Poignant video shows Glen Hansard performing in pub an hour before Oscar-winning Irish musician was killed in motorcycle crash

A new video shows Oscar-winning Irish musician and actor Glen Hansard performing in a Dublin pub just hours before he died in a motorcycle crash.Hansard, 56, whose film appearances included playing guitarist Outspan Foster in Bafta-winning 1991 movie The Commitments, died in the early hours of Wednesday.Now footage has emerged of him playing the guitar and singing at Dublin pub The Wren's Nest late on Tuesday night, not long before his death. Joe O'Neill posted the footage on X, saying: 'Poignant Video. This was recorded 1 hour before Glen (Rip) was killed. He was in the Wrens Nest, Strawberry Beds at a session.'The Wren's Nest, a pub in Dublin dating back to 1588, has posted an online tribute, saying: 'We are deeply saddened by the passing of Glen Hansard. 'It was always a privilege to welcome Glen to The Wren's Nest over the years. He will be remembered for his incredible talent, generosity and the joy he brought to so many.'Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all who knew and loved him. Rest in peace, Glen. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.'Mr O'Neill has encouraged people sharing the video to donate to Northern Ireland's Simon Community homelessness charity. Glen Hansard was filmed performing at Dublin pub The Wren's Nest shortly before his death Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová hold their Oscars for Best Original Song at the 80th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, in February 2008Fans have noted how Hansard's last performance delivered lyrics such as 'Time is the only thing that's going to fix this now'.A clock on the wall in the footage marks the time as being 11.15pm on Tuesday. Responses online included the late comedian Spike Milligan's daughter Jane Milligan saying: 'How beautiful to have this song.'Once is a most profoundly great show, not only for its songs and sweet love story but for its Actor Musician element. RIP Glen.'Another poster wrote: 'You just never know when it all ends. So glad he was doing what he loved right up to the last moment. Thank you for everything Glen.' Other comments included: 'Nice that he left this song, and thankfully someone captured this on video.'Hansard won a Best Original Song Oscar in 2008 for the indie film Once and was lead singer for rock group the Frames. Irish police said a man in his 50s had died after a single-vehicle motorcycle collision in the west of Dublin, with emergency services alerted shortly before 4.30am on Wednesday. Irish musician Glen Hansard performs on stage at the Baloise Session music festival in Basel, Switzerland, in November 2013 A black and white photograph of Glen Hansard has been displayed beside the public sign for the Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum in Irish capital Dublin following his death The Wren's Nest, a pub in Dublin dating back to 1588, h as posted an online tribute to Glen Hansard - seen performing there on Tuesday nightThe musician won the Academy Award for his song Falling Slowly in 2008, having previously featured in 1991 film The Commitments as guitarist Outspan Foster.Dublin-born Hansard was in a relationship with Markéta Irglová, who co-starred with him in Once and co-wrote the Oscar-winning track. The film, which featured a number of other songs composed and performed by Hansard and Irglová, was turned into a hit Broadway musical version that won eight Tony Awards in 2012.Accepting his Oscar from presenter John Travolta, a stunned Hansard said: 'What are we doing here? This is mad.'He is survived by his wife, Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa, and their three-year-old son Christy. In a statement, his agents ATC Management yesterday said: 'With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning.'We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time.'Ireland's taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was 'deeply saddened' by the death of 'talented' Hansard. Glen Hansard featured in the 1991 movie The Commitments as guitarist Outspan Foster Hansard is seen here as guitarist Outspan Foster in the 1991 hit film The CommitmentsThe PM posted on social media: 'Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glen Hansard.'A talented musician and actor who made a significant contribution to Ireland’s cultural landscape over many years.'My sincere sympathies to his family, friends, and fans.'Hansard was one half of the rock duo The Swell Season and released solo albums including Didn’t He Ramble, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2016. For years he led the Christmas Eve charity busk outside The Gaeity Theatre in Dublin city, where members of the public gathered to see famous Irish musicians perform in aid of the Dublin Simon Community.He also took part in protests against Ireland’s housing crisis, a march to mark three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and he joined anti-austerity water charge protests in 2014.At the funeral of The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023, Hansard performed Fairytale Of New York with Irish singer Lisa O’Neill, which prompted dancing in the aisles of the Co Tipperary church.Hansard also recorded a song called Take Heart, in October 2022, expressing support for Ukraine following the country's invasion by Russia - with Hansard backed on the track by Irglová, U2 frontman Bono and Ukrainian refugees. Glen Hansard is seen taking part in the annual Christmas Eve busk on Grafton Street, Dublin, in December 2019 Hansard and Markéta Irglová (right) co-wrote Falling Slowly which won an Oscar in 2008 Irish police are seen where Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Lucan, DublinIn The Commitments, based on a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle, Hansard played Outspan Foster, a guitarist recruited by music fan Jimmy Rabbitte - played by Robert Arkins - with dreams of setting up a band to perform classic 50s and 60s soul music.The film won four Baftas and was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.Hansard toured in the past with Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, sang the track Coyote at Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday celebration in Los Angeles in 2018 and also sang live alongside artists including Bruce Springsteen and Ed Sheeran. Former Irish president Michael D Higgins said Hansard was a 'wonderful musician and performer' who had a gift for storytelling.He also praised the musician for having 'also placed great emphasis throughout his life to the importance of tackling the problems of society, including regular work in drawing attention to the problem of homelessness'.Bono said in a statement: 'Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed….Seriously, he was such an angelic presence… not otherworldly…in fact, very present this presence…'A smiling rascal if you needed him to be… this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun… no airs, plenty of graces...'Of course, Glen was the shining star of the Christmas Eve busk… sometimes the only one reminding the rest of us that Christmas began with a refugee born in a manger, which is hardly a step from living on the street. Glen Hansard is seen performing his song Falling Slowly during the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 24, 2008 He has been praised for his work supporting homelessness charities - Hansard is pictured here with a cup saying 'Home Sweet Home' before performing outside Leinster House in Dublin'To be utterly yourself by being more interested in others – a clue for any of us trying out different personas.'He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.'When the crowds got bigger and for safety’s sake Glen had to agree to move the busk to a stage kindly provided outside The Gaiety Theatre, he would say "we’ll give it our best but it’s not a busk if we’re not on the street!" …because that’s who he was - a performer at eye level in any situation.'The stage was a separation he wouldn’t recognize. Of all the grand and gigantic venues he and The Frames played, you sensed the street was his most favoured place to perform. And street people, his favourite audience.'Voice of the streets. A choir of angels in one man. The rest of us blessed to stand there beside our very own and very earthed Angel Gabriel… All of us welcome in his choir, whatever shape or form.'….and I’m telling myself this morning that if he never existed, then he can never cease to exist. For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case.'May you rest in the peace you gave to so many. Bono.'