Glen Hansard\u2019s family have announced details of a public wake and funeral for the late Irish singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n
Hansard, the Oscar<\/a>-winning Once star also known as the frontman of The Frames<\/a>\u00a0and one half of The Swell Season,\u00a0died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin on Wednesday (July 29)<\/a>. He was 56 years old.<\/p>\n His family have now confirmed that a public wake will take place at the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, on Monday (August 3) between 11am and 4pm.<\/p>\n \u201cGlen will lie in repose for those wishing to pay their respects,\u201d they said in a statement shared yesterday (July 31).<\/p>\n His funeral will then be held at St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Dublin at 1:30pm on Tuesday (August 4).\u00a0The service will be open to the public, although the family warned that access inside the cathedral will be \u201cextremely limited\u201d due to the number of mourners expected.<\/p>\n \u201cMusic at the funeral will be provided by Glen\u2019s friends and family,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n A public address system will be set up outside the cathedral for those unable to enter, while the service will also be streamed live via\u00a0RT\u00c9 News and RIP.ie.<\/p>\n In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family have asked mourners to make donations to the Dublin Simon Community or Ukrainian Action. Hansard was a longstanding supporter of the former group, helping\u00a0organise\u00a0their annual Christmas Eve busking event in Dublin.<\/p>\n \u201cThe family kindly asks that the privacy of Glen\u2019s family and friends be respected at this time,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n Hansard started his career as a busker on the streets of Dublin before forming The Frames, who released six studio albums and topped the Irish charts with 2004\u2019s \u2018Burn\u00a0The\u00a0Maps\u2019.<\/p>\n He later formed The Swell Season with\u00a0Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1, and the pair won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2008 for \u2018Falling Slowly\u2019, which featured in John Carney\u2019s acclaimed musical drama\u00a0Once, in which Hansard and\u00a0Irglov\u00e1 both starred.<\/p>\n Footage emerged this week of Hansard\u2019s final live performance<\/a>, which took place at The Wren\u2019s Nest pub in\u00a0Chapelizod\u00a0just hours before his death.\u00a0He also spoke recently on his powerful friendship with Pearl Jam\u2019s Eddie Vedder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tributes have been shared<\/a>\u00a0by figures including\u00a0Bono<\/a>,\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/a>,\u00a0Warren Ellis<\/a>, Rachel Zegler<\/a>\u00a0and former Irish President Michael D. Higgins.\u00a0Barack Obama also included Hansard on his annual summer playlist<\/a>, while\u00a0Billie Eilish and\u00a0Finneas\u2019 mother Maggie Baird said her children \u201cwould not be who they are\u201d without his music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Hansard\u2019s family have announced details of a public wake and funeral for the late Irish singer-songwriter. Hansard,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,39],"class_list":["post-838282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}