Snow Patrol officially drops its official music video for "Don't Give In." The track serves as the group's first record in seven years.

The four-minute clip shows Snow Patrol lead vocalist, Gary Lightbody, singing the lines to "Don't Give In." Prior to the track's release, Lightbody explained what the song is all about.

"'Don't Give In' was originally about a friend going through a tough time but the more I wrote into it I realized it was about me and the struggle of making the album - which took five years and was not easy - coupled with the struggle with depression I've had since I was a kid, so it has become the talisman of the album," said Lightbody. "The song that became the self-fulfilling prophecy,"

Gary Lightbody Talks About 'Wildness'

"Don't Give In" is featured in Snow Patrol's album Wildness. Lightbody previously talked about the meaning behind the compilation's title.

"There are many types of wildness, but I think it can be distilled into two: the wildness of the modern age, all its confusion, logic and alienation and a more ancient wildness. Something primal, alive and beautiful that speaks to our true connectivity, our passion, our love, our communion with nature and each other. This is the kind of wildness the album is centered around. The loss of it. Trying to reconnect with it. To remember it," said Lightbody.

Snow Patrol's Upcoming Tour

Other than the release of "Don't Give In," Snow Patrol also announced its upcoming tour dates in the United States, the United Kingdom, and in Ireland. Tickets to the shows will be available starting March 30.

Next month, the group will head to Islington Assembly Hall in London, the United Kingdom on April 11, the Irving Plaza in New York City on April 18, and The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, California on April 25.

In May, Snow Patrol will head to the Millennium Forum in Derry, U.K. on May 11, the Opera House in Cork, Ireland on May 12, INEC in Killarney, Ireland on May 14, Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland on May 15, Opera House in Wexford, Ireland on May 16, Leisureland in Galway, Ireland on May 18, and Ulster Hall in Belfast, U.K. on May 20.

Who Is Snow Patrol?

Snow Patrol is a Northern-Irish rock band that was formed in 1993. The group is made up of Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, and Johnny McDaid.

Some of the band's other albums are Eyes Open, Final Straw, Fallen Empires, A Hundred Million Suns, Songs for Polarbears, and more.

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