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Raised in the Ballymun area of Dublin as the second of four children, Hansard quit school at 13, intent on becoming a busker. "I'd started getting into trouble – drinking, glue, the usual stuff.
GLEN Hansard has spoken of his joy at becoming a first-time dad at the age of 52. The hit songwriter and member of The Frames welcomed son Christy with his poet partner Maire Saaritsa at the end of… ...
On the heels of a successful but brief 2022 North American tour, their first in nearly 11 years, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová are back today (June 26) with their first new Swell Season song ...
Glen Hansard, Gavin James and Danny O’ Reilly take part in the annual Christmas Eve busk on Grafton Street, Dublin (Lorrane O’Sullivan/PA) ... which includes 3,480 children.
“Glen had always treated me as an equal on stage; he always trusted me a lot and gave me a lot of credit for our collaboration, and he always spoke about me in a way that I didn’t see myself.
The road to stardom for Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard and his band the Frames began when he dropped out of school in the mid-1980s. “I have been making music since I was 13,” marvelled ...