Anyone have a download code for his new album? I'm hoping to pick up the vinyl around Christmas time but money is short right now. I have a fair amount of ones I could trade. PM me if you can, please!
The DC show was nothing short of incredible. He's in an astounding place as a performer, getting better and better which I didn't really think possible...
New York Beacon Theater is sold out for Tues, but Mon in Brooklyn is not sold out. Go if you can!!! SamJam and others already going, you are so in for a treat!
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10-16-2014 Detroit
I really am still thinking about this week's shows. Both NYC shows were fabulous, per usual. The new songs sounded even better live than on the album, and I have a whole new appreciation for the album in general after attending the shows.
Glen is hands down one of the most captivating live shows you can ever see...really a treat for every single second. The setlists pretty much mirrored each other both nights, save for a few songs, but that's OK with me...I could hear him sing every night! Highlight the first night in Brooklyn was Her Mercy to close. Glen brought up someone in the audience (I think it might have been a friend, but really couldn't tell) who had a powerhouse of a voice and just belted the song in a reprise sort of way after Glen sang most of it. Another highlight was Heyday. Love that song. And the Kings Theatre is probably the most beautiful venue I've ever been in, and I've been in quite a few! Breathtaking in there. Beacon show was fantastic as well. So good seeing you again, shetellsherself! Overall, Astral Weeks, Lowly Deserter, and Come Away To The Water were great to hear too. And Glen's stories were fantastic, as usual. He has a real gift with words, whether singing or simply just telling a story.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Thanks for that review Samjam, sounds fantastic! No surprise, but still great to hear details. And will have to try to get to that Kings Theater, sounds beautiful!
Was it Moji he got up to sing on Her Mercy? Here's a clip from the show at the ed Sullivan theatre. http://youtu.be/wy6OQXQ_s74
I believe it was, thanks for that! She was amazing.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Was it Moji he got up to sing on Her Mercy? Here's a clip from the show at the ed Sullivan theatre. http://youtu.be/wy6OQXQ_s74
I believe it was, thanks for that! She was amazing.
Wait, so he is planting the woman in the audience at his shows and acting like he's pulling her up from the crowd?? I suppose this was the woman who was pulled from the audience in Vancouver too. Now that I know she's a plant I feel like we were all tricked. Before he did that, Glen actually had pulled a real fan from the crowd for a song, so then when he pulled up his plant, the whole crowd very reasonably assumed she was another fan. And even more so after, because she came back into the audience and pretended to be all flustered and was talking to those approaching her as though she was stunned and amazed that such a thing had just happened to her, like "oh my god! I can't believe that just happened! Oh, you all really thought I was good??" kind of shit. She allowed people to say stuff like "you should be a professional!" to her, and she pretended to be bashful about the suggestion. The fact that she appeared to be a local, and a fellow fan, was a big part of why the crowd loved the performance, not to mention the perceived spontaneity of it. The crowd was expressing their joy about that aspect too.... So now I'm realizing that she's planted in the audience every show, and I don't appreciate the big fake act at all. They need to stop with that crap. It's just a big lie. Have her just come out on stage as part of the performance instead of lying to everyone. I'm a bit disappointed in Glen for doing that.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Was it Moji he got up to sing on Her Mercy? Here's a clip from the show at the ed Sullivan theatre. http://youtu.be/wy6OQXQ_s74
I believe it was, thanks for that! She was amazing.
Wait, so he is planting the woman in the audience at his shows and acting like he's pulling her up from the crowd?? I suppose this was the woman who was pulled from the audience in Vancouver too. Now that I know she's a plant I feel like we were all tricked. Before he did that, Glen actually had pulled a real fan from the crowd for a song, so then when he pulled up his plant, the whole crowd very reasonably assumed she was another fan. And even more so after, because she came back into the audience and pretended to be all flustered and was talking to those approaching her as though she was stunned and amazed that such a thing had just happened to her, like "oh my god! I can't believe that just happened! Oh, you all really thought I was good??" kind of shit. She allowed people to say stuff like "you should be a professional!" to her, and she pretended to be bashful about the suggestion. The fact that she appeared to be a local, and a fellow fan, was a big part of why the crowd loved the performance, not to mention the perceived spontaneity of it. The crowd was expressing their joy about that aspect too.... So now I'm realizing that she's planted in the audience every show, and I don't appreciate the big fake act at all. They need to stop with that crap. It's just a big lie. Have her just come out on stage as part of the performance instead of lying to everyone. I'm a bit disappointed in Glen for doing that.
Was it Moji he got up to sing on Her Mercy? Here's a clip from the show at the ed Sullivan theatre. http://youtu.be/wy6OQXQ_s74
I believe it was, thanks for that! She was amazing.
Wait, so he is planting the woman in the audience at his shows and acting like he's pulling her up from the crowd?? I suppose this was the woman who was pulled from the audience in Vancouver too. Now that I know she's a plant I feel like we were all tricked. Before he did that, Glen actually had pulled a real fan from the crowd for a song, so then when he pulled up his plant, the whole crowd very reasonably assumed she was another fan. And even more so after, because she came back into the audience and pretended to be all flustered and was talking to those approaching her as though she was stunned and amazed that such a thing had just happened to her, like "oh my god! I can't believe that just happened! Oh, you all really thought I was good??" kind of shit. She allowed people to say stuff like "you should be a professional!" to her, and she pretended to be bashful about the suggestion. The fact that she appeared to be a local, and a fellow fan, was a big part of why the crowd loved the performance, not to mention the perceived spontaneity of it. The crowd was expressing their joy about that aspect too.... So now I'm realizing that she's planted in the audience every show, and I don't appreciate the big fake act at all. They need to stop with that crap. It's just a big lie. Have her just come out on stage as part of the performance instead of lying to everyone. I'm a bit disappointed in Glen for doing that.
Whoa, chill, slow your roll before you burn your Glen Hansard fanclub card! (Not that there is one, but you know, metaphorically). I've been seeing Glen live in various incarnations for 20 years, all over the US and UK, and I have NEVER EVER EVER seen him "plant" someone in the audience. If you saw Moji, she was in the audience and did not know she'd get pulled up. Clearly she knows Glen and has been brought onstage before, but that doesn't mean it was all planned out and she was acting surprised. She did NOT tour with him on this tour; most of the shows on this tour she did not go onstage (and likely wasn't even there). Maybe by SamJam's show she knew she was likely to go up, but he met her on the street before an Eddie Vedder show originally and brought her onstage that night, so he just does that. I doubt anything you saw was an act.
Obviously if you believe she was a fake plant and acting all excited, you're gonna react how you react. But I have never seen anything go down at a Frames/SwellSeason/Glen show that was all acted out or fake or done night after night and made to look "improv", and I've seen several shows in a row at times. So before you're so sure everything was fake, make sure a) she was the exact same person, and b) that she wasn't acting when she looked all flustered. As far as I know she's NOT a professional musician, she's a busker who got lucky before a Glen and Ed show awhile back and he's stayed in touch since then. To be clear, she did NOT appear at most of the shows on this tour. She is not part of the tour. Look at show reviews or whatever else you believe in to see that this is true.
Believe what you will but unless you're sure she was actually there every night (and not just 2 nights from these posts), don't state that she was there every night, that it's a nightly fake act, and that it's "a big lie" as if it's a fact.
I really don't think Glen was "planting" anyone in the audience... and I can assure you she wasn't at EVERY show!! I think Glen just really enjoys playing with his friends, we had 3 "special" performances in Cincinnati... a local beat-boxer joined the band for "Way Back In The Way Back When" Mark Dignam, a childhood friend of Glen's who now lives in Pittsburgh played his song "Tallahassee" in the encore... followed by a female singer/guitarist (I didn't catch her name) from Detroit, who has played with Glen's drummer for years, was also invited on stage to play a song. I think it's kind of refreshing that he wants to share the stage with other talented performers and friends from the past!!
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Whoa, chill, slow your roll before you burn your Glen Hansard fanclub card! (Not that there is one, but you know, metaphorically). I've been seeing Glen live in various incarnations for 20 years, all over the US and UK, and I have NEVER EVER EVER seen him "plant" someone in the audience. If you saw Moji, she was in the audience and did not know she'd get pulled up. Clearly she knows Glen and has been brought onstage before, but that doesn't mean it was all planned out and she was acting surprised. She did NOT tour with him on this tour; most of the shows on this tour she did not go onstage (and likely wasn't even there). Maybe by SamJam's show she knew she was likely to go up, but he met her on the street before an Eddie Vedder show originally and brought her onstage that night, so he just does that. I doubt anything you saw was an act.
That's more how I saw it, honestly. It seemed like Glen just spotted her in the audience during the song and made a decision right there to bring her up. And when she was singing, it obviously sounded like she knew exactly what she was doing; like she had done that before (and looks like she has). She was really surprised/shocked after, but I suppose it was the rush of it all happening fast in front of a crowd who gave her quite the ovation. It was the last song, and Glen motioned for her to come backstage with the band as everyone was leaving. I thought it was a really cool moment, personally. Didn't look particularly "planted" to me.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Just because I criticize him it doesn't mean I am not still a fan. But i talked to this woman after the show, and she acted like she'd never even met Glen before.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
But i talked to this woman after the show, and she acted like she'd never even met Glen before.
That is certainly strange, though.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Just because I criticize him it doesn't mean I am not still a fan. But i talked to this woman after the show, and she acted like she'd never even met Glen before.
You are completely sure the woman you spoke to was actually Moji? Like positive? And she said she'd never met Glen before?
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New York Beacon Theater is sold out for Tues, but Mon in Brooklyn is not sold out. Go if you can!!! SamJam and others already going, you are so in for a treat!
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11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
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10-16-2014 Detroit
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
The Didn't He Ramble > Way Back > This Gift run was incredible.
Nothing is better than acapella Glen just singing his heart out. And the crowd too on the auld triangle.
Just amazing and fun and happy as always.
Svrdhand sorry you had to miss the shows :(
Glen is hands down one of the most captivating live shows you can ever see...really a treat for every single second. The setlists pretty much mirrored each other both nights, save for a few songs, but that's OK with me...I could hear him sing every night! Highlight the first night in Brooklyn was Her Mercy to close. Glen brought up someone in the audience (I think it might have been a friend, but really couldn't tell) who had a powerhouse of a voice and just belted the song in a reprise sort of way after Glen sang most of it. Another highlight was Heyday. Love that song. And the Kings Theatre is probably the most beautiful venue I've ever been in, and I've been in quite a few! Breathtaking in there. Beacon show was fantastic as well. So good seeing you again, shetellsherself! Overall, Astral Weeks, Lowly Deserter, and Come Away To The Water were great to hear too. And Glen's stories were fantastic, as usual. He has a real gift with words, whether singing or simply just telling a story.
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
Obviously if you believe she was a fake plant and acting all excited, you're gonna react how you react. But I have never seen anything go down at a Frames/SwellSeason/Glen show that was all acted out or fake or done night after night and made to look "improv", and I've seen several shows in a row at times. So before you're so sure everything was fake, make sure a) she was the exact same person, and b) that she wasn't acting when she looked all flustered. As far as I know she's NOT a professional musician, she's a busker who got lucky before a Glen and Ed show awhile back and he's stayed in touch since then. To be clear, she did NOT appear at most of the shows on this tour. She is not part of the tour. Look at show reviews or whatever else you believe in to see that this is true.
Believe what you will but unless you're sure she was actually there every night (and not just 2 nights from these posts), don't state that she was there every night, that it's a nightly fake act, and that it's "a big lie" as if it's a fact.
and I can assure you she wasn't at EVERY show!!
I think Glen just really enjoys playing with his friends,
we had 3 "special" performances in Cincinnati...
a local beat-boxer joined the band for "Way Back In The Way Back When"
Mark Dignam, a childhood friend of Glen's who now lives in Pittsburgh played his song "Tallahassee" in the encore...
followed by a female singer/guitarist (I didn't catch her name) from Detroit,
who has played with Glen's drummer for years,
was also invited on stage to play a song.
I think it's kind of refreshing that he wants to share the stage with other talented performers and friends from the past!!
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
But i talked to this woman after the show, and she acted like she'd never even met Glen before.
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2