Glen Hansard has unveiled a stirring live performance video for “My Little Ruin,” the latest preview of his upcoming album Don’t Settle – Transmissions East, arriving April 24.
Recorded across two nights at Berlin’s iconic Funkhaus Berlin, the project blurs boundaries—part live album, part retrospective, part fresh studio statement. The result captures Hansard’s raw, unfiltered artistry in front of an intimate audience.
“My Little Ruin” carries personal weight. Hansard describes it as an “intervention song,” written for a friend struggling through self-destructive patterns—an honest reminder of the power of truth delivered with care.
The release follows earlier singles “Didn’t He Ramble” and “Down On Our Knees,” with more live videos expected ahead of launch.
Spanning his solo work, The Frames, and The Swell Season, the two-volume collection stands as a defining moment—reflecting on the past while pushing boldly forward.
After Hansard’s initial run of tour dates in the U.S. and Canada ahead of Transmissions East quickly sold out, he announced two additional shows next month in Asbury Park, NJ, and Washington, DC.
Don+t Settle – Transmissions East (Vol. 1) track listing:
1. Don’t Settle
2. Down On Our Knees
3. Back Broke
4. My Little Ruin
5. Didn’t He Ramble
6. Fitzcarraldo
7. Carrickfergus
8. Lonely Deserter
9. The Feast Of St John
10. Wreckless Heart
Glen Hansard Live:
3/29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Lodge Room (SOLD OUT)
4/1 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music (SOLD OUT)
4/3 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall (SOLD OUT)
4/5 – Boston, MA – City Winery Boston (SOLD OUT)
4/6 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church (SOLD OUT)
4/8 – New York, NY – City Winery NYC (SOLD OUT)
4/9 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
4/11 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
4/12 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
4/30 – Paris, FR – Olympia
5/2 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg (SOLD OUT)
5/3 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg
5/6 – Cologne, DE – E-Werk
5/8 – Berlin, DE – Columbianahalle
5/9 – Prague, CZ – Lucerna Velky Sal
5/11 – Vienna, AT – Gasometer
5/13 – Munich, DE – Tonhalle
5/14 – Zurich, CH – Volkshaus
5/16 – Antwerp – BE – De Roma
5/17 – Hamburg, DE – Stadtpark Open Air
5/19 – Bristol, EN – Bristol Beacon
5/20 – Glasgow, SC – Barrowland
5/22 – Manchester, EN – Albert Hall
5/23 – London, EN – Roundhouse
7/2 – Dublin, IE – Trinity College
