For the fourth year Glen busks in Grafton Street to raise money for homeless charities Peter McVerry Trust and Simon Community. He is joined at various times throughout the evening by Phil from Simon Community, Bono, Paddy Casey, Conall Coleman, Matthew Devereux, Fiach, Eoin Glackin, Gavin Glass, Lisa Hannigan, Ciarán Kilbride, Sinead O’Connor, Liam O’Maonlai, Declan O’Rourke, Vincent Swan, Steve Wall, Joe Wall, Shane Wearen and many more. As the crowd grows, they are asked to move from one place to another by the guards.
Setlist: Fisherman’s Blues (The Waterboys), Faith (George Michael), You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan), Into The Mystic (Van Morrison), The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band), Heyday (Mic Christopher), Were You At The Rock (Traditional), Amhran Ua Tra Baine – The Song of the White Strand (Traditional), The Wait (Paddy Casey), Falling Slowly (with Lisa Hannigan), Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince), The Weight (The Band), O Holy Night (Traditional), Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl), Kansas City (Grateful Dead), Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley), No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley), Brewing Up A Storm (The Stunning), Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Love/Spector), I Believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake), Silent Night (Traditional), Desire (U2) – Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly) – That’s All Right Mama (Crudup/Presley), Driving Home for Christmas (Chris Rea), The Auld Triangle (Traditional)
[Thanks to Ciaran for the setlist.]
Photos: Gorgeous shots by Myles O’Reilly
Video:
If you watch one video, make it this one, beautifully shot by Myles O’Reilly and Stephen Mogerley. Seriously. Or watch it right here. Either way.
Short Busk Film by Myles O’Reilly
Various Clips (by FRO Films)
Fisherman’s Blues (by Brendan Smith)
Fisherman’s Blues (by BlastBeatUK)
Faith (by DublinSimonCommunity)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (by IrishRobbie2006)
Song of the White Strand (by anhuwa)
Into the Mystic (by dara mcconnell)
Nothing Compares 2 U (by Brendan Smith)
Heyday (by dara mcconnell)
Falling Slowly (by IrishRobbie2006)
Dirty Old Town (by hicksonb)
Kansas City (by IrelandCaptured)
Get Up Stand Up (by Carolina Nobre Bernal)
Brewing Up a Storm (by Jason Bourne)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (by ott ant)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – I Believe in Father Christmas – (by IrelandCaptured)
I Believe in Father Christmas (by Jason Bourke)
I Believe in Father Christmas (by ott ant)
Silent Night (by Peter White)
Desire (by Tulio Korossy)
Desire – Not Fade Away (by ott ant)
Desire – Not Fade Away – That’s All Right Mama – Driving Home for Christmas (by correndinha83)
The Auld Triangle (by bossaddict)
The Auld Triangle (by DrugoHelterSkelter)
The Auld Triangle (by Sarah Kennedy)
The Auld Triangle (ROSSER1303)
The Auld Triangle (by greenmanc95)
Heyday – video montage (by dara mcconnell)
After the busk, a few of the musicians end up at Whelans for a few tunes, including a new Paddy Casey song called ‘There is Light’.
There is Light (by SteveMogerley)