{"id":721641,"date":"2026-07-31T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721641\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:22:08","slug":"glen-hansard-public-wake-to-be-held-for-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721641\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Hansard: Public wake to be held for musician"},"content":{"rendered":"

A public wake will be held for Glen Hansard in Dublin on Monday 3 August followed by his funeral the following day.<\/p>\n

The 56-year-old, who shot to prominence when he was cast in 1991 musical comedy film The Commitments, was the long-time frontman of acclaimed rock band The Frames.<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter died in a crash in the early hours of Wednesday, hours after taking part in a tradition music session at The Wren’s Nest pub in County Dublin.<\/p>\n

A public wake will be held for Hansard in the Baroque Chapel at IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, between 11:00 and 16:00 local time.<\/p>\n

Hansard will lie in repose for those wishing to pay their respects.<\/p>\n

His funeral will take place the following day at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin city centre at 13:30.<\/p>\n

While the funeral will also be open to the public, access inside the cathedral will be limited, given the numbers expected.<\/p>\n

Music at the funeral will be provided by Hansard’s friends and family.<\/p>\n

Tributes <\/a>had been paid across world of music from the likes of Ed Sheeran and Bruce Springsteen, who said he was “heartbroken”.<\/p>\n

Former US president Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, US actor Rachel Zegler, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and pop star Billie Eilish were also among the high-profile names who have paid tribute to Hansard.<\/p>\n

A memorial busk was held in Dublin on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A public wake will be held for Glen Hansard in Dublin on Monday 3 August followed by his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-721641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}