Glen Hansard Announces Carnegie Hall Debut
On September 14, Glen Hansard will make his headlining Carnegie Hall debut.
Tickets for the Carnegie Hall show go on sale on Friday, May 20 at 10 AM (EST). The show will be part of his fall North America tour, which was previously announced (all dates listed below). Glen will be touring in support of his recently released the EP, A Season on the Line (Apr 15) and in continued support of his Grammy-nominated full length, Didn’t He Ramble (Sept 18).
The tour will kick off September 12 in Philadelphia and wrap September 30 in Los Angeles. Glen will also be performing this summer at the historic Newport Folk Festival. Tickets are on sale now. Visit http://glenhansardmusic.com/tour for more information.
Glen Hansard is the celebrated principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for the influential Irish group The Frames. Whether busking the streets of Dublin, where he got his start, or headlining a gig, Hansard has garnered a reputation as an unparalleled frontman. Hansard is also one half of the acclaimed duo The Swell Season. In 2007, he and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” off the Once soundtrack. In 2013, the Broadway adaptation, Once, The Musical, won eight Tony Awards including the top musical prize itself. His debut solo album Rhythm & Repose was released in 2012.
Glen Hansard Live Dates
7/24 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
9/12 Philadelphia, PA Keswick Theatre
9/13 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
9/14 New York, NY Carnegie Hall
9/16 North Adams, MA FreshGrass Festival
9/17 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theatre
9/19 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
9/20 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
9/21 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
9/23 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
9/24 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
9/25 Austin, TX Stubb's
9/27 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
9/28 San Diego, CA Casbah
9/30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern