Nicky Wire: ‘Snow Patrol Are Utterly Deplorable’

Manic Street Preacher’s Nicky Wire has said that he thinks Snow Patrol are “utterly deplorable.”

Speaking ahead of the Manic Street Preacher’s appearance at this weekends V Festival (August 18th-19th), the bass player voiced his distain at the group – who are also playing at the event.

"Snow Patrol is the biggest divide in Britain. They're probably the biggest band in Britain, but they're also the most hated," he told NME. "It's a weird dichotomy for them. They are utterly deplorable, there is something unredeemingly utterly shit about them, you just cannot put one's finger on.”

Wire then went on to explain why he thought the band’s music was so divisive.

"It's a desperate form of music, the endless repeated lines, over and over, the same drab ****ing little thing on and on and on. They're the great losers turned into the great winners, that's their redemption. I won't be watching them."