Glen Hansard, Busy Man

Holy crap is Glen Hansard a busy dude. Over the last few months, he's been playing a bunch of European shows (and a couple US shows) in support of his debut solo album, The Swell Season, and he also just finished up a short 3-date U.S. tour with The Frames which I'm proud to say I followed from show to show as if they were the Grateful Dead.

Now comes news of a whole slew (slew = 18) of new dates, both with band and without. The full band dates are all in Ireland, and will be in support of the band's new album, The Cost, which comes out in Ireland on September 22nd. Release dates for other places, including the U.S., will be announced later, apparently. Guess I'll be ordering from Road Records in the next few weeks.

In addition, Glen will be returning stateside to support the U.S. release of The Swell Season (August 22nd on Overcoat Records) [PRE-ORDER]. The tour will include an October 14th stop at Tonic here in NYC.

Glen's full U.S. itinerary:

THU 10/12 Iota ARLINGTON, VA
FRI 10/13 Tin Angel PHILADELPHIA, PA
SAT 10/14 Tonic NEW YORK, NY
TUE 10/17 Triple Door SEATTLE, WA
WED 10/18 Doug Fir PORTLAND, OR
FRI 10/20 Cafe duNord SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SAT 10/21 Largo LOS ANGELES, CA
TUE 10/24 Schuba's CHICAGO, IL

No word on on-sale yet. You can be sure I'll let you know when I hear anything.