The songwriters of the indie-hit “Once,” Glen Hansard (of musical group The Frames) and Marketa Irglova, will be performing live during the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. The event which takes place on Saturday, February 23 is unfortunatley hosted by insufferable one-trick-pony comedian Rainn Wilson, but the good news is that the Spirited Awards was granted a waiver by the Writer’s Guild of America back in December (the WGA likes them indies) so the show was written well in advance and won’t be rushed out the doors like the Oscars.
What does that mean? It will be slightly less annoying then most awards shows this year. No other performers have been announced and its doubtful there will be any others as their is no musical category for the Spirit Awards, and this performance is more a courtesy being that the film is made in the, ahem… spirit of the indie award show.
If all goes well with the last-minute Oscar show that’s being produced, we should see Marketa and Hansard perform “Falling Slowly” from the “Once” film as it is nominated for Best Original Song. You can safely bet the same song will be performed at the ISAs.
