Alternative Milestones Episode 130 – RIP Glen Hansard
Photo: Mikolaj Rotowski
Today we’ll be remembering singer/songwriter Glen Hansard, who tragically passed away yesterday after an accident on his motorbike in Dublin at the age of 56.
And I’ve got 2 more In Memoriam milestones, from Pennywise and Slipknot
Birthdays we’ll celebrate will come from The Specials, Snow Patrol, Papa Roach, The Wonder Stuff, White Town, and Rush.
And I’ll have a bunch of music release milestones that run the gamut of Alternative Music including one that will honor WRIR co-founder and Global a Go-Go host Bill Lupoletti.
It’s a full show with great music, history, and memories.
Show archive
Playlist
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The Swell Season, “Impossible”
from Forward/Impossible - Single
Masterkey Sounds - 2026
RIP singer/songwriter Glen Hansard
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The Specials, “Why? (Edit)”
Chrysalis Records - 2008
Guitarist Lynval Golding 75th bday
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
4th album 25th rel anniv
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Snow Patrol, “All”
Polydor Records - 2024
multi-instrumentalist Johnny McDaid 50th bday
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Silversun Pickups, “Well Thought Out Twinkles”
from Carnavas
Dangerbird Music, LLC - 2006
debut album 20th rel anniv
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Swing Out Sister, “Twilight World”
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Swing Out Sister
Island Mercury - 2001
singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Andy Connell 65th bday
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The Features, “How It Starts”
from Wilderness
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2011
3rd album 15th rel anniv
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Slipknot, “Before I Forget”
from Antennas to Hell
Roadrunner Records - 2012
former drummer Joey Jordison RIP 5th anniv
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Rush, “Red Sector A (Live At Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada - September 21, 1984)”
from Grace Under Pressure (Super Deluxe)
Mercury Records - 2026
vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee 73rd bday
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Hooverphonic, “2Wicky”
from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
Epic - 1997
debut album 30th rel anniv
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Viola Beach, “Swings And Waterslides”
from Viola Beach
Fuller Beans Records - 2016
debut album 10th rel anniv
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The Wonder Stuff, “A Wish Away”
from The Eight Legged Groove Machine (Remastered)
UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) - 1987
frontman Miles Hunt 60th bday
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Pennywise, “Bro Hymn (2005 Remaster)”
from Pennywise (2005 Remaster)
Epitaph - 1991
RIP former bassist Jason Thirsk 30th anniv
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The Smiths, “Ask (Live In London, 1986)”
from Rank (Live)
Rhino - 1988
guitarist Craig Gannon 60th bday
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White Town, “Your Woman”
from Women in Technology
Echo - 1997
singer/songwriter/producer Jyoti Mishra 60th bday