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29/05/2013, 'Menú degustación' recrea la última noche del mejor restaurante del mundo | Noticia | Cadena SER

'Menú degustación' recrea la última noche del mejor restaurante del mundo | Noticia | Cadena SER
A film to be released next month, with some music of The Divine Comedy. It reads: "One of the successes of production is having achieved Neil Hannon became involved in the project."
Uno de los éxitos de la producción (mitad española, mitad irlandesa) es haber logrado que el cantante de The Divine Comedy, Neil Hannon, se involucrara en el proyecto.

29/05/2013, Simon Mayo

The Duckworth Lewis Method will be on Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2, Monday 10th June.
Simon Mayo is joined by Neil Hannon and Tom Walsh, or, as they are known collectively, The Duckworth Lewis Method. Plus, a brand new confession to test the team.

28/05/2013, BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2011/2012, Episode 6

BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2011/2012, Episode 6
Celibrity Mastermind with Neil Hannon to be broadcast again on Saturday.
With contestants Michel Roux Jr, Jessica Hynes, Jon Sopel and Neil Hannon.

28/05/2013, It’s just not cricket

This week I was shooting stills for the new The Duckworth Lewis Method music video in Merrion Cricket Club in Dublin. The brainchild of Emagine‘s Creative Director Brian Hickey, from burlesque dancers, to steam rollers, to musical instruments being used as crickets bats to giant cuddly Pokemon, defi...

27/05/2013, Galerie THE DIVINE COMEDY - La Cigale, Paris, lundi 20 septembre 2010 - Stars Are Underground

Galerie THE DIVINE COMEDY - La Cigale, Paris, lundi 20 septembre 2010 - Stars Are Underground
Photos from La Cigale 2010.
Galerie THE DIVINE COMEDY - La Cigale, Paris, lundi 20 septembre 2010 - Stars Are Underground

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY - Bang Goes The Knighthood (Edition limitée 2 CDs - 2010) - Chronique - Stars...

THE DIVINE COMEDY - Bang Goes The Knighthood (Edition limitée 2 CDs - 2010) - Chronique - Stars...
Suite à son départ du label EMI, The Divine Comedy fête aujourd'hui son retour dans le monde des Indés (après Setanta, durant les années 90) pour un nouvel album qui allie une fois encore élégance et humour. Chez Neil Hannon, l'homme derrière l'appellation 'Divine Comedy', les albums se suivent et s...

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY + BADLY DRAWN BOY + LILY ALLEN

THE DIVINE COMEDY + BADLY DRAWN BOY + LILY ALLEN
Concert privé Eurostar London Coming, Paris

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY - Victory For The Comic Muse - Chronique - Stars Are Underground

THE DIVINE COMEDY - Victory For The Comic Muse - Chronique - Stars Are Underground
Il y a déjà deux ans, Neil Hannon décidait enfin d’aller se faire couper les cheveux et de revêtir à nouveau son complet, après avoir traversé pendant quelques années une crise ‘post adolescente’ qui suivait son album le plus pop-rock, ‘Regeneration’. On l’avait vu, alors, au Grand Rex, accompagné d...

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY, Le Grand Rex, jeudi 29 avril 2004 - Stars Are Underground

THE DIVINE COMEDY, Le Grand Rex, jeudi 29 avril 2004 - Stars Are Underground
Après un intermède pop-rock il y a trois ans avec Regeneration, c’était hier soir le grand retour du Neil Hannon dandy avec son nouvel album Absent Friends.

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY - Absent Friends - Chronique - Stars Are Underground

THE DIVINE COMEDY - Absent Friends - Chronique - Stars Are Underground
Il y a environ deux ans, The Divine Comedy se séparait. Enfin pas tout à fait. Le "groupe" tel qu'il a existé pendant quelques années n'était plus, mais The Divine Comedy, c'est d'abord et avant tout Neil Hannon, qui avait déjà commencé l'aventure seul.

27/05/2013, THE DIVINE COMEDY - Regeneration - Chronique - Stars Are Underground

THE DIVINE COMEDY - Regeneration - Chronique - Stars Are Underground
Départ en beauté. Il s'agit du dernier album de Divine Comedy (en tant que 'groupe').

26/05/2013, News : The Duckworth Lewis Method de retour pour l'été - Sound Of Violence

News : The Duckworth Lewis Method de retour pour l'été - Sound Of Violence
Auteurs d'un premier album en 2009, Thomas Walsh et Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy) seront de retour en tant que The Duckworth Lewis Method le 1er juillet prochain, date de sortie de leur seconde collaboration Sticky Wickets.

24/05/2013, David Hepworth's Notebook: I make my recording debut with the Duckworth Lewis Method

David Hepworth's Notebook: I make my recording debut with the Duckworth Lewis Method
On July 8th, just a couple of days before the first Ashes test, we're presenting a very special Word In Your Ear show in the Thomas Lord suite at Lord's cricket ground with the Duckworth Lewis Method.

24/05/2013, 'It's just not cricket'

'It's just not cricket'
Photos of the shooting of the video of 'It's Just Not Cricket'.
The Duckworth Lewis Method Music Video production stills... Not your average Monday! Emagine Media's Brian took his place in the director's chair for the latest Neil Hannon & Thomas Walsh collaboration.

24/05/2013, Daniel Radcliffe interview by Official London Theatre

Daniel Radcliffe interview by Official London Theatre
Daniel Radcliffe answers a Duckworth Lewis Method related question.
Daniel Radcliffe interview by Official London Theatre star #DanielRadcliffe gave to some of your questions... From @PaulineM_: After How To Succeed Daniel will sing again, on Duckworth Lewis Method album. Was it a good experience he'd like to renew? -

24/05/2013, IT'S NOT JUST CRICKET! DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD RETURN

IT'S NOT JUST CRICKET! DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD RETURN
First review of Sticky Wickets.
The Duckworth Lewis Method - Thomas Walsh (Duckworth) and Neil Hannon (Lewis) - have notched up more hits than runs and are delighted to announce brand new album ‘Sticky Wickets’, out July 1st on Divine Comedy Records.

24/05/2013, Left With Pictures

Left With Pictures
The band Left With Pictures will be supporting The Duckworth Lewis Method in Nottingham, on July 9th.

23/05/2013, Through A Long And Sleepless Night | BigCloset

Through A Long And Sleepless Night | BigCloset
This is an experimental piece, based in part on the song written by Neil Hannon and performed by The Divine Comedy on their 1995 album Casanova. Readers uncomfortable with the idea of identity death are advised to consult any comments the story may receive before proceeding further.

23/05/2013, Fino paño irlandés (II). Una noche con Neil Hannon

Fino paño irlandés (II). Una noche con Neil Hannon
«Vi a Randy Newman hacerlo, tocar él solo con su piano, y me dije ¿por qué no yo? Decidí darle una oportunidad. De modo que el formato es parte culpa de la crisis, parte culpa de Randy Newman.» Nei...

23/05/2013, The Divine Comedy, fino paño irlandés para el domingo

The Divine Comedy, fino paño irlandés para el domingo
"Considerad vuestra simiente: hechos no fuisteis para vivir como brutos, sino para perseguir virtud y conocimiento” La Divina Comedia, Infierno, Canto XXVI, sentencia 118-120 El domingo se inventó ...

23/05/2013, Stars in My Eyes

Stars in My Eyes
Read a Neil Hannon interview from 2011.
A retrospective look at some of my journalistic work... I always wanted to write for a living. When I told my secondary school English teacher this towards the end of my A-Levels, she pointed me to...

23/05/2013, Cours guitare : jouer Mother Dear de The Divine Comedy

Cours guitare : jouer Mother Dear de The Divine Comedy
Apprenez facilement les accords et la rythmique de bien des chansons et des morceaux de guitare avec Sikana Musique. Grâce à ce cours de guitare ci, vous all...

23/05/2013, My Favorite Artists Other Than the Pet Shop Boys

Some Divine Comedy / Pet Shop Boys connections.
Neil Hannon—who is The Divine Comedy—has established a place for himself in the post-1990 pop music world as perhaps its single foremost practitioner of the art song. His work is breathtakingly imaginative, and while this native of Northern Ireland sometimes flirts daringly with the rococo and the t...

22/05/2013, A Chat with Dexter Fletcher, Dexter Fletcher interview, Hotel Babylon

Dexter Fletcher on his adventure with The Divine Comedy.
It was a role in Alan Parker's 1976 film, "Bugsy Malone," that first brought Dexter Fletcher to the eyes of the world. Subsequent parts in "The Elephant Man," "The Long Good Friday," The Bounty" and "Revolution" kept his resume steadily growing, but it was his role as Spike Thomson in the BBC series...

22/05/2013, John Meagher's Loaded - Independent.ie

You didn't have to have a thing for cricket to enjoy the self-titled debut album from the Duckworth Lewis Method but it certainly helped. The Choice-nominated side project from The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon and Pugwash's Thomas Walsh wrapped talk of wickets and fast bowling in the most attractive ...

16/05/2013, Word In Your Ear presents The Duckworth Lewis Method

The Duckworth Lewis Method to play London on July 8th.
Pop music and cricket have something in common. They are simultaneously harmless amusements and the most important things in the world. Their affinity was first celebrated at album-length in the 2009 record The Duckworth Lewis Method, in which The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh of Pugw...

15/05/2013, The return of Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis | The Afterword

The return of Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis | The Afterword
It's Just Not Circket lyrics.
There's a new track out there, and it's appeared on soundcloud. I'm almost beside myself with excitement. But the album's not out until July first.

15/05/2013, Neil Hannon se remet au cricket

Neil Hannon se remet au cricket
Neil Hannon se remet au cricket : news,

15/05/2013, The Duckworth Lewis Method reveal album contributors

The Duckworth Lewis Method reveal album contributors
A comedian, BBC commentator and a wizard walk into a recording studio (No this is not a joke).

14/05/2013, Stephen Fry and Daniel Radcliffe feature on new Duckworth Lewis Method album

Last time around they comandeered the talents of Matt Berry and Phill Jupitus, and for their new album Sticky Wickets, The Duckworth Lewis Method have roped in yet more famous names to add garnish to their cricket pop offerings.

14/05/2013, STICKY WICKETS: SLEEVE ART AND TRACK LISTING UNVEILED FOR DLM II

STICKY WICKETS: SLEEVE ART AND TRACK LISTING UNVEILED FOR DLM II
Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Our friends over at the superb: A Short Site About The Divine Comedy have published the artwork and track listing for the much anticipated second: Duckworth Lewis Method [DLM] album: "Sticky Wickets". The album will be released on both CD and LP format in the Republic of Ireland on Friday 28th June 2013 and in the UK on Monday 1st July 2013 via: Divine Comedy Records.

13/05/2013, The Duckworth Lewis Method - It's Just Not Cricket

The Duckworth Lewis Method - It's Just Not Cricket
Listen to the new Duckworth Lewis Method single 'It's Just Not Cricket'.
IMPACT - 1st July https://www.facebook.com/duckworth.method The Duckworth Lewis Method release 'It's Just Not Cricket' on 1st July. The Duckwor...

12/05/2013, The Duckworth Lewis Method

The Duckworth Lewis Method
New Duckworth Lewis Method website online.

12/05/2013, Other Voices Series 11 starts on RTE 2 tonight - week by week breakdown - Nialler9

Other Voices Series 11 starts on RTE 2 tonight - week by week breakdown - Nialler9
Neil Hannon on Other Voices will be broadcast on its entirety on RTE 2, Wednesday 3rd July.
Elena Tonra of Daughter in Derry. By Rich Gilligan After specials from Dingle, Derry and London in the last six months, Other Voices, series 11 will star

10/05/2013, See top quartet - Arts & Leisure - Melton Times

Rob Farrer, DC percussionist, will be playing with Christian Forshaw & The Sanctuary Ensemble in Melton Mowbray on Saturday.
TOP percussionist Rob Farrer from Hoby (Divine Comedy, Joby Talbot) will be bringing Christian Forshaw and The Sanctuary Ensemble (Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 and Radio 3) home to All Saints Church in the village for a concert this Saturday (7.30pm).

10/05/2013, Regeneration- The Divine Comedy

Regeneration- The Divine Comedy
Well I’m back after a wee lay off. Sorry for the delay. Today’s offering is Neil Hannon’s debut album for the Parlaphone label and it sees The Divine Comedy going in a darker more traditional rock style. Gone are the brash orchestral numbers from previous albums, as are the wit of Neil’s observation...

10/05/2013, campainha electrica: NEIL HANNON, O HIPERACTIVO

campainha electrica: NEIL HANNON, O HIPERACTIVO
A colaboração de Neil Hannon/Divine Comedy (Mr Lewis) com Thomas Walsh dos Pugwash (Mr Duckworth) iniciada em 2009 sob o nome de The Duckworth Lewis Method tem continuação anunciada para breve. As gravações já terminaram e "Sticky Wickets", assim se chama a nova lição de cricket pop, tem saída marca...

10/05/2013, Songs Of Love (by The Divine Comedy)

Songs Of Love (by The Divine Comedy)
A cover of Songs of Love, by Simon Lawrence.
Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy is one of my songwriting heroes. For those not fans of his you may know this tune as the theme tune to the sitcom ...

09/05/2013, The Duckworth Lewis Method's Second Innings | The Afterword

Some new rumours about a guest vocalist on Sticket Wickets.
The latest Word In Your Ear event is Duckworth Lewis in Nottingham in July. A new album 'Sticky Wickets' coming out in the same month (about cricket again) and allegedly a Shepherds Bush Empire gig in September. All this is Good News. David Hepworth on backing vocals on one track. That might not be…

09/05/2013, New Duckworth Lewis Method Album - Announced!

Be aware: the new Duckworth Lewis Method will be called 'Sticky Wickets' and not 'Sticky Wallets'.
Good news sports fans - The Duckworth Lewis Method have announced their return! The follow up to 2009's Ivor Novello nominated album will be released on June 28th and will be called - Sticky Wallets. Thomas Walsh (Duckworth) and Neil Hannon (Lewis) are positively pumped about the prospect of the new...

09/05/2013, Duckworth Lewis Method announce album plans

The Duckworth Lewis Method have confirmed the June 28 release of Sticky Wickets, their second collection of quality cricket pop. Any similarity to the 1971 Rolling Stones classic Sticky Fingers, is entirely intentional.

08/05/2013, Neil Hannon trouve la bonne méthode

Neil Hannon trouve la bonne méthode
French review of the first Duckworth Lewis Method album.
The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Duckworth Lewis Method (J'AIME : Beaucoup) Sport et musique ont souvent fait bon ménage. Si le football a inspiré...

08/05/2013, Le cricket est un sport passionnant...

Le cricket est un sport passionnant...
Looking back to the release of the first DLM album back in 2009.
... pour les Anglais et les habitants des anciennes colonies de l'Empire Britannique. Pour le reste du monde, le cricket est un candidat sérieux au titre de sport le plus chiant au monde. Et même e...

06/05/2013, Each Fantasy Chosen Begin: The Music of The Divine Comedy

Each Fantasy Chosen Begin: The Music of The Divine Comedy
A research by article about Neil Hannon has been published.
While most of my research focuses on Northern Irish fiction, here is a little pop culture criticism from me in the Irish Studies Review:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670882.2013.7742...

05/05/2013, The Double Negative » Literature in Pop!

Lucy – The Divine Comedy It would be criminal to exclude The Divine Comedy. They take their name, of course, from Dante’s 14th Century epic poem, but their oeuvre itself is replete with literary references and allusions. Indeed, their track, The Booklovers from Promenade (1994) makes reference to s...

05/05/2013, Twitter / sineadkeogh

Is the Other Voices Derry performance expected to be broadcast in full ?!
3rd July, 11.20pm, RTE 2 - Neil Hannon's on Other Voices.

05/05/2013, Interview: The Depravations

Interview: The Depravations
Irish band The Deprevations evoke the Turning Pirate Mixtape New Years Eve Party where they shared the bill with Neil Hannon and Cathy Davey.
We were on the same bill as people like Neil Hannon, Cathy Davey, Lisa Hannigan, Richie Egan and loads of other people in that successful famous scene. Just for a moment it felt like we had arrived. Ah well. Still, got to meet Neil Hannon which was nice. He’s a perfectly formed owl-like genius.

05/05/2013, Soyuz: El perfil enfrascado de... Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)

Soyuz: El perfil enfrascado de... Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)

04/05/2013, Consumable - The Divine Comedy, A Secret Historyby Don Share

A secret history no more, one hopes, after this album. The Divine Comedy, really Neil Hannon, has been around for almost a decade now, and have a half-dozen or so CDs behind out, which are all but unknown in the US. It's true that this is the kind of music that could only come from the British, alon...

04/05/2013, Consumable - 1997 TOP 5 LIST by David Landgren

4) Divine Comedy A Short Album About Love (Setanta). The French call Neil Hannon "The pope of pop". It's a pretty good assessment. Here then, are 7 songs, all about love, performed with strings, woodwinds, brass, the whole bit. Where most people would stumble before the pitfalls in such a genre, Mr....

04/05/2013, Consumable - 1994 TOP 10 LIST by David Landgren

5. Divine Comedy Promenade (Damaged Pop/Virgin) Delightful English pop, at times sounding like Michael Nyman or Philip Glass; along with the same songwriting power as Partridge and Mould of XTC. Far more impressive than last year's Liberation, already a good album. Neil Hannon is a man to watch.

04/05/2013, RECOMMENDED: DLM PRE-ASHES NOTTS GIG

RECOMMENDED: DLM PRE-ASHES NOTTS GIG
Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Tuesday 9th July 2013 will see: ELOBF recommended: Duckworth Lewis Method - who feature: Neil Hannon [The Divine Comedy] and Thomas Walsh [Pugwash] - live in concert at the: Nottingham Playhouse [7:45PM] on the eve of the First Ashes Test between England and Australia