Support: Lisa O’Neill
Main Set: Grace Beneath the Pines, Winning Streak, Philander, My Little Ruin, When Your Mind’s Made Up, Bird of Sorrow – Sing All Our Cares Away (Damien Dempsey), Falling Slowly*, What Happens When the Heart Just Stops, Astral Weeks** (Van Morrison), Revelate** – Broken Face (Pixies), Paying My Way (for Graham Hopkins, who’s 40 today), Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Northern Sky (Nick Drake), McCormack’s Wall (for Lisa O’Neill), Lowly Deserter, Didn’t He Ramble, Way Back When, High Hope, This Gift
Encore: Song by Bitch Falcon, Where is My Mind*** (The Pixies), Gold (Interference), Christmas Biscuits (Geary/Hansard)****, Raglan Road*****, The Auld Triangle****** (Brendan Behan), Her Mercy
*Glen solo
**with Joe on double bass
***with Bitch Falcon
****with Mark Geary, Graham and Joe
*****with Lisa O’Neill
******verses by Glen, Rob, Joe, Graham, Una + Paula + Katie + Romy (verse as Gaeilge), Ronan + Michael + Curtis Fowlkes (“On a damp Dublin Evening, Our horns were screaming, As we blew the roof off this hall so grand”), Mic, Fiacre + Leon + Simon, Gary Hansard (from the audience)
[Thanks to Lori and Avril for the setlist.]
Band: Glen Hansard (guitar, mandolin, piano), Joe Doyle (bass), Rob Bochnik (guitar, mandolin, bozouki), Graham Hopkins (drums) Romy (piano), Michael Buckley (saxophone, flute), Ronan Dooney (trumpet), Curtis Fowlkes (Trombone), Una O’Kane (violin), Paula Hughes (cello), Katie O’Connor (violin)
Reviews: The Independent, Hot Press
Photos: Hot Press, Golden Plec
Video:
Grace Beneath the Pines (by Izabela Kolodziej)
When Your Mind’s Made Up – Bird of Sorrow – Sing All Our Cares Away (by Izabela Kolodziej)
Falling Slowly – Astral Weeks (by Izabela Kolodziej)
Revelate – Broken Face – Paying My Way (by Izabela Kolodziej)
High Hope (by Avril Vickery)
This Gift (by Avril Vickery)
Christmas Biscuits (by Avril Vickery)