Inside the new issue: Glen Hansard

A truly star-studded Hot Press awaits you this fortnight, with a host of big interviews that will warm your cockles as the October chill arrives.
First up, one of Ireland's favourite sons features on the cover once again. Now a globetrotting, internationally renowned star, Dublin busker-done-good Glen Hansard comes home for a chat about second solo album Didn't He Ramble, his difficult teenage years and relationship with his father, getting advice from Bruce Springsteen and much more. He's been candid with Hot Press before, of course, but this just might be his most personal interview yet.
Speaking of internationally renowned stars, Colin Farrell discusses his bizarrely brilliant new role i The Lobster, extreme weight changes, and placing family over his career.
Getting back to the troubadours, Rufus Wainwright talks opera-writing, fatherhood and the current state of pop – 'choice quote: "who's Beyonce?" – while we catch up with Josh Ritter and Anderson.
We also have chinwags with the likes of Annie Mac, CHVRCHES and Michael Palin in what is a truly jam-packed issue.
In Frontlines, we look at the campaign to 'Repeal The 8th' and talk to Tara Flynn and Roisin Shortall while, critically speaking, we run the rule over new offerings from Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter and more.
As ever, that's the mere tip of the iceberg.
Read all about it in the new Hot Press, on shelves Thursday October 15. To purchase your copy of Hot Press 39.18 right now, order online direct from hotpress.com.
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