Glen Hansard funeral held in Dublin as thousands pay tribute

Both Bono and Eddie Vedder performed at Glen Hansard’s funeral. Watch ↓

If you need a little lift, you’ll find it on this wk's All Songs Considered in the breezy “Origami,” from my favorite new discovery, Claudia Isaki, plus a luminous cover of Neil Young’s “Helpless” from King Princess. But first, we remember Glen Hansard, from @npr.org. ❤️ www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...

if you’re only just finding out (like me) that, e.g., glen hansard was kind of a prick then I think it’s forgivable to have mourned him and thought better of it. nobody — *nobody* — is just finding out that rod liddle was a world-class shithead

In all the tributes to Glen Hansard I haven’t seen this posted yet. A solo take on “Pavement Tune” with a great take on how and why it was written. “I want my life to make more sense I want my life to make amends I want my life to make more sense to me.” Right on.

Night has fallen, let’s go out into it Bring a blanket and a bottle I’ll need a friend to get me through it And lately in this life There’s no quick fix or easy answers Gonna put all our troubles to right 2023 in mijn programma, vandaag wordt Glen Hansard begraven. Te volgen vanaf 14:30 op rip.ie

Jesus. Go on Facebook and you’d swear Glen Hansard had cured cancer and solved world hunger.

What a contrast with the outpouring of love and respect at the loss of Glen Hansard bsky.app/profile/star...

The finest version of Dylan's "Forever Young" we've heard in years, sung by Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers at the funeral of Glen Hansard, with Bono and a legion of Irish musical greats... youtu.be/saN3mrcQv3Y?...

A fine send-off for Glen Hansard: Liam Ó Maonlaí, Eddie Vedder, Bono, Damien Rice, Markéta Irglová and many others. youtu.be/sGvN_Peaq9c?...

Watching the Glen Hansard funeral. It's incredibly sad and lovely.

Maire Saarista said her and Glen Hansard’s son Christy is ‘too young’ to have attended the funeral. www.thejournal.ie/glen-hansard...

One of the things that has made the loss of Glen Hansard so hard is just how easy it is to overlook the people who fight every day to make art, to make the world more beautiful, to ask us to see the transcendent.

A public wake will be held for singer-songwriter Glen Hansard in Dublin later ahead of his funeral tomorrow.

Glen Hansard funeral: Bono, Patti Smith many more but at the heart of his funeral was a wicker coffin, a grieving widow and family and an Irish music community www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

As I've said before, someone dying doesn't give them a pass for their actions during life and it's obvious that Neko Case is talking about Glen Hansard here.