Glen Hansard’s Final Performance Captured on Video Hours Before His Death

Footage has emerged of Glen Hansard’s final performance, filmed just hours before the beloved Irish musician lost his life in a motorcycle crash outside Dublin. On Tuesday night, Hansard stopped by The Wren’s Nest in Chapelizod, where he was a regular at the pub’s weekly traditional Irish music sessions (via RTE). Video from the evening shows Hansard seated in the middle of the room with his guitar, surrounded by fellow musicians as the crowd falls almost completely silent to listen. A clock hanging on the wall behind him reads 11:15 p.m. In an especially stilling moment, Hansard sings in his distinctly raw cadence, “Time is the only thing that’s going to fix this now.” The performance would prove to be Hansard’s last. According to The Wren’s Nest, Hansard left the pub at closing time. Several hours later, at approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, Gardaí, the “Guardians of the Peace” of the Republic of Ireland, were alerted to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the Strawberry Beds area of Dublin after a passerby discovered the scene. Hansard, 56, was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. The Wren’s Nest later paid tribute to Hansard, writing that it had “always [been] a privile...