{"id":2079503,"date":"2026-08-05T18:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2079503"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:32:40","slug":"u2-share-re-written-beautiful-day-lyrics-from-glen-hansard-funeral-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2079503","title":{"rendered":"U2 share re-written \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 lyrics from Glen Hansard funeral tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bono_the_edge.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">U2 share re-written \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 lyrics from Glen Hansard funeral tribute<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Bono performed the new version alongside The Edge at the service after sharing a lullaby sent by Patti Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-05T19:32:40+01:00\">5th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bono_the_edge-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Former Presidents Gather For The Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Bono and The Edge in John Lewis Plaza, on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Taylor Hill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>U2\u00a0have\u00a0shared\u00a0the re-written lyrics to \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 that\u00a0Bono\u00a0and\u00a0The Edge\u00a0wrote for Glen Hansard\u2019s funeral yesterday (August 4).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Oscar-winning star of\u00a0<i>Once,\u00a0<\/i>frontman\u00a0of\u00a0The Frames and\u00a0one half of\u00a0The Swell Season died following a motorcycle\u00a0crash in Dublin on July 29. He was 56 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The funeral saw figures from across the music world assemble at Dublin\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral yesterday, including\u00a0Pearl Jam\u2018s\u00a0Eddie Vedder,\u00a0Hozier,\u00a0Imelda May and his <i>Once <\/i>co-star and Swell Season bandmate Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Bono played a voice message that\u00a0Patti Smith had sent after hearing of Hansard\u2019s death, in which she sang a lullaby for his family. He then delivered the re-written \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 as a spoken-word piece alongside The Edge and encouraged the congregation to join in at its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>U2 have now posted the re-written lyrics to the 2000 song on Instagram alongside a poignant painting of Hansard by Colin Davidson.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bono reads out lyrics of U2's A Beautiful Day at Glen Hansard's funeral\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNmfWNbEux4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The\u00a0new words\u00a0include references\u00a0to Dublin\u2019s McDaid\u2019s pub\u00a0and\u00a0Hansard\u2019s early days as a busker and his breakout success with\u00a0<i>Once<\/i>. They are:<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<i>See those eyes flashing landing light blue<\/i><br \/><i>Seven towers holding up the sky for you<\/i><br \/><i>Arrivals and departures, this is what we do<\/i><br \/><i>You write your life \u2018til the story becomes true<\/i><br \/><i>Ginger cake smile, a movie star too<\/i><br \/><i>If the street be your stage how come there\u2019s thousands in the queue<\/i><br \/><i>McDaid\u2019s feels like a stadium but there\u2019s only me and you<\/i><br \/><i>You left a hangover from hell, of this there is no doubt<\/i><br \/><i>But as you wake up in heaven, all the angels will shout<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere at the service, Vedder joined\u00a0Irglov\u00e1\u00a0and members of The Frames to perform \u2018The Song\u00a0Of\u00a0Good Hope\u2019, while Lisa O\u2019Neill sang \u2018Old Note\u2019. Mourners left the cathedral to a performance of\u00a0Bob Dylan\u2018s \u2018Forever Young\u2019 led by\u00a0Liam \u00d3 Maonla\u00ed, Vedder,\u00a0Bono\u00a0and others.<\/p>\n<p>Hansard formed The Frames in 1990 and later released three albums with\u00a0Irglov\u00e1\u00a0as The Swell Season.\u00a0The pair won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2008 for \u2018Falling Slowly\u2019, which featured in John Carney\u2019s touching musical drama\u00a0<i>Once<\/i>, in which they both starred.<\/p>\n<p>Footage has also emerged of Hansard\u2019s final live performance, which took place at The Wren\u2019s Nest pub in\u00a0Chapelizod, Dublin just hours before his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Bono<\/li>\n<li>Glen Hansard<\/li>\n<li>Patti 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death<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>U2\u00a0have\u00a0shared\u00a0the re-written lyrics to \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 that\u00a0Bono\u00a0and\u00a0The Edge\u00a0wrote for Glen Hansard\u2019s funeral yesterday (August 4).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Oscar-winning star of\u00a0<i>Once,\u00a0<\/i>frontman\u00a0of\u00a0The Frames and\u00a0one half of\u00a0The Swell Season died following a motorcycle\u00a0crash in Dublin on July 29. He was 56 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The funeral saw figures from across the music world assemble at Dublin\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral yesterday, including\u00a0Pearl Jam\u2018s\u00a0Eddie Vedder,\u00a0Hozier,\u00a0Imelda May and his <i>Once <\/i>co-star and Swell Season bandmate Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Bono played a voice message that\u00a0Patti Smith had sent after hearing of Hansard\u2019s death, in which she sang a lullaby for his family. He then delivered the re-written \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 as a spoken-word piece alongside The Edge and encouraged the congregation to join in at its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>U2 have now posted the re-written lyrics to the 2000 song on Instagram alongside a poignant painting of Hansard by Colin Davidson.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bono reads out lyrics of U2's A Beautiful Day at Glen Hansard's funeral\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNmfWNbEux4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The\u00a0new words\u00a0include references\u00a0to Dublin\u2019s McDaid\u2019s pub\u00a0and\u00a0Hansard\u2019s early days as a busker and his breakout success with\u00a0<i>Once<\/i>. They are:<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<i>See those eyes flashing landing light blue<\/i><br \/><i>Seven towers holding up the sky for you<\/i><br \/><i>Arrivals and departures, this is what we do<\/i><br \/><i>You write your life \u2018til the story becomes true<\/i><br \/><i>Ginger cake smile, a movie star too<\/i><br \/><i>If the street be your stage how come there\u2019s thousands in the queue<\/i><br \/><i>McDaid\u2019s feels like a stadium but there\u2019s only me and you<\/i><br \/><i>You left a hangover from hell, of this there is no doubt<\/i><br \/><i>But as you wake up in heaven, all the angels will shout<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere at the service, Vedder joined\u00a0Irglov\u00e1\u00a0and members of The Frames to perform \u2018The Song\u00a0Of\u00a0Good Hope\u2019, while Lisa O\u2019Neill sang \u2018Old Note\u2019. Mourners left the cathedral to a performance of\u00a0Bob Dylan\u2018s \u2018Forever Young\u2019 led by\u00a0Liam \u00d3 Maonla\u00ed, Vedder,\u00a0Bono\u00a0and others.<\/p>\n<p>Hansard formed The Frames in 1990 and later released three albums with\u00a0Irglov\u00e1\u00a0as The Swell Season.\u00a0The pair won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2008 for \u2018Falling Slowly\u2019, which featured in John Carney\u2019s touching musical drama\u00a0<i>Once<\/i>, in which they both starred.<\/p>\n<p>Footage has also emerged of Hansard\u2019s final live performance, which took place at The Wren\u2019s Nest pub in\u00a0Chapelizod, Dublin just hours before his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2-share-re-written-beautiful-day-lyrics-from-glen-hansard-funeral-tribute-3961074&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bono_the_edge.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News U2 share re-written \u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 lyrics from Glen Hansard funeral tribute Bono performed the new version alongside The Edge at the service after sharing a lullaby sent by Patti Smith By Max Pilley 5th August 2026 Bono and The Edge in John Lewis Plaza, on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2079503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2079503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2079503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2079503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2079503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}