GLEN Hansard will perform a solo show at Belltable on Thursday December 19. This will be the first Limerick date since 2017 for the The Frames/The Swell Season frontman.This intimate solo show is a pre-Christmas fundraiser for Ukrainian Action in Ireland.
Oscar winning song-writer, musician and actor, Glen Hansard, began his career busking on the streets of Dublin, from where he formed acclaimed Irish band The Frames. Starting with Another Love Song released in 1991 on Island Records, the band went on to release another five studio albums, building both an international audience, and the lead singer’s reputation.
In 2007, along with Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová, Glen starred in the independent Irish film ‘Once’, a story of two musicians who decide to collaborate, and find themselves falling into a relationship. When ‘Falling Slowly’, the lead song from the film, won the Academy Award in 2007 for Best Original Song, the pair went on to form The Swell Season, recording an eponymous album and touring it across the world.
In 2011, as Once was transformed into a musical which premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop before transferring to Broadway in 2012 and continuing on to a world tour, a documentary also titled The Swell Season documented the duo’s post-Oscars success and vaguely mirrored the story depicted in Once, but in reverse as the relationship and band came to an end.
Glen recorded his first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, in New York in 2012, recording the record how he wanted and with whom he wanted. He has been both a resident and regular visitor to the city, and its influence on him can be seen in a personal history with Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Mic Christopher and many others.
Since that first solo record, Glen has released a further four to critical and audience acclaim, while continuing to tour the world as a solo artist, and with The Swell Season and The Frames.
Glen Hansard, Solo at The Belltable is presented by I.NY. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are limited to 200, priced at €35 including booking fee with proceeds going to Ukrainian Action in Ireland, and available now from Lime Tree Theatre/Belltable box office.
