Oscar Success Begats Publishing Deal For Swell Season ‘Once’ Duo; Twosome Touring In The Spring

Sometimes when one wins an Academy Award, those thathave their head’s up their asses don’t usually pay attention, pay attention. So, fresh off their Oscar victory for Best Original Song, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have unsurprisingly signed a music publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group.

Warner/Chappell will handles songs composed by by Hansard’s The Frames outfit and future recordings by the duo under the name The Swell Season.

Apparently both groups are currently without recording contracts. Hansard and Irglova will be touring the U.S. from late April through mid-June. Glen Brunman, executive VP and head of creative (U.S.) for Warner/Chappell who apparently hadn’t heard about the film until after the Oscars said in a asshaty canned statement. “Glen’s work with the Frames will continue to rock, and we’ll make sure that it reaches an even wider audience.”

In an interview with Pitchfork today, Hansard said the “Once” film post butchered the concept of the film and his body. “They fuckin’ killed it. You’re right. They have us holding hands, which we never do in the film! Those legs aren’t mine. Those legs are like three times longer than my legs. It’s a completely new body. They literally just used my face. I’m wearing a hat in the original picture, so they Photoshopped my head. If you look at my head, my head looks totally weird, because whoever did the Photoshop job was shit. My head looks really weird, they took my hat off, and they gave me an entirely new body. It’s completely bizarre.”

Tour Dates via Paste
April
23 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ the Orpheum Theatre
25 – Indio, Calif. @ Coachella
26 – Oakland, Calif. @ Paramount Theatre
27 – Eugene, Ore. @ McDonald Theatre
28 – Portland, Ore. @ Portland Center for the Arts
30 – Seattle, Wash. @ Moore Theatre
May
1 – Missoula, Mont. @ Wilma Theatre
2 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ the Depot
3 – Denver, Colo. @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House
5 – Lawrence, Kan. @ Liberty Hall
10 – Royal Oak, Mich. @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
11 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Allen Theatre
12 – Louisville, Ky. @ W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
13 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
16 – Richmond, Va. @ Toad’s Place of Richmond
17 – Baltimore, Md. @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
19 – New York, N.Y. @ Radio City Music Hall
20 – Upper Darby, Penn. @ Tower Theatre
June
16 – Madison, Wisc. @ Overture Center for the Arts
17 – Chicago, Ill. @ Chicago Theatre
22 – Telluride, Colo. @ Town Park