Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody Diagnosed With Dislocated Jaw After Eight Years

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody has recently discovered that he has been singing with a dislocated jaw for the past eight years.

The 33-year-old frontman says he smashed his face up badly when he fell down a flight of stairs during a night out in Glasgow in 2002.

He was taken to hospital but wasn't given a thorough check because of his abusive behaviour towards staff – something he regrets badly.

Speaking to The Daily Record, Lightbody said: "I busted myself up pretty bad. My eye closed over like a beaten boxer and I lost some teeth, which I got replaced.

“Waking up in a hospital bed with only one eye and the worst hangover I ever had is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

"Because of my previous night's behaviour to the nursing staff, the only thing they wanted was rid of me so there were no head x-rays taken. Let me be clear right now, I am not annoyed with the nurses at all - I'm only ashamed of myself, not annoyed with them.

"A few years after that incident, my jaw started to get sore and has been a source of pain for years. I have seen all kinds of people about it.

"My mistrust of western medicine meant, though, that never once did I get it x-rayed."

Explaining the moment he discovered the ailment, Lightbody continued: "It got so sore that I couldn't take it any longer and went to a doctor who promptly X-Rayed me and discovered that it was dislocated."

(by Scott Colothan)

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