Nathan Connolly (born 20 January 1981) is a Northern Irish musician,[1] who is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for alternative rock band Snow Patrol.

I mean, I’ve always wanted to play in a band and write music, I just didn’t realize exactly how much when I first started.He is a former pupil of Grosvenor Grammar School.

Prior to joining Snow Patrol, Connolly was a member of a band called File Under Easy Listening (or F.U.E.L), who were managed by BBC Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray.

With Connolly as a composer of the band's new material, Snow Patrol garnered a new record deal and released Final Straw in 2003.

On 17 March 2023, he released “Fires”, with guest star Simon Neil on vocals, as the lead single from his debut solo album “The Strange Order of Things”.

He also uses a function in the TC Electronic G Major that allows him to switch the channels on his Marshall Jubilee amp heads for his heaviest sounds.