El jueves 6 de agosto era el día en que el Senado debía tratar el polémico capítulo relativo a la extranjerización de tierras del proyecto de ley sobre inviolabilidad de la propiedad privada. Pero debido a una intensa presión social (y la falta de acuerdos para lograr los votos), la jefa de la bancada oficialista en el Senado, Patricia Bullrich, decidió retirar ese pliego del proyecto de ley. Una derrota parcial para el oficialismo.
Este apartado buscaba revisar las restricciones vigentes para la compra de tierras rurales por parte de personas o empresas extranjeras, un tema sensible que regula los límites de hectáreas permitidos y protege zonas clave como fuentes de agua y fronteras.
La “presión social” incluyó a buena parte de la ciudadanía, y los artistas no fueron la excepción.
Lali, en una história de Instagram, convocó a sus casi 12 millones de seguidores a concurrir a la marcha programada para el jueves 6, en la Plaza de los Dos Congresos: “Para defender nuestra tierra, el agua, nuestros recursos estratégicos. Es muy importante que todos estemos ahí”.
También desde sus historias de Instagram, Tini Stoessel y Emilia Mernes adhirieron a la causa. Tini publicó una historia con una foto de un paisaje patagónico con una bandera argentina y la leyenda “La patria no se vende”, mientras que Emilia compartíó, también desde sus historias, un video de la ONG Amnistía Argentina convocando a la marcha.
El sábado, en el Central Park de Nueva York,mientras Milo J y Trueno cantaban “Tierra Zanta” en el concierto que formaba parte del Lamc (Latin American Music Conference), Dillom mostró la bandera argentina con la inscripción “la patria no se vende” y la convocatoria para la marcha del jueves.
La Joaqui, por su parte, también compartió desde sus historias la convocatoria de la Revista Anfibia con el sol de la bandera, la consigna “La patria no se vende” y un mensaje claro: ya sabemos dónde hay que estar el 6 de agosto”.
“Ojo que quieren vender la Patagonia”, advirtió Ca7riel también desde su cuenta de Instagram. “Y no te vas a dar cuenta, vas a quedar a pata y en agonía. Y cuando los gringos paguen la primer cuota… ¡te va a entrar enterota!”, remató.
Juana Molina reflexionó y ofreció sus argumentos. “Estaba pensando en algo importantísimo que es lo que va a pasar el 6 de agosto”, explicó en su cuenta de IG. “Y me viene la idea esta de que muchas veces la gente se preocupa más por quién dice las cosas en vez de escuchar qué dice la gente. Porque hasta el más idiota puede decir una genialidad y el más brillante puede decir una estupidez. Entonces, bueno, no es porque vos estés de acuerdo con un gobierno o con otro, creo, que puedas estar de acuerdo con todo lo que hace. Y acá me parece que no importa para nada quién gestionó la idea, no importa: lo importante es que no se haga. Entonces, tenemos que unirnos dentro de lo posible para ir todos a protestar contra algo que es absurdo, y que aparte no tiene retorno. Eso es lo más terrible, porque hay cosas que están mal, pero después se vuelve atrás y listo, esto no va a tener vuelta atrás si se hace. Y nos va a perjudicar a todos, no solamente a los argentinos, al mundo entero. Porque como ya todos saben, el mundo es cada vez más chiquito y lo que pasa en China nos afecta a nosotros, lo que pasa en en cualquier lugar del mundo nos afecta directamente. Entonces, que les hayamos abierto la puerta para hacer semejante desastre acá, tan cerquita, es horrible. Tratemos de dejar las diferencias aparte y de vernos todos el 6 en el Congreso. Nos vemos ahí”.
En una entrevista en el programa Elenco inestable de Radio con vos, Dante Spinetta también dejó en claro su oposición al proyecto de ley: “Lo único que me molesta un poco de de tocar el [jueves] seis es que no voy a ir a la marcha, porque a esta marcha hay que ir. Hay que ir y hay que parar un poco porque esto ya es medio una locura, esto de que directamente nos quieran rifar el país”. Y siguió con su descargo: “Yo no soy ni K, ni ni soy peronista, ni soy Libertad, ni Macri, ni nada. Yo soy argento y hay que defender lo nuestro. Hay que dejar de tomarse la política como River-Boca Porque lo que hay que defender es nuestra soberanía. Lo nuestro.No solamente tenemos que juntarnos para ir a festejar los partidos del Mundial, sino también empezar a juntarnos para demandarle a los políticos que hagan lo que tienen que hacer. Es el agua, es la tierra, son nuestros recursos naturales, nuestro petróleo, el litio, las fronteras. Es todo”.
El martes, durante su concierto en el Movistar Arena, Rosalía se unió al canto espontáneo del público: “la patria no se vende”.
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El reconocido guitarrista de flamenco José Antonio Carmona Carmona, conocido artísticamente como Pepe Habichuela, falleció este martes en Madrid a los 82 años. El músico permanecía alejado de los escenarios desde el verano de 2024, cuando se retiró de la actividad pública debido a la enfermedad contra la que luchaba.
Originario de Granada, José Antonio Carmona Carmona nació en 1944 en el seno de una familia gitana con una profunda tradición flamenca. Desde muy pequeño creció rodeado de la música que impregnaba su entorno familiar, donde el cante, el baile y la guitarra formaban parte de la vida cotidiana en el barrio del Sacromonte. Años más tarde se trasladó a Madrid, donde inició su carrera profesional en los tablaos flamencos, espacios fundamentales para la difusión de este género dentro y fuera de España. Formó parte de una generación irrepetible de artistas junto a figuras como Camarón de la Isla, Paco de Lucía, Manolo Sanlúcar y Enrique Morente, con quien desarrolló una colaboración que dejó una huella decisiva en la evolución del flamenco.
Pepe Habichuela deja un legado imborrable en la historia del flamenco. Considerado uno de los guitarristas más influyentes del género, su talento contribuyó a acercar esta expresión artística a nuevas audiencias y demostró que era posible dialogar con otras corrientes musicales sin renunciar a la esencia del flamenco más puro. Su huella trascendió los escenarios y se extendió a su propia familia, convertida en una de las grandes dinastías del flamenco contemporáneo. Su hijo, Josemi Carmona, y sus sobrinos Antonio Carmona y Juan José Carmona integraron el grupo Ketama, una formación que renovó el flamenco fusión y llevó su sonido a nuevas generaciones. Con su obra y con el legado de quienes siguieron sus pasos, Pepe Habichuela deja una influencia que seguirá resonando en la música española durante muchos años.
A lo largo de su trayectoria, Pepe Habichuela recibió numerosos reconocimientos que dieron cuenta de la dimensión de su obra. Entre los más recientes destacan los homenajes de las Noches del Botánico de Madrid y del Festival Flamenco On Fire de Pamplona, así como el Castillete de Oro del Festival de La Unión. También fue distinguido con la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes en 2018 y con la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio.
Sin embargo, más allá de los premios y las condecoraciones, hubo un reconocimiento que ningún galardón pudo igualar: el cariño y la admiración del público. Su virtuosismo, su entrega a la guitarra y su profundo respeto por la tradición flamenca conquistaron a generaciones de aficionados, dentro y fuera de España, que encontraron en su música una forma auténtica de sentir el flamenco. Con cada interpretación y cada disco, Pepe Habichuela contribuyó a escribir una de las páginas más importantes de la historia del género. Su obra permanece como un legado artístico de valor incalculable, mientras que la familia de músicos que ayudó a formar garantiza que su influencia seguirá viva en el flamenco y en la música española durante muchos años.
El presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, ha lamentado la partida de esta leyenda musical a través de sus redes sociales: “Se apaga la guitarra de Pepe Habichuela, pero su música seguirá sonando allí donde el flamenco siga contando quiénes somos. Gracias por una vida entregada al arte y por engrandecer nuestro patrimonio cultural”.
Asimismo, Marta Rivera de la Cruz, delegada de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, ha compartido: “Nadie hizo hablar la guitarra como Pepe Habichuela. Él se ha ido de esta tierra, pero nos deja su música. Descanse en paz”. “Hoy llora el flamenco universal. Despedimos a Pepe Habichuela, dinastía ilustre de la guitarra flamenca. En 2024, en nuestra Suma, en los Teatros del Canal, nos regaló “Yesqueros”, un recuerdo de su infancia. Desde siempre flamenco y duende de puro Madrid”, agregó Isabel Díaz Ayuso, presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid.
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Beyoncé is full of surprises.
Several weeks after the release of “Morning Dew (Donk),” Bey surprise-releases the “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix Pack, a four-pack with two cuts featuring the talents of her hubby, the hip-hop superstar Jay-Z.
The EP dropped in the small hours of Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), alerted to the Beyhive by way of a social post from Parkwood Entertainment.
Written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, Beyonce announced “Morning Dew (Donk)” on the 4th of July weekend, an official release closing a chapter on demos leaked in recent years.
On the Remix Pack, Jay-Z — he’s listed as JAŸ-Z (with an umlaut over the “Y”) — jumps in with a fresh rhyme. “Top of the top, sloppy as a morning dew / the watch is vintage, I don’t need nothing new / coming through Malibu in the old school,” he raps. Jay’s vocals also appear on an “acoustic” version.
Beyonce returned to the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the first time in three years as “Morning Dew (Donk)” bowed at No. 7 on the tally dated July 18. Meanwhile, “Morning Dew” started at No. 3 on Hot R&B Songs and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 61st top 40 title.
The song was, reportedly, recorded back in 2013 around the Beyoncé album era; a snippet leaked in 2021 before a fuller version made its way online two years later, even sparking TikTok trends.
“Morning Dew” will appear on a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Beyoncé’s sophomore album, B’Day. The set, released in September 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and ignited the smash “Irreplaceable,” the 2007 year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single. Additional hits included “Beautiful Liar,” with Shakira (No. 3), “Deja Vu,” feat. Jay-Z (No. 4) and “Ring the Alarm” (No. 11).
“Morning Dew” will appear on a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Beyoncé’s sophomore album, B’Day. The set, released in September 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sparked the smash “Irreplaceable,” the 2007 year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single. Additional hits included “Beautiful Liar,” with Shakira (No. 3), “Deja Vu,” feat. Jay-Z (No. 4) and “Ring the Alarm” (No. 11).
Stream the “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix Pack below.
It’s been a thrilling year for rap at the stadium and arena level between Cardi B, JAY-Z and Don Toliver — but J. Cole just might be delivering the strongest hip-hop live show of the year.
On Tuesday (Aug. 4), the Fayetteville MC, who spent his college years in New York, lit up Madison Square Garden for the second night this week, marking his fourth of five NYC-area arena headlining shows. With Cole’s New York residency comprised of two MSG shows, two nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and a stop at Long Island’s UBS Arena, the two-time Grammy Award winner could have probably booked one stadium show and called it a day. Nonetheless, his decision to remain in arenas allowed him to pour into the unique fan connection that’s underscored his entire, nearly two-decade career.
Before Cole took the stage, Dreamville’s Bas — who proudly shouted out the fact that he grew up in Jamaica, Queens — played a quick opening set that traded on posse cuts like “Down Bad” and his signature hit “Tribe.” Around 9:15 p.m., a hooded J. Cole knelt in the middle of a temporarily vacated section 106, ready to intimately begin the night with The Fall-Off‘s “39 Intro.” Talk about aura farming!
Across a nearly two-hour set, Cole ripped through a setlist largely anchored by The Fall-Off, his eighth studio album. Featuring appearances by Tems, Burna Boy, Petey Pablo and more, The Fall-Off opened atop the Billboard 200, with 21 of the album’s 24 tracks charting on the Billboard Hot 100 in its debut week. A denser, less radio-focused set than most of his catalog’s full-length entries, The Fall-Off finds Cole trying his hand at the double-album structure, splitting his eighth record into “Disc 29” and “Disc 39,” on which he recounts different homecomings at those respective ages, as well as the emotional journey between those two timestamps.
His production design reflected that homegrown, Fayetteville-set narrative with the backdrop consisting of a practical-meets-projected rendering of the city’s historic Market House (under which the band was annoyingly secluded) and his storied Honda Civic — which he revisited with this spring’s Trunk Sale Tour in support of The Fall-Off. Unlike many recent major arena shows, Cole shied away from elaborate stage design, let alone a B-stage. Instead, he opted for a more traditional, proscenium stage, with the curvature of his Fall-Off era typography service as the theater’s red curtains.
From the dazzling lighting design to his enviable stamina (you could count the number of times he stopped for water on one hand), Cole performed like this was his final tour. And, well, it kind of is. Cole’s current 73-day trek — which will bring him to North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa — is widely expected to be his last of such scale, at least for a long time. Amazingly, that implication didn’t hang in the air like a cloud; Cole harnessed those feelings to further ground fan-centric moments like one concertgoer losing his mind for the chance to go bar-for-bar on “Johnny P’s Caddy.”
And beyond the show’s creative merits and Cole’s expert breath control and diction, The Fall-Off World Tour reminds the world that despite its namesake album’s headier feel — and the jokes that spawned from his decision to exit the 2024 Drake-Kendrick Lamar battle — Cole has an incredible catalog across mixtapes (“In the Morning”), deep cuts (“2Face”), hit singles (“Middle Child,” “Wet Dreamz”) and collaborations (“The London,” “Planez”).
When we talk about era-defining MCs with catalogs that hold up, Cole’s gotta be in the first round of conversation. And he didn’t even touch KOD or 4 Your Eyez Only; Cole’s setlist prioritized his day-ones as much as his navigation of the arena. The fans themselves are a vital element for Cole’s live show, and the world-class talent and real-world humility and good old-fashioned crowd control that drew fans to him were on full display on Tuesday night — look no further than his towering dual closer of 2014’s “No Role Modelz” and 2026’s “Quik Stop.”
Check out Billboard’s five best moments from J. Cole’s The Fall-Off World Tour below.
There’s nothing quite like a last chance performance to squeeze the tension and ramp-up the nerves.
Elsie found herself in just that position on America’s Got Talent.
Following the Auditions, the Mississippi mom and singer stood at or near the brink of elimination. But she made it through to the Judges’ Callbacks, a special round for those acts who landed three or four “Yes” votes at their audition to show why they deserve a spot in the Live shows.
For her make-it-through moment, she performed a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Make It Rain” (originally by Foy Vance), reinterpreting the number with a splash of southern soul.
Simon Cowell was caught on a hot mic, explaining why the 32-year-old’s audition, a performance of an original song, “Forgiveless,” divided the judges and failed to spark him up. “She just didn’t make the connection the first time for whatever reason,” he explained to guest judges Poo Bear and Normani. “And this time it was like, seriously, a completely different experience.”
Elsie was proud of her efforts. “I can leave here feeling accomplished,” she said in an interview, which aired Tuesday night (Aug. 4) along with her Judges’ Callbacks performance, “because he said he wanted me to be myself and I feel like I accomplished that.”
Not so fast. Elsie and her fellow hopefuls gathered, one by one, to learn their fate.
Cowell, as he so often likes to do, kept the artist and the viewers hanging. “I think after that first audition was what we spoke about yesterday was I didn’t quite feel the connection. I think today, from the minute you walked out, you actually lit up the stage,” he remarked. “You have this incredible, almost like peaceful, aura about you. And there is no question of doubt, we will not be making these live shows… without you.”
Cue the tears.
“So, you are joining us in the live shows,” Cowell confirmed, if any doubt remained.
The acerbic British judge also advanced Abiud Sando, Nyjah Music & Zyah Rhythm, Akira, and Travis Garland, while Elekrodads was eliminated. Meanwhile, Mel B advanced Butter & Grit, James & Marina, and Béty, while Lachlan Patterson, Joel M, and Madelyn Tallent & Malachi Martin headed for the exit.
AGT airs every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, streaming the next day on Peacock.
Watch Elsie’s green-light moment on AGT’s Results video below.
KATSEYE (Yoonchae, Danielle, Megan and Lara) have a lot on their minds. The international girl group share how they feel about their new documentary Wild Hearts, what they’re excited for their EYEKONS to see, their thoughts on seeing Manon in the documentary, as well as react to “Animal” becoming their highest charting song on the Hot 100 chart.
Tetris Kelly
Alright, guys. We have been on such a crazy journey, and I remember how we felt about Pop Star Academy when we watched that. But how does it feel seeing this part of your story on the big screen?
Danielle (KATSEYE)
I think it’s good to see. It’s very much more authentic. You get a little bit more of that rawness, more of like the BTS, more of that grind, that day-to-day grind that people I feel like don’t really get to see a lot, so I think it’s very nice that we’re finally like making a film to show that.
Tetris Kelly
Yeah, you talk about the grind. I mean, you guys just dropped “Animal, which became your highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 to date. So congratulations! How do you guys feel about “Animal” getting all this success right now?
Megan (KATSEYE)
We’re so grateful. We couldn’t be more grateful. We’ve worked so hard, and we’re continuing to. And it just makes us so much more excited for the world tour to come out, and just the album and everything. So yeah, we we love you guys so much. We couldn’t.
Tetris Kelly
I mean, the tour. We’re getting bigger venues this time. So what are we going to see? Any surprises? What can the fans expect out there?
Lara (KATSEYE)
I think lots of vocals, more vocal moments. I think a bit more like interaction with the fans. It’s just we’re planning like a really, really, really sick show. We just started rehearsals, and we’re grinding. It’s going to be awesome.
Tetris Kelly
And I’ve tried to, of course, be as respectful as possible and give you guys space. But now that you guys have talked about it a couple times with Manal being in this film. How does it feel emotionally being here tonight and seeing that?
Lara (KATSEYE)
I think it’s so so beautiful. She is such an incredible, important, and beautiful part of KATSEYE’s journey and will forever be. So of course she is in this movie, and like it’s so beautiful to watch that and watch the journey as it happened, and also for all the EYEKON to see. I think that they’re going to be so happy. They love her so much, and we love her so much. And it’s it’s just it’s beautiful. It’s awesome.
Tetris Kelly
I love her. I love you guys, and I’m so excited to see the film. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Of course.
Simple Minds and Delta Goodrem brought some rock and pop star-power to the closing ceremony for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, presented Sunday, Aug. 2 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Delta, the superstar Sydneysider, kept the Australian gold-rush flowing by performing her classic “Born To Try,” lifted from her 2003 smash debut album Innocent Eyes, and had the honors of welcoming the athletes into The OVO Hydro with a medley of her hits.
Delta belted out a batch of power ballads, including “Eclipse,” the song she performed at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, and fresh cut “Warrior.”
“Glasgow,” she writes on Instagram. “What a way to close the 2026 Commonwealth Games celebrating these incredible athletes, their strength, perseverance, heart. The unity that sports and music bring! A special moment singing Warrior for you all.”
To close it out, Goodrem teamed up with Scottish pop artist Cammy Barnes for a rendition of Australia’s unofficial national anthem, John Farnham’s “You’re the Voice.”
Goodrem has now completed a Commonwealth Games hattrick, after twice performing at the tournament in Australia — at Melbourne 2006 and Gold Coast 2018.
With her closing ceremony spot, Delta ensured her homeland continued its winning form. Australia topped the medals table with 70 gold, well ahead of England (29 gold) and Canada (19), respectively.
Delta is on something of a victory lap. Following her spot at Eurovision, where she finished fourth, she will begin her independent phase with Pure on Nov. 6, her first album release through a new deal struck with Universal Music via Better Now Records/Electrola. It’s the followup to Delta’s 2021 collection, Bridge Over Troubled Dreams (via Sony Music), her fifth leader on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Meanwhile, Glasgow’s finest, Simple Minds, wrapped-up the Commonwealth Games spectacular with a pair of songs from their mid-‘80s pomp, “Alive and Kicking” and “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Co. will celebrate their fifth decade in music with the V Tour, kicking off February 2027 with a run of headlining arena shows in Australia and New Zealand.
Sandi Thom, Shereen Cutkelvin, Elephan Sessions and Bemz also performed at the Closing Ceremony, which marked the official end of the 11-day quadrennial multi-sport event. For the record, the home nation punched well above its weight during the official competition, winning 13 gold for fifth spot on the medals tally, ahead of New Zealand, Nigeria and Jamaica, respectively.
The Commonwealth Games spotlights athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which includes England and more than 70 former “British Empire” territories across the world.
With No. 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, Il Divo has experienced the peaks of a music career like few others. And in 2021, the crushing lows that come with the loss of a bandmate.
As the pandemic raged around the globe, Carlos Marín, the Spanish baritone and a beloved member of the classic crossover act, died unexpectedly at the age of 53.
The group’s surviving artists Urs Bühler (the Swiss tenor), Sébastien Izambard (the French pop artist) and David Miller (the American tenor) grieved, lifted. And with the discovery of Steven LaBrie, the Mexican-American baritone, a gift that would enable Il Divo to fulfil its second act.
“It was super difficult, to be honest,” recounts Izambard of the tragedy. “A part of us thought, we need to keep representing the legacy of our band. If Carlos had still been in this world, he would probably have told us to keep going.”
When the group considered pushing on, Miller pitched LaBrie, an artist he had worked with who possessed “an incredible voice,” Izambard says in a Zoom with Billboard. A recording of LaBrie’s talents came down the phone. “I was blown away, personally,” he explains. “I was like, there are some similarities in this voice. We talked the four of us, with Steven, to say how hard it’s gonna be, how big a role it to take on for Steven to be part of our band.”
Marín’s passing, he continues, “was a good lesson for me, especially. I want to enjoy life, as much as I can. That was a great message for all of us.”
Fast forward to 2026, and the chaps are enjoying life and music. A new album is in the works, the followup to 2024’s XX, a 20th anniversary collection of new material, including an original song.
“The plan is to do new music,” Bühler confirms, “then go back out and share that with the world. With some collaborations as well.” Watch this space.
Il Divo are giants in their lane. Initially assembled and mentored by Simon Cowell in 2003, the vocal group has sold more than 30 million albums, bagged two No. 1s on the Official U.K. Albums Chart and became the first classical crossover act to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, doing so 20 years ago, in 2006, with Ancora.
Along the way, they’ve collaborated with the likes of Celine Dion, Toni Braxton and Michael Ball, and entertained a who’s who of important figures, from former U.S. presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Australian audiences will be among the first to catch this new era of Il Divo. The group will return to Australia for a special all-star concert, Dec. 5, led by Jose Carreras, and featuring performances by Robbie Williams, the Corrs, Ronan Keating, Natalie Imbruglia, Darren Hayes, Katherine Jenkins and more.
Echo Pacific Entertainment is promoting the Carreras & Friends show at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane — host city for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It’ll mark Il Divo’s first live performance in these parts since a four-city run in 2023, produced by TEG Dainty, and serve as an early Christmas present for the act.
Carreras and his groundbreaking work with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo was an early inspiration for Il Divo. “It could well be said that Il Divo wouldn’t exist without the Three Tenors,” Miller enthuses. “Yet another reason to thank Maestro Carreras.”
On Tuesday (Aug. 4), Glen Hansard was gracefully remembered through the music he spent a lifetime creating at his Dublin funeral.
Family, friends and fellow musicians gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate the life of the beloved Irish singer-songwriter, who died July 29 at age 56 following a motorcycle accident. Among those paying tribute were U2‘s Bono and The Edge, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, Hozier, Imelda May, Jake Clemons of the E Street Band and Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers, all of whom joined mourners in honoring Hansard’s enduring legacy.
Bono shared a heartfelt statement during the ceremony, mulling over Hansard’s remarkable ability to make everyone feel like a close friend.
“People on the green outside, best friends. People tuning in, best friends. Even people who haven’t met him, best friends,” Bono said. “Everyone who met him, they just remember the day they met him.”
The U2 frontman shared a voicemail from Patti Smith that included a lullaby she recorded for Hansard’s loved ones. He also delivered a spoken tribute inspired by U2’s song “Beautiful Day,” accompanied by The Edge, reworking portions of the lyrics in honor of Hansard.
Vedder later took the stage to perform Hansard’s “The Song of Good Hope,” a fitting tribute from a longtime friend and collaborator. The Pearl Jam frontman was joined by Hansard’s Once collaborator Markéta Irglová during the performance, one of several musical moments that showcased the songwriter’s deep and sentimental influence across generations of artists.
Hansard’s brother, Richie Hansard, also delivered an emotional eulogy recalling the musician’s outlook on grief.
“Glen said once that when you lose someone, you don’t really lose them,” he told attendees. “If you have the strength and the will, you will gain them back and you inherit the best parts of them. And we have. We have inherited all the magical, colorful words, hugs, talks, madness, sadness, insightful, manic beauty that a brother, an uncle, a husband and a father could ever give. Thank you, Glen. Thank you, brother.”
The service concluded with a rendition of Bob Dylan‘s “Forever Young,” featuring Bono, Vedder, The Edge, Liam Ó Maonlaí and a choir of musicians assembled around the altar in a final farewell.
Hansard first rose to prominence as frontman of The Frames before earning worldwide acclaim alongside Irglová in The Swell Season. The pair won the Academy Award for best original song in 2008 for “Falling Slowly” from the film Once, which later inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Over the course of his career, Hansard also released five solo studio albums and became known for his annual Christmas Eve busking performances in Dublin benefiting people experiencing homelessness.
Watch the moving musical tribute below.
Bad Bunny continues to dominate the Hot Latin Songs chart with several tracks off his album ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ and Karol G comes in strong with a new song “Matadora.”
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Here’s the Billboard Hot Latin Songs top 10 for the week dated August 8th. Calle 24 and Fuerza Regida move up to No. 10. No. 9 belongs to “Todo Lo Fue.” El de Las R’s slips to 8. “De Lejitos” parks at 7. “Koko” at six, “Voy A Llevarte Pa PR” dips to No. 5. Same for “Ayúdame” to 4. Karol G’s “Matadora” arrives at No. 3. “Nuevayol” says put at 2, and at No. 1, “DTMF” holds strong for a 71st week. You want more available Latin, make sure you hit the subscribe button and ring the bell to be notified on all our latest videos.