life when the Northern Irishman linked up with Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland while attending Dundee University in the 1990s.

During Lightbody’s time in Dundee, he also met the band’s future keyboardist Tom Simpson, who is from the city.

Growing in popularity in the late-1990s, the band relocated to Glasgow and went on to sell millions of albums worldwide.

Posting to his Twitter account after the news of his honorary doctorate was revealed, Lightbody said: “My old alma mater is giving me an honorary doctorate later this month. Thank you @dundeeuni.

“Snow Patrol began there and I met the awesome Tom Simpson there so I owe the place a lot. I should be giving you an honorary doctorate but I can’t as I’m not a university.”

Some have called for Lightbody to play the graduation ball.

Kengo Kuma, the architect behind the V&A, is also being handed an honorary doctorate by the university.