Emily Zemler
View all posts by Emily Zemler August 10, 2026
Eddie Vedder performing in June 2025. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for EB Research Partnership Eddie Vedder paid tribute to Glen Hansard by busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street, where the late musician got his start. Following Hansard’s funeral last week, Vedder showcased Pearl Jam‘s “Black” and Bruce Springsteen‘s “Drive All Night” on guitar alongside a group of fellow musicians on the local thoroughfare.
The clips were shared by Scottish musician Murdo Mitchell alongside photos taken by music photographer Danny Clinch. Mitchell and Hansard had a long friendship after Hansard spotted him busking at age 14 and invited him onstage at a show.
“After Glen’s funeral, I asked Dylan, Tom & Felix, if they would be up for a busk at Glen’s spot on Grafton St,” he wrote on Instagram. “They were more than keen so we rallied a group of some friends & we headed down even though it was like 3am, it felt like the right thing to do. His spirit was there. Not got much footage of it. We only had my guitar, a broken string & some heart, but we made it work.”
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Vedder performed Hansard’s “The Song of Good Hope” at his funeral with Hansard’s Once collaborator Markéta Irglová and members of the Frames. During the memorial, Bono played a musical voicemail from Patti Smith before reciting reworked lyrics to U2 “Beautiful Day.” Both singers joined a group performance of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young.”
