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Tour Round Up

Glen, Graham, Rob, Joe, Justin, Michael, Curtis, Ronan, and Rob M (and Simon, Leon, Gerry & Mic!) just finished up their week-long 5 gig tour in America. We have finished gig pages for most of the shows over here & stay tuned for one from the Hollywood Bowl soon. Speaking of, Graham took over the Zildjian Company’s Instagram on the day of the Hollywood gig, have a look!

As of now, Glen’s next show is at this Brassland Records event at the National Concert Hall in Dublin in December. Rob & Joe will be joining Marketa Irglova on her North American & European tours this Fall in support of her new record, Muna, coming out in September. You can find all of those dates here.

Recent News Round-Up

Hey folks – A few bits for you…..

This past month, Glen joined lots of other Irish artists at the Royal Albert Hall for Ceiliúradh (Celebration) during Irish President Michael D. Higgins’ state visit to London. Myles O’Reilly (Arbutus Yarns) made a 20 minute film about the behind the scenes of this performance.

In a few days Glen’s heading to Brazil to open 5 shows for Eddie Vedder. All of the shows are sold out at this point. After that, look ahead to a handful of gigs with the band in the USA including Chicago, Minneapolis, Oakland & Los Angeles.

Colm has provided the music to this wonderful looking play full of paper puppets (no dialogue, just music)! It’s called Bláth – The Flower & will be running for a few days May 14-16 in Limerick. You can get more information & tickets here. Just this past Monday, Colm and his family visited Irish Guide Dogs HQ to have a chat with Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy about their son Darach’s assistance dog Cassie. You can listen back to the chat here, at around 40 minutes.

Graham, along with fellow GH bandmates Michael Buckley & Justin Carroll, as well as Colm Quearney & Keith Duffy (and others as they’re available) are getting more serious with their outfit Square Pegs and plan on releasing a record sometime soon! If you’re a fan of Chicago & New Orleans Blues & 50s R&B, check them out. Facebook & Twitter. Here are some recent gig photos by Dave Keegan.

Rob has a little new news about spending time in his studio, posted up at his website here.

Oh yes, The Frames did all play a show together at Whelan’s just last week, in celebration of Glen (& Claire’s!) birthdays. Many hours of songs including Fitzcarraldo, Heyday, Revelate, Stars are Underground, Your Face, Headlong, Finally…. 😀

Rob performing at Letters to Santa

header_newRob was invited to perform with Nina Nastasia at Second City Chicago’s 24 Hour Improv & Music Benefit for Letters to Santa. The incredible line-up includes St. Vincent, Bob Mould, Jeff Tweedy, Fred Armisen and lots more! The event starts on Tuesday December 17 at 6pm CST & goes until 6pm the 18th. Rob & Nina go on at 4:30am CST on Wednesday December 18. The entire event will be streamed at the link above or at gigity.tv.

Letters to Santa benefits Chicago’s Onward Neighborhood House which empowers families and individuals in need to achieve their full potential in a community-based setting. Learn more at onwardhouse.org.

Round Up // October

Hi all! It’s been about 4 months since our last rundown of news & additions to the site, so here we go:

First off, In 2005 (& 2007) The Frames’ stellar merch manager Cherie kept a tour diary for theframes.ie as the band traveled around the US, Canada, Australia, Europe & then back to Canada & the US again! We’ve added to our archive here too with links that go to particular gig pages & other bits, if available. Enjoy!

**Glen and the band played lots of shows over the summer since our last blog update including one with Bruce Springsteen! Watch Glen, naturally, beaming while performing Drive All Night with Bruce & the E Street Band.

**One of these gigs took place at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin. Myles O’Reilly (aka Arbutus Yarns) captured the magic & made a 30 minute film of this special night. If you haven’t yet, definitely make some time to watch here.

**You can catch Glen’s whole set from the Haldern Pop Fest on 10 August here on the German television program Rockpalast.

**Last month Glen showed up to support his friend Mark Geary at the Grand Social in Dublin. Click here for photos & a video.

**A few days after that, Glen and the whole gang joined in as support for The Michael Buckley Band at Whelans. Here are some great photos from that show.

**Graham, Justin, Michael, Curtis & Ronan and friends have also been busy playing a couple of shows at Whelans as Square Pegs.

**In conjunction with the July Irish gigs, Glen did a few interviews:

Here with Miriam O’Callaghan subbing on The John Murray Show at RTE Radio 1.

Here speaking with Olaf Tyaransen for GAF TV before the Galway Arts Festival.

Here with Ray D’Arcy on TodayFM – skip to 29:00 – includes lovely acoustic versions of Lay Me Down & Revelate.

Glen Lisa Ireland Poster Final Small**There are 2 more tours to finish off a busy 2013: Glen solo around Ireland with Lisa O’Neill (which is mostly sold out) in October and Glen + the whole band in Russia, Europe & Ireland in November. This includes 2 gigs at Vicar Street 25 & 26 November. The 25th show is to aid the Peter McVerry Trust & Dublin Simon Community.

**On Halloween night, 31 October, Glen himself will join writer John Kelly for an evening of Music & Conversation at The Helix DCU in Dublin. You can still get tickets here for €25 on sale now here!

**Colm has been performing some around Ireland and is currently working on his 2nd solo record. He recently provided the music for a documentary called An Bhean A Shiúil Trasna Mheiriceá (The Woman Who Walked Across America) that aired on TG4 in Ireland. You can watch the film here on their site.

**Watch Glen & Colm perform (with a band) on the Czech late night tv show “Tečka páteční noci” – 3 songs at the start (Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting, High Hope, Talking With the Wolves) then Bird of Sorrow & Fitzcarraldo at 57:55, & Her Mercy at 1:05. Interview throughout the whole show. Neat format!

**The Frames recently provided their song People Get Ready to this video in conjunction with “Honor The Treaty” which asks the Federal Government of America to return Lakota lands to the Lakota Nation (also known as Sioux) as it committed to in the Treaty of 1868 (before gold was discovered in the Black Hills). You can check out their website and sign their petition here.

**In case you missed it before- Listen to this entertaining interview Graham did about the art of drumming with Dave Fanning during an RTE Radio series on the art of music.

**Speaking of Graham, he launched his own website back in the spring and Rob just did an overhaul of his as well. Have a look there at all his great audio engineer work in addition to his performance discography.

**We leave you with this gem – Glen brings “Bananaman” to an online tv show in Chicago called Adventure Sandwich!

 

Rob at Beethoven Festival this Weekend

This Saturday the 14th, Rob will perform as part of the International Beethoven Project’s Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013 at the Merit School of Music in downtown Chicago. He will perform at 3:00pm in this section curated by Mischa Zupko and Glenn Kotche. Visit the IBP’s website for more information!

EXPLODING 5EN5E5
3:00pm

Bagatelle/Rockatelle Showcase Concert
Curated by Mischa Zupko and Glenn Kotche

Merit School of Music
B-Spot
38 S. Peoria St.

28 World, Classical, and Rock Premieres inspired by Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony!