SNOW PATROL - SNOW PATROL STAR MISSES COURT DATE

LATEST: SNOW PATROL rocker TOM SIMPSON has missed a second court appearance on charges of cocaine possession. The keyboard player was detained by police on 7 July (07), just hours after performing at the London leg of Live Earth, for missing a previous hearing. He was subsequently released and ordered to face the drug charge - dating back to an arrest in Glasgow in June 2006 - on 31 July (07). However, he failed to show up at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday (31Jul07) and the case was continued until 28 August after a request from Simpson's lawyer. Sheriff Iain Peebles did not query Simpson's absence. Snow Patrol are scheduled to headline England's V Festival in August (18-19Aug07).