FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2019
Contact: kelly@epitaph.com

GLEN HANSARD SHARES INTIMATE DOCUMENTARY FEAT. PERFORMANCES OF NEW SONGS “DON’T SETTLE” AND “RACE TO THE BOTTOM”, WATCH HERE

INITIAL NORTH AMERICAN DATES ANNOUNCED
INCL. NYC’S BEACON THEATRE

Photo Credit: Stephan Vanfleteren

NEW ALBUM ‘THIS WILD WILLING’ OUT APRIL 12 VIA ANTI-

WATCH “I’LL BE YOU, BE ME” VIDEO

Glen Hansard’s fourth full-length album This Wild Willing (April 12, ANTI-) was conceived in Paris and is grounded in a spirit of openness to invention and experimentation. Today Hansard shares a new La Blogotheque short film that follows Glen down the streets of Paris as he gives insight into his creative process around This Wild Willing and features performances of two new songs, “Don’t Settle” and “Race To The Bottom”. Watch it HERE.

 “It’s just about not resting on some idea of who you are or what you’re about,” Hansard says of “Race To The Bottom”. “The job of anybody in life is to keep on honing their craft and keep on getting better at what they do and keep on digging deep and to never let go and to never give in to the banal.”  

Hansard also recently shared the primal new music video for lead single “I’ll Be You, Be Me”. Filmed in a former boxing ring at the Jacques Lecouq International School of Theatre in Paris, watch Glen intensely sing and sway to a shaking, spellbound audience HERE.

Hansard begins a European spring tour on March 7th that includes a stateside tribute to Van Morrison in New York City on March 21 and a performance at PBS’s Bluegrass Underground in the Nashville area on March 29. He will return to the states on May 29 for shows in Boston, Philadelphia, New York City and Washington DC. All upcoming dates are listed below.

TOUR DATES
3/7 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Koninklijk Theater Carré
3/8 – Hamburg, Germany – Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
3/21 – New York, NY – Michael Dorf Presents The Music of Van Morrison
3/29 – Pelham, TN – PBS Bluegrass Underground Live Tapings at the Caverns
4/9 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
4/10 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
4/12 – Derry, United Kingdom – St. Columb’s Hall
4/13 – Derry, United Kingdom – St. Columb’s Hall
4/15 – London, United Kingdom – Barbican Centre
4/16 – London, United Kingdom – Barbican Centre
4/27 – Paris, France – Casino de Paris
4/29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Koninklijk Theater Carré
4/30 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Koninklijk Theater Carré
5/2 – Kobenhavn, Denmark – Amager Bio / BETA
5/4 – Stockholm, Sweden – Skandiascenen
5/6 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal
5/8 – Cologne, Germany – Kőlner Philharmonie
5/9 – Frankfurt Am Main, Germany – Alte Oper
5/11 – Brno-žabovřesky, Czech Republic – 5th Anniversary of SONO Centrum
5/13 – Warszawa, Poland – Palladium
5/14 – Warszawa, Poland – Palladium
5/16 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
5/17 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
5/19 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
5/29 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
5/31 – Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theater
6/1 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
6/3 – Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre
 

This Wild Willing Track Listing
1. I’ll Be You, Be Me
2. Don’t Settle
3. Fools Game
4. Race To The Bottom
5. The Closing Door
6. Brother’s Keeper
7. Mary
8. Threading Water
9. Weight of the World
10. Who’s Gonna Be Your Baby Now
11. Good Life Of Song
12. Leave A Light

Pre-Order ‘This Wild Wiling’

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For More Info on Glen Hansard, Contact:
Kelly Kettering | ANTI- Records National Publicity | kelly@epitaph.com
Michele Stephens | ANTI- Records Tour Publicity | michele@epitaph.com