Support Act: Lisa Hannigan
Main Set: You Will Become, Maybe Not Tonight, Talking with the Wolves, Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting – Respect (Aretha Franklin), Philander, When Your Mind’s Made Up, Low Rising, Bird of Sorrow, Leave*, In These Arms*, Come Away to the Water*, Astral Weeks*, High Hope, Santa Maria, Fitzcarraldo, Song of Good Hope**
Encore: Say it to Me Now*, Gold*** (Interference), O Sleep**** (Lisa Hannigan), Falling Slowly****, This Gift – Heyday (Mic Christopher), Don’t Do It***** (Marvin Gaye/The Band), Passing Through (Leonard Cohen)
*Glen solo
**Glen, Colm and strings
***Glen, Joe, Graham, Rob and Colm, unplugged
****with Lisa Hannigan
*****Simon on guitar
Band: Glen Hansard, Colm Mac Con Iomaire (violin), Joe Doyle (bass), Rob Bochnik (guitar), Graham Hopkins (drums), Justin Carroll (keys)
Brass: Curtis Fowlkes, Michael Buckley, Ronan Dooney
Strings: Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra musicians
Notes: Glen greets the audience by saying “Kia Ora”, which means “Hello” in Maori. ‘Gold’ is performed as a “gentle protest against fracking”.
[Thanks to Claire and Lino for the setlist and notes.]
Reviews: stuff.co.nz, nz musician, our amazing nz adventure, motorcityblog, luminous glass blog (with photos), second fret blog
Photos
Thanks to Lino for the photos – More at Flickr.
Video:
Maybe Not Tonight (by Lino Matthes)
Philander (by Lino Matthes)
Low Rising (by Lino Matthes)
Come Away to the Water (by Lino Matthes)
Fitzcarraldo (by Lino Matthes)
Falling Slowly (by RachaelMY)