The Swell Season Australian January Tour
» Swell Season, The - Tivoli, The, QLD - Fri, January 23
» Swell Season, The - Fremantle Arts Centre, WA - Sun, January 25
» Swell Season, The - Sydney Opera House, NSW - Tue, January 27
» Swell Season, The - Sydney Opera House, NSW - Wed, January 28
» Swell Season, The - Sydney Opera House, NSW - Thu, January 29
Oscar winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who perform live as The Swell Season, are heading to Australia to play concerts in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane – finishing with three appearances at Sydney’s State Theatre as part of the January 2009 Sydney Festival.
The Swell Season, made up of Hansard from the Irish band, The Frames and Irglova, a classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist – made headlines in February 2008 when they won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly”. The song was also nominated for a 2008 Grammy award.
“Falling Slowly” was featured in independent Irish film, 'Once', a low-budget modern musical portraying struggling artists.
At one stage, any kind of release for Once was in doubt following rejection by most film festivals. A Sundance Film Festival employee famously saw the film in Galway, Ireland, and took it back to the US, not aware it had already been rejected! It got in second time around, and the rest is history.
Sure to be one of the major hits of the Sydney Festival and January touring circuit, make sure you secure your tickets for this very special event.
Tickets go on sale Monday November 10, 9am
THE SWELL SEASON AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES 2009
Wednesday, January 21 - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Thursday, January 23 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Sunday, January 25 - Fremantle Arts’ Centre, Fremantle
Tuesday, January 27 - Sydney Opera House (Sydney Festival)
Wednesday, January 28 - Sydney Opera House (Sydney Festival)
Thursday, January 29 - Sydney Opera House (Sydney Festival)
