" Glen Hansard of the Frames " (with members of The Swell Season) played at Iota and Tin Angel, " The Swell Season" are supporting Damien Rice. I don't think it would be very polite of Glen to play Frames songs while billed as "The Swell Season"
He wrote the song "Leave" and is so entitled to sing it at a Frames show. He and Marketa Irglova both wrote "Falling Slowly" and thats why it appears on both albums. [/QB]
Dude, you're mincing words. The tour in October was specifically to support The Swell Season. It was billed as such. The phrase "of The Frames" was added to Glen's name by the venues to get more people to show up.
By your reasoning, it was not "polite" for Glen to play Frames songs at those show, either, while Marketa sat on the side. She even helped with a couple. And if Glen is free to play any song he wrote at a Frames show, then why not at a Swell Season show? By your reasoning, isn't it impolite to the other band members for Glen to play solo/side project material while billed as The Frames?
For the record, I'll agree that they very well may not play any Frames songs, or very few. But I say that because they'll be opening, and won't have a lot of time like they did on the last tour, not because they're billed as The Swell Season.
I really don't know why you're making such a big deal out of this. You're acting like the suggestion that Glen might play a few Frames songs with The Swell Season is a personal insult or something.