The Swell Season, Glen Hansard + Markéta Irglová, UK & EU Tour announced for 2025

The Swell Season is back. After reconvening for a limited number of sold-out shows in March 2022, followed by a more extensive US tour in August 2023, the duo returns with a new UK & EU Tour this May including dates in Gateshead and London.

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová came to prominence together starring in the 2007 film Once and winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song with their composition “Falling Slowly” in 2008. The soundtrack garnered two Grammy nominations and the two christened their project, The Swell Season. They went on to release the critically acclaimed album Strict Joy and touring the world before branching out into solo careers.

In 2012, Once, The Musical debuted and went on to be nominated for eleven Tonys, winning eight including Best Musical. It ran for three years on Broadway and is currently still in production as a touring musical. In 2014 the musical was nominated for five Laurence Olivier awards with Hansard and Irglova winning for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Over the course of the last decade, Once, in all its iterations, has become a modern classic and a cultural touchstone being referenced in everything from The Simpsons to Ted Lasso. The fan base created by this modern masterpiece looms large in the minds and hearts of many.

Since the success of Once, Irglová has released three studio albums, the most recent one of them being LILA, recorded with an Icelandic producer Sturla Mio Thorisson at their Masterkey studio in Iceland. LILA reflects on Irglová’s journey from her “Girl from a Movie” status to wife, mother and artist.

Hansard has released 5 studio albums, the most recent one of them being ´All That Was East Is West Of Me Now´ released in October 2023, exactly one year after the release of “Take Heart” single featuring the Ukrainian Action, upon spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. Earlier in ‘22 he toured as part of Eddie Vedder’s Earthlings band and was featured on the Flag Day soundtrack with Vedder and Cat Power.

The Swell Season will be touring across UK and European shores this May and June before reaching the US later this summer.

THE SWELL SEASON UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR 2025
13 May 2025 Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands
14 May 2025 De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
16 May 2025 Stadthalle Köln-Mülheim Jülich GmbH, Köln, Germany
17 May 2025 CCH - Congress Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
19 May 2025 Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany
20 May 2025 Wiener Konzerthaus, Wien, Austria
21 May 2025 Forum Karlín, Karlín, Czechia
23 May 2025 Klub Studio, Kraków, Poland
24 May 2025 Klub Stodola Warszawa, Poland
25 May 2025 Sono Centrum. Brno, Czech Republic
28 May 2025 Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
29 May 2025 The Glasshouse, Gateshead, United Kingdom
31 May 2025 National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
01 Jun 2025 National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland