The Frames make their way back to this side of the Atlantic with shows in Europe before returning to Irish shores for some intimate shows in the Olympia, Vicar St and Whelans... Tickets are likely to sell out fast so be quick...

03 december 2010 :: paradiso, amsterdam, netherlands
04 december 2010 :: ubel and gefaehrich, hamburg, germany
06 december 2010 :: archa theatre, prague, czech republic
07 december 2010 :: le botanique, brussels, belgium
08 december 2010 :: shepards bush empire, london, uk
11 december 2010 :: mandala hall, belfast, northern ireland
12 december 2010 :: olympia theatre, dublin, ireland
13 december 2010 :: vicar street, dublin, ireland
15 december 2010 :: whelans, dublin, ireland
16 december 2010 :: whelans, dublin, ireland

Full details on the tour dates page...

The Frames Twentieth Anniversary Tour will be completely onsale this weekend with the westcoast dates joining the party. The November tour will be The Frames only North American appearances in 2010. Thanks for the support and see you in November!

The Frames Twentieth Anniversary Tour is a part of (RED)NIGHTS, a concert series that saves lives. A portion of the tickets proceeds from The Frames Twentieth Anniversary Tour will benefit the Global Fund inspired by (RED)™.

19 Nov 2010 - theater of living arts, philadelphia, pa
20 Nov 2010 - terminal 5, new york, ny
21 Nov 2010 - 9:30 club, washington, dc
23 Nov 2010 - vic theatre, chicago, il
26 Nov 2010 - the showbox, seattle, wa
27 Nov 2010 - wonder ballroom, portland, or
28 Nov 2010 - the fillmore, san francisco, ca
30 Nov 2010 - avalon ballroom, los angeles, ca

Full details on the tour dates page...

The Frames Twentieth Anniversary Tour continues to roll out with concerts in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and and Chicago going onsale this weekend to join the already announced New York City appearance. The final dates of the tour will be announced early next week. Thanks for the support and see you in November!

19 Nov 2010 - theater of living arts, philadelphia, pa
20 Nov 2010 - terminal 5, new york, ny
21 Nov 2010 - 9:30 club, washington, dc
23 Nov 2010 - vic theatre, chicago, il

Full details on the tour dates page...

New York City is the first locale to go onsale for The Frames Twentieth Anniversary Tour. Stay tuned for info on Washington DC, Philadelphia, and other select cities across the United States to be revealed over the following days and weeks... These shows are not to be missed!

We are happy to announce that The Frames will play at this year's Electric Picnic. The festival will be held between the 3rd and 5th of September, 2010 in Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois, Ireland.

Tickets go on sale this Friday @ 9am on www.electricpicnic.ie/

The Swell Season North American Fall Tour to be announced Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Presale tickets for most shows onsale Wednesday, September 9 - Thursday, September 10, 2009.
General onsale tickets for most shows begins Friday, September 11 - Sunday, September 13, 2009.
Please check www.theswellseason.com next week for tour dates, show specific presale info and onsale links.

Update on the release of Strict Joy (the new Swell Season album which features The Frames); ticket details for the Irish tour dates and photos from the Swell Season show in the Royal Albert Hall last year...

Click here to get your hands on the July 2009 newsletter.

it's here at last... no, im not talking about the glorious sunshine that we've had this past few days in ireland (although, that is rather pleasant!), but the day when i announce the first touring dates to support the forthcoming album... we all want to start here in ireland before going anywhere else... so, we're going to. these dates will pretty much be on sale as of today or tomorrow from their box offices direct. im sure you can all google and find them - but - to give you the heads up here they are:

AUGUST
18th millenium forum derry
21st wexford opera house
23rd cork everyman palace theatre
24th glor theatre, ennis, clare
26th national concert hall, dublin

supports to be announced. the new swell season album featuring the frames will see a release date late september worldwide - but - if we dont tour ireland first and upfront, we're possibly not going to get home to do so for quite some time - so it seems like a good idea to go for it sooner rather than later. these will be seated, theatre shows with the full band of glen, mar, rob, graham, colm and joe. expect new songs and of course some oldies and middle aged ones too :0) cx

additional press information:

On March 12th, 2009 Glen Hansard will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here is where you come in...

How would you like a chance to be close to Glen while he is performing on the show?

Click on the link below and you will be directed to the Jimmy Fallon "Band Bench" Sweepstakes entry form. Enter for a chance to win seats on the band benches, which surround the stage, during Glen's performance.

The taping takes place in New York, NY. If selected, you will need to be at the studio at 4:00 PM on Thursday, March 12th, 2009.

Please be sure you include the following band code: HAN, in your entry form.

Thanks and good luck!

www.fallonbandbench.com

The Swell Season is pleased to announce their upcoming fall tour with special guests Bill Callahan and Iron and Wine on select dates!!

The fan presale for Pittsburgh and San Diego begins this Tuesday, May 6th at 1 PM local time. The presale for the remaining dates go onsale this Wednesday, May 7th at 1pm local time.
Click here to buy tickets: theswellseason.ducatking.com

Tour Dates:

Sep 19: Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena^ (Presale Over)
Sep 20: Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall^
Sep 21: Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater^
Sep 22: Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
Sep 24: Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium^
Sep 29: Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom*
Sep 30: Albuquerque, NM @ Popejoy Hall*

Oct 2: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
Oct 3: San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre*

^ - Bill Callahan
* - Iron and Wine

For the latest news and info on The Swell Season go to: http://www.myspace.com/theswellseason

Click here to see other shows available through Ducat King Ticketing: www.ducatking.com

Glen & Mar recently appeared on 'Later... with Jools Holland' (BBC tv) and performed 'Falling Slowly' and 'Into the mystic' (Van Morrison cover). You can catch the show on the BBC iPlayer (UK only) until 15 April 2008. You can also watch the 'Into the mystic' clip here.

pleased to say that the ss will be going to the horribly prestigous barbican theatre in london on June 3rd for a one off show before heading back to the states...support to be announced. link for tickets which are on sale now. www.barbican.org.uk

Other Voices will be broadcasting on Rave HD (a US HD channel) with the first episode of season 6 airing 14 March 2008 at 8pm. The channel is Rave HD which is part of the Voom HD network available on Cablevision’s iO digital cable platform and Echostar’s. Hope that makes sense to those who live there!

Both Glen & Markéta and Colm Mac Con Iomaire make appearances in season 6 of Other Voices. full details...

Oscar winners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová will be among Ryan Tubridy's guests on 'Tubridy Tonight' on Saturday night.

The duo won the Best Original Song Oscar last Sunday for the song 'Falling Slowly' from the film 'Once', in which they starred.

Commenting on the show, host Tubridy said: "I'm really excited about having Glen and Markéta on the show. We're all so proud of their Oscar win and I can't wait to talk to them about what it was like on the big night."

'Tubridy Tonight' airs on RTÉ One tomorrow night at 9.35pm.

more info available on www.rte.ie.

We've pleased announce the pre-sale details for the following shows...
The pre-sale password for the shows is once (except atlanta).

26 april 2008 :: paramount theatre, oakland, ca
    presale: 25 Feb 2008 10AM - 29 Feb 2008 5PM PST [Buy online]

30 april 2008 :: moore theatre, seattle, wa
    presale: 27 Feb 2008 10AM - 28 Feb 2008 10PM PST [Buy online]

07 may 2008 :: orpheum theater, minneapolis, mn
    presale: 29 Feb 2008 10AM – 10PM. [Buy online]

08 may 2008 :: the riverside theatre, milwaukee, wi
    presale: 27 Feb 2008 12PM. [Buy online]

13 may 2008 :: the cobb, atlanta, ga
    presale: 25 Feb 2008 12PM - 29 Feb 2008 8PM EST [Buy online]
    password: variety / ENERGY

19 may 2008 :: radio city music hall, new york, ny
    presale: 27 Feb 2008 10AM - 28 Feb 2008 10PM EST [Buy online]

16 june 2008 :: overture arts center, madison, wi
    presale: 25 Feb 2008 12PM - 29 Feb 2008 10PM CT [Buy online]

17 june 2008 :: chicago theatre, chicago, il
    presale: 29 Feb 2008 10AM – 10PM. [Buy online]

Keep an eye on the tour dates page for updates...

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have won the Oscar for Best Song at this year’s Oscars for their composition “Falling Slowly” which featured in the hit independent Irish film Once.

After a rollercoaster few weeks, with the Academy involved in a lengthy deliberation over the eligibility of the song, vindication comes in the form of an 8 1/2 pound 13 1/2 inch gold-plated statuette that is the most sought after prize in the movie world.

Glen and Marketa’s acceptance speeches were as follows:

Glen Hansard:
Thanks! Go raibh mile maith agaibh. This is amazing. What are we doing here? This is mad. We made this film two years ago. We shot on two Handycams. It took us three weeks to make. We made it for a hundred grand. We never thought we would come into a room like this and be in front of you people. It's been an amazing thing. Thanks for taking this film seriously, all of you. It means a lot to us. Thanks to the Academy, thanks to all the people who've helped us, they know who they are, we don't need to say them. This is amazing. Make art. Make art. Thanks.

Marketa Irglova:
Hi everyone. I just want to thank you so much. This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we're standing here tonight, the fact that we're able to hold this, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it's possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don't give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are. And so thank you so much those who helped us along way. Thank you.

Press clippings:
"Oscars joy for Hansard and Irglová" - RTÉ
"Swell Season: There's plenty more to be had past Oscar" - LA times
"A great night for the Irish" - Irish Independent
"Glen Hansard wins Oscar!" - Hotpress.com
"'Once,' 'Atonement' Triumph In Music Oscars" - Billboard.com
and lots more...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced today in Los Angeles that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the two leads from the surprise hit movie musical 'Once,' will perform on the 80th Annual Academy Awards telecast. The Oscars will air live on ABC, Sunday, February 24th at 8PM PST.

Hansard and Irglova will perform “Falling Slowly,” their signature duet from the film, which is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category.

Glen has been nominated in the Best Irish Male category for the Meteor Awards in February. One wonders how many more awards his groaning sideboard can cope with after all the recent accolades afforded the "Once" film. ;)

Glen and Markéta have picked up #12 spot in the MTV2 Subterranean Best of 2007 vote! Subterranean is a weekly music show on MTV2 dedicated to alternative, indie, and underground music and artists. The show was made as the modern-day continuation of MTV's 120 Minutes.

You can see the full top 20 over at www.mtv.com

Congratulations to ONCE and its Grammy Nominations listed below:

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

Complete list of nominees can be found at www.grammy.com

Once has been released on DVD in Ireland today! The DVD will be released on 16 December in the United States with a UK release date slated for Valentine's weekend (February 2008).

Vote now for Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova on Subterranean's best of 2007 countdown! See the results on 12/17 on MTV2 at 1AM EST.

stage times: late show with The Frames on just before midnight
tickets: €35 incl. booking fee excl. TM fees [Buy online]
presale: 09:00 12 Nov 2007 - 08:00 GMT 13 Nov 2007 (code: DIAMOND SKIES)
info: http://www.vicarstreet.com/

Colm Mac Con Iomaire, violinist with The Frames, writes about encounters with Native Americans whilst on tour in the United States. www.village.ie

The Frames frontman, Glen Hansard, and his ex-band mate John Carney have had further success with the 'Once' film which has just won the top prize at Moscow's debut film festival 2Morrow.

Once has been nominated for the British Independent Film Awards in the category of 'Best Foreign Independent Feature'. The winners will be announed on 28th November 2007 at an awards show in the Roundhouse, London.

www.bifa.org.uk/

The Cake Sale is a collaboration record featuring a loose and expansive collective of musicians and writers who have combined to create a 9-song CD of previously unreleased recordings. Included on the CD is Glen's song 'All the Way Down' which is sung by Gemma Hayes. Also included is 'Too Many People' written by Ollie Cole (Turn) which features Glen on vocals and Colm playing Violin. Rob plays pedal steel on two other tracks.

All profits will go to support Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work. The album also features performances from members of Snow Patrol, Crowded House, Bell X1, The Cardigans, The Thrills, and solo artists like Lisa Hannigan, Josh Ritter and Neil Hannon. You can stream the full album by clicking here or using the player below...

The Cake Sale CD is available in the UK, Ireland and North America. For more information on The Cake Sale, and to buy a copy of the record go www.thecakesale.com

The Artists Den is pleased to offer the chance to attend an intimate, invitation-only performance by the Swell Season at the Good Shepherd Center Chapel in Seattle November 4, which will be taped for an episode of the upcoming series Live from the Artists Den, premiering in January on Ovation TV. If selected, concert details will be emailed the week of the show, and you and a friend will be added to the short list of lucky guests.

www.theartistsden.com/rsvp/swellseasonfan/

The Frames will be playing 2 live shows in Ireland in October at The Opera House, Belfast (29 October) and with John Cale and his Acoustimatic Band as part of the 7-day 'Some Days Never End' festival at IMMA in Dublin on 31 October.

Meanwhile, adding to an ever-groaning sideboard of trophies, Once picked up the Best International Feature award at the recent UK independent film festival Raindance awards. The soundtrack to the film is doing fantastically well right around the world too - with a quarter of a million sales in the US alone. Last week it made it to the No 1 slot in the Koeran charts, no less!

The Culture Show, a BBC2 programme about music and the arts, will be featuring Glen Hansard on one of their programmes in October. Glen and Markéta will be interviewed in studio before performing a track from the film. The show airs on 13 October 2007.

The World Cafe will be re-broadcasting the session with Glen and Marketa on September 17th, 2007. David Dye talks to Glen and Mar about 'Once', 'The Swell Season' and 'The Frames'. You can catch the broadcast on NPR affiliates and online.

more info: http://www.npr.org/

Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech collaborator Marketa Irglova will appear on the Dylan soundtrack for the movie "I'm Not There", with a brand new song, "I'm Not There" which was recently recorded in Ireland by bandmate Rob Bochnik.

As claire mentioned in the latest newsletter (available here), we're looking for you to design the next Frames t-shirt.

The winner will receive 10 copies of their own shirt design (for handing out to friends and family), plus free in for the winner and a mate and well-treated to a Frames show of your choice wherever you happen to be on the planet.

The requirements : 2 print colours and the colour of the tshirt its printed on. Front design only.

To enter: Upload your photo to Flickr.com, tag it with theframes-competition-july2007 and submit it to the theframes-competition-july2007 group by 31 July 2007. Make sure it's publically viewable. Include your email address in the description so we can contact you.

Need some ideas? Check out the gallery for a selection of the current t-shirts on sale...

UPDATE (19 july 2007): please join the theframes-competition-july2007 flickr group and submit your photos there (as well as tagging them). We just found out that flikr's account review policy may be causing some user's photos not to show up when tagged (see http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/46420/).

The Frames will play 2 headline shows during their tour down-under with Bob Dylan. The shows at The Metro in Sydney and The Forum in Melbourne will go on sale on 20 July 2007. Full details will appear on the tour dates page shortly. press release

Friday, 01 June 2007:
Austin, Denver, Hartford\N. Haven, Minneapolis, Montreal, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, Vancouver

Friday, 08 June 2007:
Ann Arbor, Albany, Atlanta, Baltimore, Calgary, Charlotte, Edmonton, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Ottawa, Providence, Richmond, Rochester

Friday, 15 June 2007:
Boca/W. Palm Beach, Cleveland, Columbus, Honolulu, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

Friday, 22 June 2007:
Albuquerque, Cincinnati, Madison, New Orleans, Norfolk/Newport News, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Tampa

Friday, 29 June 2007:
Anchorage, Asheville, Birmingham, Boise, Buffalo, Charlottesville, Colorado Springs, Dayton, Des Moines, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Grand Rapids, Halifax, Ithaca, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Lansing, Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Northampton, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, Santa Fe Sarasota, St. John, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tucson, Tulsa, Victoria, Winnipeg

Glen appeared on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on Friday thanks to a 4-star review of 'Once' in the movie section of the paper.

full article: metromix.chicagotribune.com

We are delighted to announce that we will be opening act for the Bob Dylan tour of Australia and New Zealand this august. The tour takes in 3 cities in New Zealand and 5 cities in Oz (see below). Here's some blurb from the official press release:

Returning at the pinnacle of his most creative and diverse projects - documentaries, books and number one albums, Bob Dylan and his band are coming to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in more than four years for a comprehensive national run of dates in August 2007.

And opening the evening for the entire tour of Australia and New Zealand, by personal invitation, will be one of Ireland.s most successful bands, The Frames.

The Frames released their first album in 1992 and, for over nearly a decade bounced through various record deals and band line-ups. Their live album Set List and 2005's Burn The Maps both went straight to No 1 in Ireland, the latter finishing at No 5 on the New York Times end of year Top 10 releases.

The band's most recent album The Cost (2007) has received widespread praise with trademark delicate folk melodies, which weave through blasts of big guitars and artful noise to great cinematic effect.

A perfect way to describe the music of a band who are also celebrating Sundance Film Festival success with the film Once, which stars The Frames. frontman Glen Hansard and was directed by one-time Frames bass-player John Carney. Once won the World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic prize at this year's Sundance.

With The Frames in concert, Bob's audiences on this tour should brace themselves for a thoroughly rewarding and exhilarating experience.

NEW ZEALAND
08 august 2007 :: westpac arena, christchurch
10 august 2007 :: tsb arena, wellington
11 august 2007 :: vector arena, auckland

AUSTRALIA
13 august 2007 :: brisbane entertainment centre
15 august 2007 :: sydney entertainment centre
17 august 2007 :: melbourne rod laver arena
21 august 2007 :: adelaide entertainment centre
23 august 2007 :: perth burswood dome

89.3 The Current (Minnesota Public Radio) have posted videos of Glen Hansard performing "Astral Weeks" and chatting with The Current's Mary Lucia about busking in Dublin, meeting Bob Dylan and landing a role in The Commitments.

The Frames, "Astral Weeks":
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/video/video_library.html?vid=203&popup=1Live

The Frames interviww:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/ongoing/video/video_library.html?vid=202&popup=1

The Frames archived instudio performance at 89.3 The Current:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/04/17/theframes

The Frames will be broadcast live from the 930 Club on April 26th. The Frames are scheduled to be on stage at 9:45 PM that evening. The show is with Margot and the Nuclear So So's. This is part of NPR Music's live online concert series that so far has featured acts like The White Stripes, Wilco, the Decemberists, James Brown, Lucinda Williams and many, many more. Recent shows include Iggy Pop and Lily Allen. More info on hearing the show that night or later in the week can be found at: www.npr.org.

We've announced a couple of Irish dates in Dublin's Vicar Street on Sunday 27 and Monday 28 May following the US/Canada tour in April. Looking at our schedule it'll be a good while til we can get back to ireland and do a tour proper of the country - but - i know the lads are already looking forward to playing in vicar street - always a very enjoyable experience. Tickets are on sale now...

An exhibition of photographic stills from the film 'Once' by Irish photographer David Cleary will be on show at Gallery Number One from 14th March 2007. All photographic stills on show will be available for purchase in various sizes. The exhibition is open 11am to 6pm Tuesday to Saturday for 3 weeks. [poster]

info: www.myspace.com/davidclearyphotography

Glen will be hosting the Songwriting Course at this year's Listowel Writers' Week from 30 May to 3 June. While he's in Listowel he'll be playing a solo show on 1 June at St Johns Theatre.

On the eve of departing for a European tour, The Frames camp is currently celebrating the Sundance success of the film "Once" (starring frontman Glen Hansard and sometime Swell Season conspirator Marketa Irglova, and directed by one-time Frames bass-player John Carney). The film won the: "World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic" Prize at this year's Festival. The Chicago Tribune film critic described it as "the best musical of a generation" while comparing it with the classic Talking Heads film "Stop Making Sense"!

"Once" is slotted in for a showing as part of this year's Dublin Film Festival and will be released in cinemas in March.

Meanwhile Glen has also been shortlisted for an award in the 4th Annual Film & Television Awards in Ireland in the Best Music category for the film.

FaceCulture.nl recently interviewed Glen in the netherlands. The article / video is now available from their website (and linked from our video section).

www.theframes.ie/v4/video/

The Frames 6th album 'The Cost' is relased in Ireland today. Featuring Song For Someone, Falling Slowly, People Get Ready, Rise, When Your Mind's Made Up, Sad Songs, The Cost, True, The Side You Never Get To See and Bad Bone, the album contiues to embrace the direction the band have taken in recent times.

The album should be available in all good record stores in the Republic. Some independent stores may have copies in Northern Ireland too. The album is also available in digital format to Irish consumers including iTunes and digital7.com.

The album will see a worldwide release on Anti Records in early 2007.

(If you can't wait that long then Road Records in Dublin have a great mail order service.)

Tune into Tom Dunne's Pet Sounds on Today FM all this week to hear brand new songs from The Frames' forthcoming album, The Cost, as well as be in with a chance to have the band come and play in your own home!

Check out Pet Sounds online at www.petsounds.ie.

Glen and the swell season crew will be playing some dates in the states this october... here's the current list of dates with one or two more to be confirmed shortly...

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

check the tour dates page for full details...

We're happy to announce a national tour to coincide with the release of our 6th studio album 'The Cost'.

The Cost will be released on the band's own Plateau label in Ireland on 22nd Sept. Release details for further flung places will be announced at a later date.

It will be preceded by a double A-sided single 'Falling Slowly' / 'No More I Love Yous' on 1 September.

We can confirm the following live dates in Ireland:
Sat 2 Sept - Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co Laois
Sun 24 Sept - Vicar St, Dublin
Mon 25 Sept - Townhall, Galway
Wed 27 Sept - Royal Theatre, Castlebar
Thu 28 Sept - Music Factory, Carlow
Sun 1 Oct - Vicar St, Dublin
Mon 2 Oct - Ulster Hall, Belfast
Tue 3 Oct - An Grianan, Letterkenny
Thu 5 Oct - Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork
Fri 6 Oct - Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork
Sat 7 Oct - UL, Limerick

We're delighted to announce that the first single from the forthcoming album will be a double A-side featuring 'Falling Slowly' and 'No More I Love Yous'. It's due out on 01 september 2006. The as-yet untitled album will follow on 22 september.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova live, acoustic and chatting about their new album The Swell Season...
Listen to the interview (Needs realplayer)

We've got a nice treat for you this month... Rob recorded a couple of songs from the Vicar Street shows in early february and they came out well, so we're sharing them with you...

To ensure the quality of the recordings we've gone with the FLAC encoding engine (loseless encoding) but there's also MP3s available for those of you who don't mind some loss of sound quality. Please don't distribute the recordings - point people at the archive.org site.

View the downloads now over at www.archive.org.

From the Hot Press ppl...

The latest issue of Hot Press (published Thursday, 20th October) comes with an exclusive FREE CD ­ available only to Hot Press readers. Live & Rare Vol. 1 is a superb collection of songs from some of the country's finest bands and solo artists, all recorded live at special radio sessions.

The collection showcases the cream of contemporary Irish rock, and was compiled by Jon Richards from the InStudio Sessions at Galway Bay FM. Artists featured on the CD include: Damien Rice, The Frames, The Devlins, Ron Sexsmith, Mundy and Roderigo y Gabriela.

"These are genuinely remarkable recordings," says Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press. "Listening to 'I Remember' by Damien Rice, the stunning version of 'Lay Me Down' by The Frames or The Devlins performing 'There Is A Light' really beautifully, you get a fresh sense of just how powerful these artists are as songwriters and performers. And those are just three examples. We're very proud to have been able to bring what are 13 gems to a huge audience via Hot Press."

(and yes it's glen solo playing lay me down)

The Frames are part of the VCast Encore program from Verizon Wireless.

Select songs from the Irving Plaza show on October 16th are now playing on your phone.

Keep this show going after it's over with VCast from Verizon Wireless. Check out vzwhub.com for more info.

Thank you to all you have reached out to help those in need as a result of this disaster. While the news reports may be dwindling the need will continue for months to come. We will have a donation box on the merch table on the upcoming U.S. tour. We will divide these donations amongst family and friends who have lost their homes and/or businesses. Please stop by the merch table to say hello and check out our shirts. I'll be happy to give you any additional information on those we plan to help and suggested organizations. We know not everyone is able to give monetarily, we only ask that you keep these people in your thoughts and prayers. For those that feel the need is greater in their own communities, please continue to donate and/or volunteer where you are. Major disasters don't erase daily needs.
Thanks, Cherie

New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund (c/o wilcoworld.net)
Red Cross
America's Second Harvest
Farm Aid
Oxfam America
Music Maker Relief Foundation
Humane Society of the U.S.
PetFinder

Thank you
Cherie

Two years ago, during his gig in McCarthys Bar Dingle, Glen was joined on stage by piper and whistle player Eoin Duignan and the result was "Kachina" - a song celebrating the spirit of the invisible forces. On that special night Glen spontaneously came up with the words for the melody and with their strong message of hope he dedicated the performance to Eoin.s daughter Triona to encourage her out into the world.

With music written by Jon Sanders and Eoin Duignan and lyrics by Glen Hansard, "Kachina" has been recorded with backing vocals by Eilis Kennedy and has been released along with "The Dance of the Gipsy Queen" from Eoin.s highly acclaimed CD "Coumineol" and "Bealtaine" written by Jon Sanders from his forthcoming cd "Latitudes", on a limited edition cd especially for Féile na Bealtaine, the Dingle arts festival now in is 11th year.

The CD will be officially launched at 12 noon on Thursday 5th in Cúilín Studios, Dingle by Mícheal Fanning, Eoin Duignan and Jon Sanders as part of the Féile na Bealtaine Festival and as only 1,000 cds are being pressed demand is expected to be high. All proceeds will go to the Dingle Hospice. Priced .10.00 it will be available from the Féile na Bealtaine office in Dingle (066 9151082), The Dingle Record Shop, Green Street (087 2984550), The Music House, Orchard Lane (066 9152633) and also online at http://www.duigo.com/.

The World Cafe will be broadcasting The Frames World Café session on Thursday, April 28th, 2005 (sorry for the earlier mix-up).

The World Cafe with David Dye can be heard on more than 180 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to our website: http://worldcafe.org

or they can listen online Monday to Friday at 2pm EST or 1am EST by going to http://www.xpn.org/listen.php

The Frames will be doing an instore in amsterdam, the netherlands on Friday 06 May 2005 at 17:00h

address:
CONCERTO
Utrechtsestraat 52-60
Amsterdam

more info: http://www.concerto.nu/ http://www.platomania.nl/
map: mappy.com

In anticipation for the upcoming italian gigs, MTV Italy have featured the frames on their website... music clips, video and a nice write-up in italian.

http://www.mtv.it/music/emergenti/newcomer.asp?p_idnewcomer=9B81CE28096247A38604E69C46B0FF37

The World Cafe will be broadcasting The Frames World Café session on Thursday, April 21st, 2005.

The World Cafe with David Dye can be heard on more than 180 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to our website: http://worldcafe.org

or they can listen online Monday to Friday at 2pm EST or 1am EST by going to http://www.xpn.org/listen.php

We"re delighted to have Mark Geary join us for the Australian leg of the tour... Mark will be special guest for brisbane, sydney and melbourne shows.

Mark Geary: http://www.markgeary.com/

We"re pleased to announce that The Frames will be performing at Oxegen 2005.

The band will performing on the main stage just before the headliners on saturday 9th july 2005.

more info available from http://www.oxegen.ie/

Burn the maps is released worldwide today on the ANTI- label.

You should be able to pick it up at all good record stores in the USA, Canada and Europe. It should also be available from most good online music stores including www.amazon.com, www.play.com and www.cd-wow.com.

Australian peeps can get it on HMVs website: http://www.hmv.com.au/

The good people over in 3VOOR12 have made the london gig (31st november 2004) available on their website...

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/groups/index.jsp?groups=9142229

(You will need realplayer installed to hear the audio streams)

The latest newsletter is now available online:

http://www.theframes.ie/v4/news/newsletters/january_2005.shtml

all the latest news on the european, american and australian tours, radio sessions, meteor awards, and the worldwide release of "Burn the maps"...