Once, The Swell Season News!

I got this massive confession to make! I only watched Once the movie for the first time on Sunday Night! I know ....I know.....how can a massive fan of music and Glen not have got off his ass to go see it in the cinema or go pay money to buy the DVD ages ago! It was worth the wait. Such a wonderful love story at its essence. The fact it includes some of the most beautiful music you are likely to hear makes this a must see movie for everyone. If you loved Before Sunrise then this DVD needs to be in your collection.

Favourite moment from the movie....watch the producers transformation!



Also....I got thinking .....when we were in NYC our lovely friend brought us to The Duck Walk winery in Long Island. On realisation that we were from Dublin, the assistant spurts out that she loved Once, loves Glen, loves Marketa, watched the movie 5 times in one weekend sitting and wants to visit Dublin asap! Hanging head in shame I had to admit that no we didn't get round to seeing the movie yet. I can now understand and appreciate her enthusiasm for the movie.

The Swell Season - Lies [mp3]

Link List - Like the Movie? Explore the Web!

MySpace - Once
MySpace - Swell Season
MySpace - Interference
The Frames - Website [Look up the extensive Link List]

TAKEN FROM THE SWELL SEASON MYSPACE BULLETIN

"We are recording most of the shows on this tour and the lovely folks at www.playedlastnight.com will make them available for you all for downloading so you can listen to the gigs whenever and wherever you want to.

The cost of downloading a full gig is $9.95 USD. All the recordings are high quality. You can listen to previews of the tracks on their website for free."

The Swell Season:

05-05 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
05-06 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
05-07 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
05-08 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
05-10 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theater
05-11 Cleveland, OH - The Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square
05-12 Louisville, KY - Brown Theater $
05-13 Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Centre $
05-15 Raleigh, NC - Meymandi Concert Hall
05-16 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
05-17 Baltimore, MD - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
05-19 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-20 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theater
06-13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
06-15 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
06-16 Madison, WI - Overture Hall
06-17 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
06-18 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
06-22 Telluride, CO - Telluride Bluegrass Festival
08-09 Baltimore, MD - Virgin Mobile Festival
08-10 Florence, MA - The Pines Theatre
09-19 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena *
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall *
09-21 Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater *
09-22 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
09-24 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
09-27 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival #
09-29 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom #
09-30 Albuquerque, NM - Popejoy Hall #
10-02 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre #
10-03 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre #
10-04 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #

# with Iron and Wine

Also on www.playedlastnight.com is another wonderful artist called Iron & Wine. We seen them last December in such an intimate surrounding that me and the Mrs drifted off to sleep at various points in the show. This sounds pretty bad. But the folk music played by the band was so wonderfully pleasent that it felt like we had hired the band to play in our front living room! To bring this post around full circle......Iron & Wine are supporting The Swell Season on the above dates with a #! Two great artists on the one night!

Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights [mp3] + MySpace

Iron & Wine:

05-09 Cork, Ireland - Savoy Theatre
05-10 Galway, Ireland - Black Box
05-11 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-12 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *
05-13 Manchester, England - Ritz *
05-14 Sheffield, England - Leadmill *
05-15 Brighton, England - Great Escape Festival
05-16 London, England - Forum *
05-17 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
05-18 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
06-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
06-12 Davenport, IA - Capitol Theater
06-13 St. Louis, MO - Pageant Theater
06-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-15 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
07-04 Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival
08-06-09 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival