{"id":27655,"date":"2026-08-04T19:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27655"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:36:23","slug":"bono-honors-glen-hansard-at-funeral-with-beautiful-day-tribute-patti-smith-lullaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27655","title":{"rendered":"Bono Honors Glen Hansard at Funeral with &#8220;Beautiful Day&#8221; Tribute, Patti Smith Lullaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bono.jpeg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1615835\" data-title=\"Bono Honors Glen Hansard at Funeral with \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d Tribute, Patti Smith Lullaby\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/bono-glen-hansard-funeral\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/bono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bono<\/a> appeared at Glen Hansard\u2019s funeral in Dublin on Tuesday, where he performed a special spoken-word version of U2\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d and played a voicemail from <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/patti-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patti Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U2 frontman began by marveling at Hansard\u2019s ability to make everyone feel like his \u201cbest friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you do that?\u201d Bono said. \u201cPeople on the green outside, best friends. People tuning in, best friends. Even people who haven\u2019t met him, best friends. Everyone who met him, they just remember the day they met him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bono then played a voice message he received from Smith, whom he described as \u201canother one of his best friends,\u201d on the day of Hansard\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer first reaction to hearing of Glen\u2019s passing, it\u2019s a lullaby for Glen\u2019s family and friends,\u201d Bono explained. \u201cShe was happy to share it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bono then recited a tribute to Hansard that reworked and incorporated lyrics from U2\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Day.\u201d Towards the end of the spoken-word rendition, he was joined by bandmate The Edge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The heart is a plant shoots up through the stony ground<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There\u2019s no room no space to rent in this town<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You\u2019re out of luck and the reason that you had to care<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The traffic\u2019s stuck and you\u2019re not moving anywhere<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You thought you\u2019d find a friend to take you out of this place<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It\u2019s a beautiful day sky is false, you feel like<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Beautiful day don\u2019t let it get away<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You\u2019re out on the road but you got no destination<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You\u2019re in the mud in the maze of her imagination<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Your luck is down even if that doesn\u2019t ring true<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You\u2019ve been a lover and it\u2019s been all over you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It\u2019s a beautiful day don\u2019t let it get away<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">it\u2019s a beautiful day touch me<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Take me to another place teach me<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I know I\u2019m not a hopeless case<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">See the world in green and blue see China right in front of you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">See the canyons broken by cloud see the tulip fields clearing the sea out<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">See the bad boy fires at night see the oil fields at first light<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">And see the bird with the lead in your mouth<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">after the flood all the colors came out<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It\u2019s a beautiful day don\u2019t let it get away it\u2019s a beautiful day touch me<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Take me to another place reach me I know I\u2019m not a hopeless case<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What you don\u2019t have you don\u2019t need it now<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">what you don\u2019t know you can feel it somehow<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">what you don\u2019t have you don\u2019t need it now<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Don\u2019t need it now It\u2019s a beautiful day. It\u2019s a beautiful day.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Also during Hansard\u2019s funeral, Eddie Vedder, Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1 and members of The Frames <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/eddie-vedder-marketa-irglova-glen-hansard-funeral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined together for a performance of \u201cThe Song of Good Hope.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hansard <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/live-coverage\/glen-hansard-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died early on July 29th<\/a> following a motorcycle crash outside Dublin. He was 56 years old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Bono y The Edge acudieron al Funeral por la Vida de Glen Handsard en la Catedral de San Patricio en Dubl\u00edn, Beautiful Day fue recitado por Bono cambiando algunas frases de la canci\u00f3n dedicada a Glen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oGABXD9rqI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oGABXD9rqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U2Valencia (@U2Valencia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/U2Valencia\/status\/2084646318031458483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bono appeared at Glen Hansard\u2019s funeral in Dublin on Tuesday, where he performed a special spoken-word version of U2\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d and played a voicemail from Patti Smith. 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