Glen Hansard’s final performance captured hours before his death in his favourite pub

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Footage has emerged of Glen Hansard‘s final live performance, captured just hours before the Irish singer-songwriter’s death. Watch below. Hansard, known as the frontman of The Frames and one half of the duo The Swell Season, tragically died in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old. The incident occurred in the village of Lucan, west of his home city of Dublin. Tributes have since poured in from across the music world and beyond, with the likes of U2, Warren Ellis, Rachel Zegler and Bruce Springsteen paying their respects. Now, a video has surfaced showing Hansard singing and playing an acoustic guitar at The Wren’s Nest pub in Chapelizod – a suburban village of Dublin. According to RTÉ, the establishment hosts regular traditional Irish music sessions. “Time is the only thing that’s going to fix this now,” Hansard sings in the poignant clip, filmed on Tuesday night (July 28). A clock hanging on the wall behind the artist shows that the performance took place at 11:15pm, with the musician reportedly leaving at closing time. Hansard was discovered on the road beside his motorbike after it crashed at around 4.30am. The incident was reportedly a single-vehicle ...

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