Glen Hansard and band have played Admiralspalast, Berlin, last night, and I was there. Openers were The Lost Brothers from Ireland and to be honest, I didn't know what they were doing there. So straight to the main act...
Glen and band opened with "Bird of Sorrow", so calm, so powerful, such a rush of raw human emotion ("with the faithful"!), followed by Philander. Two of my favourites from his solo streak. Great! He and the band (bass, drums, electric guitar, cello, violin, piano, brass trio) were in great form and gave us a long evening. He wasn't too chatty though, didn't talk to us at all until the 5th song. It felt like he is focused on the music, these days, and on his legacy in music.
Here is the setlist:
Bird Of Sorrow
Philander
Just To Be The One
Winning Streak
Little Ruin
When Your Mind's Made Up
White Sulfur (Jason Molina Cover)
What Happens When The Heart Just
Astral Weeks
Come Away To The Water
Paying My Way
High Hope
McCormack's Wall
Lowly Deserter
This Gift
Her Mercy
Stay The Road
Say It To Me Now (unplugged)
Gold (unplugged)
Encore:
Falling Slowly
How Did We Forget? (Sung By Ruth O'Mahony, El Perro Del Mar Cover)
Love Don't Leave Me Waiting
Didn't He Ramble
Corrina Corrina (Sung By The Lost Brothers, Ray Peterson Cover)
The Auld Triangle
Encore 2:
Passing Through
Videos will probably pop up today and tomorrow. Here is "Her Mercy":
https://youtu.be/Nr5jgkGwwFA