31/05/2012, India appeal against Duckworth-Lewis - The Irish Times - Wed, May 30, 2012
CRICKET NEWS:THERE COULD be no more symbolic example of India’s challenge to surpass England in every aspect of cricket’s world order. Now they are even seeking to overturn the Duckworth-Lewis method, the Lancastrian system of determining the result of matches in which rain stops play.
31/05/2012, ICC considers different target adjuster from Duckworth-Lewis method
The Indian engineer V Jayadevan has submitted the VJD system, an alternative to the Duckworth-Lewis method for determining targets in rain-affected matches
31/05/2012, Featured article - /The Divine Comedy
Archetypal Irish gentleman (and thoroughly nice chap) Neil Hannon joins me to discuss Eurovision, 'silly' covers, cricket and his potential future as a film score composer on the verge of a nervous breakdown.. amongst other things.
31/05/2012, The Divine Comedy - Bang Goes The Knighthood
Seemingly ageless Northern Irish dandy Neil Hannon has been releasing records under the Divine Comedy name for 20 years now, however even with a vast (and in many ways peerless) body of work, he will still only be notable to many as the writer of the Father Ted theme tune (and of course 'My Lovely H...
31/05/2012, The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method
The Duckworth Lewis Method is the way that cricketers calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one day match when the game is called off due to adverse weather conditions; it essentially calculates what would have happened but didn't. It is also the name of a band made up of Thoma...
31/05/2012, The Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse
The band are named after a classic work by medieval poet Dante Aleghieri, the album title is lifted from a line of dialogue in E.M. Forste
28/05/2012, Cannes 2012 : Présences musicales #3 / TOP des BO - Cannes :: Cinezik.fr
Info musique de film : Cannes 2012 : Présences musicales #3 / TOP des BO
28/05/2012, Cannes 2012: Kylie Minogue en Motors Saint, l’examen
Il ya un film à Cannes cette année que j’ai ruminé, cueillis à et rejoué dans l’œil plus que tous les autres combinés de mon esprit. Improbable, il est celui...
26/05/2012, alegrias e alergias: A Certeza do Acaso na Divina Comédia da Vida...
Boa noite, amiga,Não conhecia estes teus companheiros de infortúnio. Mas escolheste-os muito bem.Como ja fizeste uma travassia do deserto, desculpar-me-às. Ensaiei falar sobre conversar, mas correu-me mal. Só não apago o post para me lembrar de como não devo estar para escrever. O humor anda desgra...
26/05/2012, Kylie Minogue sings Neil Hannon
As well as featuring on the cover of Jimmy Ruffin’s ‘What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted’ that graces the upcoming The Shortest Night fundraising album, Neil Hannon has penned a new tune, ‘Who Were We?’, which is sung by Kylie Minogue’s character in the Leos Carax-directed Holy Motors. An instrumenta...
26/05/2012, Anthony Phillips and Andrew Skeet – Seventh Heaven
CD1 & CD2 #VPD555CD: Total Times: 46:43 and 51:08 Released 2012 Artist Website: http://www.anthonyphillips.co.uk/ Artist Website: http://www.andrewskeet.com/ Record Label: http://www.voiceprint...
26/05/2012, Minogue movie the talk of Cannes
A French film in which Kylie Minogue makes a cameo appearance has emerged as a dark horse contender to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
26/05/2012, International Ridicule | Gallery :: The Divine Comedy Board
26/05/2012, Dallas Opera Announces New Commission, Collaboration Between Composer Joby Talbot and Librettist Gen
The Dallas opera announced that it has commissioned another new work, , a one-act piece that will debut in February 2015.I spoke with Talbot and Scheer about the piece.
25/05/2012, cannes2012.lesinrocks.com
Treize ans depuis Pola X, vingt depuis Les amants du Pont Neuf : tel Ulysse de retour à Ithaque, Leos Carax revient magistralement au pays du cinéma et flingue ...
25/05/2012, Holy Motors, expérimental, narcissique et fascinant
Leos Carax fait incarner onze personnages à Denis Lavant le temps d'un trip captivant, nourri de fictions délirantes et de références à ses films précédents. Holy Motors est présenté ce mercredi à Cannes.
25/05/2012, Kylie Minogue | Neil Hannon Wrote Holy Motors Tune For Kylie | Contactmusic
Neil Hannon Wrote Holy Motors Tune For Kylie | The Song Kylie Minogue Sings In New Movie Holy Motors Was Penned By Irish Pop Star Neil Hannon. The Divine Comedy Frontman Has Revealed He's The Brains Behind The Song Who Were We? Holy | Contactmusic
23/05/2012, Ash hit tops BBC radio song poll
The Ash chart hit Shining Light was the most voted for song at BBC Radio Ulster's Great Northern Songbook - 150 Years Of The Ulster Hall event.
23/05/2012, Drinking To Life | 53 Songs
Plenty of songs are about people who drink to escape misfortune. Surprisingly few are about drinking just because it's fun.
22/05/2012, Twitter / simonlittle: Can't believe Neil let me
an't believe Neil let me get away with playing that many notes on Napoleon Complex! Proper bass wigout... #BGTK
22/05/2012, Áine Whelan - singer/songwriter from Cork, Ireland
Áine Whelan has recorded and performed all over the world with many different artists including Van Morrison, Neil Hannon (Divine Comedy), and Brian Kennedy.
22/05/2012, Rich Downes - disability arts online
Driving through Somerset the other day, the car cd played 'Regeneration' (surely a positive word) by The Divine Comedy (does not sound misanthropic at all). Led by songwriter Neil Hannon who (my memory might be playing tricks on me) I most commonly associate with the word Misanthrope having read rev...
22/05/2012, Norfolk Peter: World Champion in Waiting
Song lyric of the day
Who cares where national borders lie?
Who cares whose laws you're governed by?
Who cares what name you call a town?
Who'll care when you're six feet beneath the ground?
- From Sunrise by The Divine Comedy
22/05/2012, Feist au programme du For Noise Festival 2012 | Tout sur les Romands
Feist au programme du For Noise Festival 2012. Le For Noise Festival dévoile aujourd’hui la programmation complète de sa prochaine édition.
20/05/2012, Swallows and Amazons Forever
by Jim Eaton-Terry There are many great things about having small children and living in the country, but access to theatre productions isn’t one of them. The formula for touring family shows s...
20/05/2012, The Bandlovers.
Il y a une semaine – déjà – je suis allé applaudir de The Divine Comedy aux Nuits du Botanique. Le concert était programmé dans le chapiteau, lieu pour lequel je garde une certaine...
20/05/2012, Music in Belgium - Nuits Botanique 2012 : Neil HANNON (The Divine Comedy) en solo, so British
Changement radical de style dans le Chapiteau des Nuits Botanique ce samedi 12 mai puisqu'au lendemain de la prestation explosive de The Rapture, c'est à un environnement plus feutré auquel était convié le public. Neil Hannon, la tête pensante de The Divine Comedy, avait en effet été invité dans le...
20/05/2012, Music in Belgium - Chroniques CD / DVD - DIVINE COMEDY (The) - Victory For The Comic Muse
Pays: IE | EMI 365 375 2 | Sortie: 2006/06/19
20/05/2012, Music in Belgium - Chroniques CD / DVD - DIVINE COMEDY (The) - Absent Friends
Pays: GB | EMI 7243 578081 0 1 | Sortie: 2004/03/29
19/05/2012, Graham Linehan: out for the count - The Irish Times - Sat, May 19, 2012
‘The IT Crowd’ is at an end, but his ‘Ladykillers’ is a West End hit. Now the ‘Father Ted’ writer is preparing a new sitcom – and it involves working with another Arthur, he tells JAY RICHARDSON
19/05/2012, Pugwash team up with Neil Hannon and Matt Berry for charity
Neil Hannon, Pugwash and Matt Berry of The IT Crowd fame have recorded a killer version of Jimmy Ruffin’s ‘What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted’, which was given its first public airing a few moments ago on Today FM by Tony Fenton.
19/05/2012, Luke Snellin is proud to announce the involvement of some iconic Britpop stars in his debut feature
2AM’s Luke Snellin has announced that Tim Wheeler (Ash) Emmy The Great (Austenland), and Graham Coxon (Blur) will create original music for his debut feature film The Wanderers set in the 1990's. Ian Broudie (The Lightning Seeds), Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) and Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy) are ...
19/05/2012, Ender: Nuestro común amigo Neil Hannon
Era un día de niebla muy densa. El Londres viviente, con los ojos enrojecidos, los pulmones irritados, la respiración silbante, estornudaba y daba muestras de sofocación. El Londres inanimado era un espectro que, entre el deseo de ser visto y el de permanecer invisible, no lograba ni lo uno ni lo ot...
18/05/2012, The Divine Comedy 12 may 2012 Les Nuits Botanique - a set on Flickr
The Divine Comedy 12 may 2012 Les Nuits Botanique
18/05/2012, Resolution Corner: Swallows And Amazons
Based on the children's novel by Arthur Ransome, this play follows the adventures of the four Walker children - John, Susan, Titty and Roger - in their adventures on Wildcat Island as they encounter all manner of foes including the local "barbarians", the infamous retired pirate "Captain Flint" and ...
18/05/2012, Entretien avec Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy), Octobre 2006, La Coopérative de Mai, Clermont-Ferra
Interview par Pierre Andrieu: « Ecrire, cest la seule chose que je sais faire ! » Même sil déclare humblement (et avec une pointe dhumour très british) quil ne sait faire que ça, écrire des...
15/05/2012, The Divine Comedy en Spain: Veteranen treden uit de schaduw in Brussel ***
De derde avond van Les Nuits Botanique stond in het teken van Spain en The Divine Comedy, twee veteranen die ondanks prachtplaten altijd wat in de ...
15/05/2012, Photos : The Divine Comedy - Bruxelles, Nuits Botanique - 12.05.2012 - Sound Of Violence
Photos de Frédéric Oszczak.
15/05/2012, Live report : The Divine Comedy - Bruxelles, Nuits Botanique - 12.05.2012 - Sound Of Violence
Le Botanique est définitivement un lieu à part dans le paysage obscure des salles de concert. Avec son jardin extérieur, ses plantes intérieures, ses trois salles cossues et sa programmation pointue, lartiste qui pose bagages ici a demblée de quoi être rassurer. Quant à nous, les secondes peuvent …
15/05/2012, Pure Fm : Divine Comedy "Songs of Love" Acoustic (HD)
Sessions Nuits Botanique 2012 : Neil Hannon and Songs Of Love.
14/05/2012, PUGWASH & NEIL HANNON.....
Thomas Walsh: "It will be special..!! A sneek preview-tease video of our session. Please go to the Dublin Simon Community page on FaceBook and click 'Like' or read up on their excellent work. Pugwash and Neil are proud to be involved..."
14/05/2012, 120512 The Divine Comedy @ Les Nuits Botanique - a set on Flickr
120512 The Divine Comedy @ Les Nuits Botanique Photo by @Kmeron ||Facebook page is this way||
14/05/2012, Les Nuits 2012: The Divine Comedy (an evening with Neil Hannon): Met of zonder frivoliteiten (Botani
Dat de man gevoel voor humor heeft is al langer duidelijk voor al wie zijn teksten heeft gehoord, maar ook live bracht Neil Hannon niet enkel de liedj...
14/05/2012, Nuits du Bota: le voyage au Paradis de Divine Comedy
Une troisième soirée forte en émotions aux Nuits du Botanique. Au Cirque Royal, Spain a revisité avec nostalgie son premier album.
14/05/2012, Une Nuit avec Neil Hannon… au Divine Comedy Club
Le trou de mémoire est la hantise du chanteur. Sauf s’il est irlandais, a mis sa plume au service d’une pop ciselée et adopte sans ennuyer un ton un peu d
14/05/2012, lhschieferblog.comNeil Hannon - lhschieferblog.com
A couple of weeks ago I had a very exciting shoot photographing the wonderful Neil Hannon at the Royal Opera House for this weeks Time Out. Neil is part of this years Opera Shots which begins in a couple of weeks. I must admit to approaching the shoot with a major bout of hero-worship as my brother ...
13/05/2012, Yes we Cannes: British talent takes a starring role
Film festivals, like the Olympics, tend to arouse partisan feelings. And patriotic Brits can already count this year’s Cannes, which begins next week, a success. True, only one UK film is actually in the running for a prize. On the other hand, three British movies will be shown at special screenings...
12/05/2012, Mind matters: Kirstie McCrum
THEY say you should never meet your heroes, don’t they? In most professions, it’s not really much of a risk.
12/05/2012, Neil Hannon on writing the music for Swallows and Amazons
For a homebird like Neil Hannon, soundtracking the new Swallows and Amazons musical was a world away from his usual. The pop star tells superfan Kirstie McCrum about his first foray into musical theatre
11/05/2012, Wall Photos
'Pugwash Featuring Neil Hannon' are currently recording Jimmy Ruffin's classic 'What becomes Of The Broken Hearted' for an upcoming Dublin Simon Community charity album..!!
10/05/2012, Dave Paul's Place: Theatrama
I’m a big fan of Neil Hannon and his Divine Comedy, so this was pretty much a must for me. An adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s children’s classic, it might seem troublesome as it involves sail boats and islands and the outdoors. But it’s actually an ideal production project, because it’s a celebration...
10/05/2012, Swallows and Amazons, Blackpool Grand Theatre - Theatre/Comedy - Lancashire Evening Post
If you remember when penknives were a reward rather than a deadly weapon, or when children declaring they were bored was nearly a hanging offence, you’ve probably already read Arthur Ransome’s children’s novel.
10/05/2012, Theatre Review - Swallows and Amazons, Blackpool Grand Theatre - Lifestyle - Chorley Guardian
If you’re old enough to remember when penknives were a reward rather than a deadly weapon, or when children declaring they were bored was very nearly a hanging offence, then you have probably already read Arthur Ransome’s children’s novel – and adopted it as your template for life.
10/05/2012, 411mania.com: Music - 411 Music Ten Deep 5.9.12: Top 10 Songs For Mother's Day
When I first realized that I would be doing this list, The Divine Comedy's "Mother Dear" was one of the first songs to pop into my head. Neil Hannon is an interesting songwriter. At times, it really is impossible to tell if he is being heart-on-the-cuff honest or scathingly sarcastic. In truth, he i...
09/05/2012, Neil’s Divine write - Duke's Diary - Blackpool Gazette
Best known as the singer, lyricist and main man of The Divine Comedy, Neil Hannon admits one of the reasons he created the score for Swallows and Amazons – which opens at Blackpool Grand Theatre tonight – was its title.
09/05/2012, Culture et couture - France Inter
Le hasard a fait de moi le voisin d'un médecin de garde, Laurent. C'était lundi soir, au concert unique de "The Divine comedy", de passage à la Cigale, à Paris. Concert acoustique, animé par un Neil Hannon brillant comme à son habitude dans cette formule.
07/05/2012, Piggledy Pop: Divine Comedy (Bis)
Voilà le dixième album Bang Goes The Knighthood de Divine Comedy, pour fêter ses 20 ans de carrière, sa toute nouvelle liberté vis-à-vis de sa maison de disques puisqu'il crée son propre label avec sa complice manageuse.
07/05/2012, Piggledy Pop: Divine Comedy
Que dire sur Divine Comedy et son créateur Neil Hannon? Cet artiste est un personnage dont l'âme burlesque et romanesque véhicule une élégance et un chic rare, un don pour la création musicale qui ébaubit. De manière objective et subjective, il est le meilleur compositeur de pop de ces décennies; J'...
07/05/2012, Piggledy Pop: The Duckworth Lewis Method
Depuis le 6 juillet 2009, le grand Neil Hannon de Divine Comedy présente aux côtés de son nouvel ami et compatriote irlandais, Thomas Walsh du groupe Pugwash un projet hors du commun, un album concept fracassant : The Duckworth Lewis Method.
Neil Hannon est Lewis, Thomas Walsh est Duckworth, tous l...
07/05/2012, Day 7 5/4/12 3:00 a.m. I know I’m late to the...
Day 7 5/4/12 3:00 a.m. I know I’m late to the Duckworth Lewis Method party, but the important people are always late.. Or some shit. The Duckworth Lewis Method is a concept band created by two of my...
07/05/2012, Divina Comedia – entrevista con Neil Hannon - Three Monkeys Online Edicion Espanol
Quizás sea que Neil Hannon ha vivido una vida encantada. Ahora mismo se encuentra en Londres, con apariciones en radio y televisión, promocionando su último trabajo bajo el nombre de Divine Comedy, Victory for the Comic Muse (“La Divina Comedia, Victoria para la Musa Cómica”).
07/05/2012, Alejandra Radano: de Herzog a “Los invasores”
La actriz y cantante elige la serie de culto de los años ‘60, “Fitzcarraldo” y una obra de Frank Wedekind.
06/05/2012, The Divine Comedy - Promenade sessions - a set on Flickr
Recording sessions for "Promenade" at Elephant Studios in Wapping, London, and Druridge Bay, Nothumberland.
05/05/2012, Belfast's Oh Yeah Centre started with pub crawl - News, Music & Gigs - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
It's played a pivotal role in putting Northern Ireland's music scene on the map — and it all started with a pub crawl.
03/05/2012, ELO BEATLES FOREVER: INTERVIEW: THOMAS WALSH [Pugwash]
Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! First an apology is due for the tardiness of the publishing of this, my epic interview with Thomas Walsh of that gentastic band 'Pugwash'. This was my third attempt to transliterate and edit an interview carried out originally ...
03/05/2012, ELO BEATLES FOREVER: RECOMMENDED: THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD
ELO Beatles Forever [ELOBF] was originally launched in February 2009 to campaign for the release of the original, full 18-track version of ELO's seminal 1983 album 'Secret Messages' including that long-lost gem 'Beatles Forever'. ELOBF has now expanded in scope to also include news on all things ELO...
02/05/2012, Divine Comedy - Bang Goes The Knighthood :: Le recensioni di Onda Rock
Quello che il lettore attende di sapere è se "Bang Goes The Knighthood" sia all'altezza delle precedenti prove di Neil Hannon e soci, ovvero se dopo quattro anni di silenzio discografico i Divine Comedy siano pronti a riprendersi il loro posto nel panorama musicale inglese.
02/05/2012, The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method :: Le recensioni di Onda Rock
Un album di rock’n roll dedicato al cricket è quantomeno sospetto: conciliare l’irriverenza e il caos con regole e protocolli non è né facile né divertente, ma con brillante ironia alcuni protagonisti della musica inglese, come i Kinks, gli Xtc e i Pulp, hanno già dimostrato di poter flirtare con le...
02/05/2012, Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse :: Le recensioni di Onda Rock
Questa prima decade del 2000, oltre ad essere un ottimo periodo per la musica pop tutta, è sicuramente da annoverare come l'age d'or di un nordirlandese di nome Neil Hannon.
02/05/2012, Divine Comedy - Absent Friends :: Le recensioni di Onda Rock
Neil Hannon, ovvero colui che per puro caso o per colpevole dimenticanza, non viene annoverato da gran parte della critica fra i mostri sacri del pop inglese. E dire che gli ingredienti ci sono proprio tutti: una discografia che ha assunto via via contenuti sempre più importanti, un "dandysmo" che n...