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31/03/2012, Cricket | Music amidst cricket in Dublin | ESPNSTAR.com

Cricket |  Music amidst cricket in Dublin  | ESPNSTAR.com
They love their cricket in Ireland- throw in some music and the old Irish flair and what you get is scintillating and stunning. Check it out with DC.

31/03/2012, Part Eight: Destroy

About Neil Hannon's songwriting.
So for my part 2 of the project I reflected back on the people whom I looked at for a comparison in my life. These were people that had already gone through the experience of writing a song and I...

30/03/2012, The Divine Comedy | Review | Music @ The Digital Fix

The Divine Comedy | Review | Music @ The Digital Fix
The Divine Comedy Review at The Digital Fix

30/03/2012, The Divine Comedy – Bang Goes The Knighthood

The Divine Comedy – Bang Goes The Knighthood
The tenth album from Neil Hannon, treading a dangerous tightrope between whimsical charm and farce.

30/03/2012, Album: The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood (DCR)

Another Independent review of Bang Goes The Knighthood
Unstrapping his shin pads after last year's success with The Duckworth Lewis Method, Neil Hannon returns to his main day-job with Bang Goes The Knighthood, an album on which the cast of familiar Divine Comedy characters are targeted with his usual precision and urbanity.

29/03/2012, Review: Swallows and Amazons at the Playhouse

Review: Swallows and Amazons at the Playhouse
Swallows and Amazons is a delight not despite its innocence and lack of side, but because of it.

29/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Swallows and Amazons, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.
L.S. Media Rating **** Cast: Celia Adams, Akiya Henry, Richard Holt, Katie Moore, Sophie Waller, Stewart Wright, Greg Barnett, Francesca Bradley, Neal Craig, Adrian Garratt, Alison George, Hilary Tones, Jon Trenchard. Every so often a production comes along that when all is said and done is nothin...

29/03/2012, Review: Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Playhouse - Liverpool Arts - Culture - Liverpool Daily Post

Review: Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Playhouse - Liverpool Arts - Culture - Liverpool Daily Post
AHOY, me hearties, there be pirates afoot in the Playhouse, where the stage version of Arthur Ransome's well-loved children's story has more gumption than a one- legged buccaneer with a treasure map in his hand.

29/03/2012, REVIEW: Swallows and Amazons at the Liverpool Playhouse - ECHO reviews - Entertainment - Liverpool E

ARTHUR RANSOME’S gentle tale of a group of youngsters’ Lakeland adventures may no longer be required childhood reading, but this musical retelling of the 1930 original shows his world still has the power to both entrance and entertain.

29/03/2012, The Public Reviews » CHILD’S EYE VIEW: Swallows and Amazons – Liverpool Playhouse

The Public Reviews » CHILD’S EYE VIEW: Swallows and Amazons – Liverpool Playhouse
I went to the Liverpool Playhouse last night with my dad, we saw Swallows and Amazons. This play is brilliant, I have given it five stars but I would have given it ten, if I could. I have not read the books but that did not matter, I have asked for them for my birthday.

29/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons Reviews at Liverpool Playhouse - Liverpool - Whatsonstage.com

All the world’s a stag - what appears to be a dusty attic can be anything you like, given a vivid imagination, and a wondrous play brings out the best in the audience. Two and a half hours is a long time to keep children entertained, but all you need is a fantastic cast, a marvelous, industrious tea...

29/03/2012, Swallows And Amazons set's sail at Liverpool Playhouse > Reviews > Culture - Click Liverpool

Swallows And Amazons set's sail at Liverpool Playhouse > Reviews > Culture  - Click Liverpool
It's so refreshing to see a children's classic story being bought to live through theatre, and for children of this generation to be able to share in one of literatures all time favourites.

29/03/2012, The Public Reviews » Swallows and Amazons – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

The Public Reviews » Swallows and Amazons – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
It is with heartfelt delight that West Yorkshire Playhouse host an innovative and unique musical adaptation of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ by the Children’s Touring Partnership lead by independent producer Fiery Angel and Chichester Festival Theatre. A captivated audience is catapulted back in time to la...

29/03/2012, The Public Reviews » Swallows and Amazons – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Public Reviews » Swallows and Amazons – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Swallows and Amazons is currently at the beginning of a UK tour after playing at the Bristol Old Vic and the West End. Directed by Tom Morris, the co-director of War Horse, with music and lyrics by Neil Hannon.

29/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons. National Theatre/ Children’s Touring Partnership/Bristol Old Vic at the West Y

Swallows and Amazons. National Theatre/ Children’s Touring Partnership/Bristol Old Vic at the West Y
Arthur Ransome’s children’s classic Swallows and Amazons, and its eleven successors have some very devoted fans. I am one of them, so when I sat down in a packed expectant West Yorkshire Play...

29/03/2012, My Lovely Horse

My Lovely Horse
Information and lyrics of the songs Neil Hannon wrote for Father Ted.
The wonderful Celtic theme tune is the creation of The Divine Comedy, and their songwriting skills appear a few times in the series, notably in the form of two songs for the Eurovison Song contest.

29/03/2012, IFTN Gallery | The Irish Film & Television Network

IFTN Gallery | The Irish Film & Television Network
A photo of Neil Hannon and his ex-wife, Orla, at the Dublin's Savoy Cinema, 2008.
The Irish premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took place at Dublin's Savoy Cinema this week. Sadly, Steven Spielberg could not attend but a range of well known Irish faces walked the red carpet before enjoying the main event. Actors Brenda Fricker, David Kelly, Sarah Bolg...

28/03/2012, Nuits de Fourvière 2012 à Lyon: création de Denis Podalydès en ouverture

According to this article, The Divine Comedy will play only one concert in France this year: Les Nuits de Fourvière in Lyon.
Les "Nuits de Fourvière" font par ailleurs la part belle à la pop britannique, avec notamment Neil Hannon qui donnera le 14 juin à Lyon son "concert unique en France", selon les organisateurs, interprétant au piano et à la guitare des titres de son groupe The Divine Comedy.

28/03/2012, Edition 2012 des Nuits de Fourvière à Lyon: création de Denis Podalydès en ouverture

Les Nuits de Fourvière press release wrongly mentions The Divine Comedy as Neil Hannon's defunct band.
Les "Nuits de Fourvière" font par ailleurs la part belle à la pop britannique, avec notamment Neil Hannon qui donnera le 14 juin à Lyon son "concert unique en France", selon les organisateurs, reprenant au piano et à la guitare des titres de son défunt groupe The Divine Comedy.

25/03/2012, WIN: Swallows And Amazons Lyceum tickets - plus make Our Cow Molly ice-cream - News - The Star

WIN: Swallows And Amazons Lyceum tickets - plus make Our Cow Molly ice-cream - News - The Star
IT’s all aboard for a family treat with a stage version of Swallows and Amazons at Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre this Easter - and we are celebrating with a really cool prize.

23/03/2012, Dara O’ Briain. Comedy legend returns to Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Dara O’ Briain. Comedy legend returns to Liverpool Empire Theatre.
A comedian used 'The Lost Art of Conversation' as an intro music.
L.S. Media Rating ***** Before the curtain was raised even one inch on what became a night of high class comedy, the gentle and uplifting music of Neil Hannon’s Divine Comedy classic The Lost Art of Conversation filtered through the auditorium and to the awaiting, patient audience’s ears as they too...

23/03/2012, Doing swimmingly

Swallows And Amazons, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, tonight at 7pm; tomorrow at 1.30pm and 7pm. Box office: 0113 213 7700.

23/03/2012, Review: Swallows and Amazons - News - Yorkshire Post

It’s a long time since children ate corned beef sandwiches for tea and thought lemonade a simply splendid treat.

23/03/2012, Cobras in the Rough | Grant Gordon | Hardback | Constable & Robinson

Cobras in the Rough | Grant Gordon | Hardback | Constable & Robinson
While Neil Hannon writes songs about cricket, ex Divine Comedy dummer, Grant Gordon writes about golf.
is a book about golf but also about fathers and sons, and the ways in which they follow, or refuse to follow, in each other's footsteps.

23/03/2012, Theatre review: Swallows and Amazons, West Yorkshire Playhouse - Theatre Reviews - Yorkshire Evening

Theatre review: Swallows and Amazons, West Yorkshire Playhouse - Theatre Reviews - Yorkshire Evening
AN ADMISSION: this reviewer knows absolutely nothing about Swallows and Amazons, which means he’s probably the worst person to assess this musical....or possibly the best.

23/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

Swallows and Amazons at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
An inspired production full of laughter, action and imagination, Swallows and Amazons is a night of entertainment for all the family! From the director of the West-End hit War Horse (Tom Morris), the production was based on four young children, John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (played by Richard ...

23/03/2012, Review: Swallows and Amazons - The Yorker

Review: Swallows and Amazons -  The Yorker
You may be familiar with Swallows and Amazons' director, Tom Morris’, work. He is the artistic director of Bristol Old Vic and associate director at the National Theatre and developed and co-directed War Horse at the National and its critically acclaimed West End transfer. With such accolades, I exp...

23/03/2012, INTERVIEW: Neil Hannon on Swallows and Amazons coming to the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre - Liverpool

INTERVIEW: Neil Hannon on Swallows and Amazons coming to the Liverpool Playhouse Theatre - Liverpool
2 pages interview with Neil Hannon.
The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon brings his first musical to the Liverpool stage next week. He talks to Laura Davis

20/03/2012, Blessing 76 – Swallows And Amazons

Blessing 76 – Swallows And Amazons
Tonight I went to see Swallows and Amazons at the Theatre Royal and was blown away by how amazing the performance was. It has to go down as one of the best productions I’ve ever seen....

19/03/2012, Swallows And Amazons, Quarry Theatre, March 20-24

Swallows And Amazons, Quarry Theatre, March 20-24
WHETHER by chance or design, coincidence or fate, two plays written by Helen Edmundson are running simultaneously at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

19/03/2012, Review: The Divine Comedy | Regeneration (Parlophone) by James Hindle

Regeneration review, 2001.
Website of the English magazine Comes with a Smile

19/03/2012, Interview: The Divine Comedy by Mike Agate

Interview: The Divine Comedy by Mike Agate
Neil Hannon interview and photo, 1998.
Website of the English magazine Comes with a Smile

18/03/2012, Eric Mulet - bjork.fr

Eric Mulet - bjork.fr
Unreleased photo of the Neil Hannon / Björk interview for Les Inrockuptibles, 1995.

18/03/2012, BBC - Across the Line: Great Northern Songbook list in Full..

BBC - Across the Line: Great Northern Songbook list in Full..
2 Divine Comedy songs nominated for the BBC Great Northern Songbook, vote for them here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster/pages/ ... vote.shtml
As reported on ATL earlier, the BBC is asking YOU to help choose the soundtrack to the Great Northern Songbook concert on May 22nd as part of the Ulster Hall's 150th anniversary celebrations.

18/03/2012, The Divine Comedy – Hot Press 20th Sep 1990

The Divine Comedy – Hot Press 20th Sep 1990
Fanfare review from Hot Press, 1990.
The latest episode of ‘Pimp my iPod‘ looks at labels one of whom, Setanta released the debut album from The Divine Comedy in 1990. Neil Hannon has I believe since distanced himself from...

18/03/2012, Writer bids for monster hits with two plays on one stage - Theatre - Yorkshire Post

At West Yorkshire Playhouse this spring, Francesca Done discovers a story of one woman and two very different plays.

17/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons Reviews at Theatre Royal - Norwich - Whatsonstage.com

Swallows and Amazons Reviews at Theatre Royal - Norwich - Whatsonstage.com
At first thought, you might decide that Arthur Ransome’s stories about middle-class children having boating adventures at the start of the 1930s were pretty irrelevant in the 2010s. But they’re not. The Swallows and Amazons series is still much read by its intended age-group and – which is even more...

17/03/2012, Swallows And Amazons: West Yorkshire Playhouse - Theatre Reviews - Yorkshire Evening Post

BACK when Blur and Oasis regularly staged playground battles for Britpop dominance, The Divine Comedy were the quieter, more dignified geniuses at the back of the class.

17/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons sets sail into Norwich - Theatre - Norwich Evening News

Swallows and Amazons sets sail into Norwich - Theatre - Norwich Evening News
As a new touring stage production of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons Tale sails into Norwich, IAN COLLINS looks at a saga of adventure where the author’s own life was surely even stranger than his fiction. Plus: Neil Hannon Q&A.

17/03/2012, Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy | Felsted

Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy | Felsted
Review and picture of the Felsted School gig.
Felsted School was delighted to welcome Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy to perform in the Grignon Hall on Friday 24th February 2012, as part of the Felsted Olympiad

14/03/2012, Gibson 335 12 string 1967 Sunburst vgc.Neil Hannon.The Divine Comedy..

Gibson 335 12 string  1967 Sunburst vgc.Neil Hannon.The Divine Comedy..
After the flight case, this is the 12-strings guitar which is on sale now !
Gibson 335 12 string 1967 Sunburst vgc.Neil Hannon.The Divine Comedy.. in Musical Instruments , Guitars , Electric , Gibson |eBay

14/03/2012, flight case for acoustic Guitar....Martin,Takamine etc etc

flight case for  acoustic Guitar....Martin,Takamine etc etc
Another DC flight case which has been on sale.
flight case for acoustic Guitar....Martin,Takamine etc etc in Musical Instruments , Guitars , Accessories , Cases Bags |eBay

12/03/2012, Neil Hannons own Yamaha acoustic guitar The Divine Comedy Autographed

Neil Hannons own Yamaha acoustic guitar The Divine Comedy Autographed
Autographed Neil Hannon's Yamaha guitar currently on sale on eBay.
Neil Hannons own Yamaha acoustic guitar The Divine Comedy Autographed in Musical Instruments , Guitars , Acoustic , Yamaha |eBay

12/03/2012, Ampeg SVT 2 PRO BASS AMP

Ampeg SVT 2 PRO BASS AMP
Neil Hannon's bass amp went on sale on eBay for £721.68!
Ampeg SVT 2 PRO BASS AMP in Musical Instruments , Pro Audio Equipment , Amplifiers , Bass |eBay

12/03/2012, Gibson 335/330 flight case

Gibson 335/330 flight case
A Neil Hannon flightcase that went on sale on eBay.
Gibson 335/330 flight case in Musical Instruments , Guitars , Accessories , Cases Bags |eBay

12/03/2012, Digitech Whammy pedal

Digitech Whammy pedal
Neil Hannon's Digitech Whammy pedal went on sale on eBay.
Digitech Whammy pedal in Musical Instruments , Guitars , Accessories , Effects Pedals |eBay

12/03/2012, Roland JV-2080 JV 2080 64-Voice Synthesizer Module

Roland JV-2080 JV 2080 64-Voice Synthesizer Module
Neil Hannon's Voice Synth went on sale.
Roland JV-2080 JV 2080 64-Voice Synthesizer Module in Musical Instruments , Pro Audio Equipment , Synthesisers Sound Modules |eBay

11/03/2012, BBC - BBC Radio 6 Music Programmes - The Live Music Hour, Steve Mason, Broken Bells, Biffy Clyro, Di

2010 live tracks to be broadcast on BBC 6Music on March 15th.
BBC Radio 6 Music Celebrates 10 years with live music from 2010 including: Steve Mason, Broken Bells, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Projectors and session tracks from Ash, The Divine Comedy and Sleepy Sun.

08/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons - Reviews - UK Theatre Network

Swallows and Amazons - Reviews - UK Theatre Network
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08/03/2012, Swallows and Amazons Forever | Andy Bramfitt

There have been some amazing developments in cinematography recently – high definition, IMAX, 3D – not to mention the fantastical CGI demonstrated in films such as Transformers, Avatar and Inception, but sometimes I wonder whether all this ”alternative reality on a plate” is stripping away our abili...

07/03/2012, Blog de Abel Venero » The Divine Comedy - Casanova

Blog de Abel Venero » The Divine Comedy - Casanova
The Divine Comedy - Casanova,Críticas de un aficionado a temas de música contemporánea

03/03/2012, My first song

2010 article where Neil tells us about one of his first October song: 'Nobody Wins'. Earlier in the year, Neil Hannon said during a Absolute Radio interview that he recently found back an old compilation tape of his early material that he considered as last. But, he has no plan for a release.
From an early age I was humming endlessly in the back of the car. I remember my mum asking me what I was humming and saying, 'I don't know. I made it up.' At 10 I wrote a song called Digital Watch. 'Walking down the street/ Wanna know the time/ Look at my wrist/ I've got a digital watch, a digital w...

03/03/2012, An Evening of Political Song

Review of the Neil Hannon solo show at the Meltdown festival, 2010.
Royal Festival Hall, London Far from being worthy or smug, this redrawing of the parameters of political song brings home the importance of this uniquely emotive form of history, writes Dorian Lynskey

03/03/2012, An Evening of Political Song; The Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve

Another review of The Duckworth Lewis Method live at Meltdown by The Gurdian.
Meltdown: From politics and cricket to singalongs with blues stomper Seasick Steve, Richard Thompson's passion for folk-based, rootsy music makes for a rousing week on the Southbank, writes Kitty Empire

03/03/2012, The Duckworth Lewis Method

Review of The Duckworth Lewis Method live at the Meltdown festival, 2010, by The Guardian.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London It's a big ask for the Duckworth Lewis Method to fill a 90-minute show with one album's worth of material but the crowd love it anyway, writes Michael Hann

03/03/2012, My Meltdown: Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson on The Duckworth Lewis Method for Meltdown festival, 2010.
Richard Thompson explains his choices as curator of this year's Meltdown festival and reveals the acts he's most looking forward to seeing

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood

Guardian review of Bang Goes The Knighthood.
Neil Hannon is best known for his whimsy, but his serious side results is the better music, says Will Dean

03/03/2012, Dizzee Rascal and Lily Allen lead the way in Ivor Novello nominations

The Duckworth Lewis Method on their Ivor Novello nomination.
The pop acts are among the artists in the line for a songwriting prize. Plus, there's another nomination for last year's surprise contender Nick Hemming

03/03/2012, Pop review: The Duckworth Lewis Method, The Duckworth Lewis Method

A third review of The Duckworth Lewis Method album by The Guardian. Obviously, they liked it very much!
Does cricket tire as a theme? Actually, no. Played, boys, oh well played, says Tom Lamont

03/03/2012, The Duckworth Lewis Method: The Duckworth Lewis Method

Another review of The Duckworth Lewis Method album by The Guardian.
A perfectly rendered set of pastiches and one of the summer's most delightful albums, writes Michael Hann

03/03/2012, Hits for six

Review of the Duckworth Lewis Method album on The Guardian.
Neil Hannon's new album celebrates cricket's 'beautiful silliness'. It's about time the sport got its musical due, writes Anthony Bateman

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy, Somerset House, London

The Divine Comedy, Somerset House, London
Guardian review of the Somerset House 2006 gig. Please note the first sentence!
"I'm not sure that I want a knighthood," says Neil Hannon, in response to a shouted suggestion from the crowd. He pauses, twinkles, reconsiders. "Well, maybe I wouldn't mind being a baron." It's been 16 years since Hannon's band the Divine Comedy, then a trio of REM-loving Londonderry teenagers, rel...

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy, Victory for the Comic Muse

Guardian review of Victory For The Comic Muse.
Neil Hannon's affinity with the Britpop era was sealed when his hit Something for the Weekend provided a title for Denise Van Outen's ghastly TV programme. On the evidence of recent albums, that seems to have depressed Hannon as much as anybody. However, this triumphant comeback sees him rediscoveri...

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy, Live at the Palladium

Guardian review of the Live At Palladium DVD.
Live shows by the Divine Comedy have a reputation for their infectious goodwill and sense of occasion. As is often the case with concert films, this doesn't entirely carry over into your living room. Performing without the aid of any multimedia enhancements, Neil Hannon and the 16-piece Millennia En...

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy, Palladium, London

Review of the concert at the Palladium, 2004, by The Guardian.
Odd that Neil Hannon persists in disowning his first record, a mini-album called Fanfare for the Comic Muse, released at the beginning of the 1990s, when the Divine Comedy were still a band. Even more odd, now history is repeating itself. Fanfare... betrays an obvious REM influence; Regeneration, Ha...

03/03/2012, The Divine Comedy, Absent Friends

Guardian review of Absent Friends.
Never a man to use a string section where the London Philharmonic will do, Neil Hannon has a vision, and a wardrobe of crushed velvet, that's paralleled only by OutKast. By far the more specialised taste, he returns from a three-year break more detached from the mainstream than ever. Anyone with fon...

03/03/2012, To divinity and beyond

2004 interview with Neil Hannon by The Guardian.
After Neil Hannon ditched his band, suits and crooning style, his career stalled. Now the lad is a dad, and is back with a thrilling new Divine Comedy album. So where did it all go right? By Kitty Empire.

03/03/2012, Q&A

2002 interview with Neil Hannon by the Guardian.
Neil Hannon was born in 1970. He was brought up in Enniskillen, and attended Portora Royal School. He formed The Divine Comedy in 1989, but after the 1992 release of the EP Europop, they went their separate ways. Hannon continued to write songs, teamed up with other musicians and composers, and kept...

03/03/2012, I lost my heart in Dublin

Neil Hannon on Dublin, The Guardian, 2001.

03/03/2012, Odd man in

1999 interview with Neil Hannon by The Guardian.
Neil Hannon started off singing about film and art. Then came sex. Unsurprisingly, he and his concept-turned-band, the Divine Comedy, were labelled both profound and pretentious. Now, they're in a new phase. And Hannon? He just wants to be a normal rock star. Honest

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Pitchfork review of Bang Goes The Knighthood.
Neil Hannon continues to quietly and effectively operate his own one-man niche, thanks to impeccable arrangements and tightrope-walking songwriting.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Pitchfork review of Victory For The Comic Muse.
On his ninth album, Neil Hannon retains his Wildean wit and apposite sense of style.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Absent Friends | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

The Divine Comedy: Absent Friends | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Pitchfork review of Absent Friends.
Singer/songwriter Neil Hannon resurrects his Britpop alias, three years after splitting up the band.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Regeneration | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

The Divine Comedy: Regeneration | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Pitchfork review of Regeneration.
The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon openly admits in interviews that he's never\n\ actually read the book his ...

02/03/2012, Album: The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood (DCR) - Reviews, Music & Gigs - Belfasttelegraph.

Album: The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood (DCR) - Reviews, Music & Gigs - Belfasttelegraph.
Review of Bang Goes The Knighthood from The Belfast Telegraph. Please ignore the 'Download this' mention in the article, and buy the whole album instead.
Unstrapping his shin pads after last year's success with The Duckworth Lewis Method, Neil Hannon returns to his main day-job with Bang Goes The Knighthood, an album on which the cast of familiar Divine Comedy characters are targeted with his usual precision and urbanity.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood, CD review - Telegraph

The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood, CD review  - Telegraph
Review of Bang Goes The Knighthood by The Telegraph.
Although he strains to keep one eyebrow raise, Neil Hannon's Bang Goes the Knighthood is more moving than expected. Rating: * * *

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood

The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood
PopMatters review of Bang Goes the Knighthood.
Ten albums in, and Neil Hannon proves himself to be as able as ever -- with fewer dirty jokes.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse

The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse
PopMatters review of Victory for the Comic Muse.
Neil Hannon has largely toned down his extravagant look-at-me persona, and decided instead to rely on the quality of his song-writing.

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Absent Friends

The Divine Comedy: Absent Friends
PopMatters review of Absent Friends.
Genius is like money; 90 percent of it is owned by a mere 10 percent of the population. When it comes to describing songwriters, the expression is thrown about with little regard to its literal meaning; Rob Thomas, for example may be a hit maker with a knack for songwriting and a dedicated work ethi...

02/03/2012, The Divine Comedy: Regeneration

The Divine Comedy: Regeneration
PopMatters review of Regeneration.
Neil Hannon, the diminutive blond Englishman who is the heart and soul of The Divine Comedy, named his band’s last studio CD Fin de Siecle. It’s French for “End of the Century” and that title couldn’t be more apt for the band’s trajectory. Where that last record’s themes and moods were dark takes on...

01/03/2012, Bang Goes The Knighthood -The Divine Comedy | Record Collector

Review of Bang Goes The Knighthood from the Record Collector.
Bang Goes The Knighthood by The Divine Comedy. Back in the pavilion with pop sophistication. Record Collector is the world's leading authority on rare and collectable records

01/03/2012, BBC - Music - Review of The Divine Comedy - Bang Goes the Knighthood

BBC - Music - Review of The Divine Comedy - Bang Goes the Knighthood
BBC review of Bang Goes the Knighthood.
As ever, Neil Hannon’s way with a tune is magnificent.

01/03/2012, BBC - Music - Review of Divine Comedy - Absent Friends

BBC - Music - Review of Divine Comedy - Absent Friends
BBC review of Absent Friends.
After three long years in the musical wilderness, the UK's favourite fop idol is back.

01/03/2012, Win family tickets to Swallows and Amazons at Norwich Theatre Royal - Theatre - Norwich Evening News

Win family tickets to Swallows and Amazons at Norwich Theatre Royal - Theatre - Norwich Evening News
We have ten family tickets to give away for a new production of children’s classic Swallows and Amazons, directed by Tom Morris (War Horse) and featuring music by Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy).

01/03/2012, Cathy Davey - a set on Flickr

Cathy Davey - a set on Flickr
Other photos from the Cathy Davey gig last month.