The Charlatans' Tim Burgess started hosting interactive listening parties for classic albums on Twitter -- where the artists who made them would share stories about the album in real time as fans listened along -- back in the early days of COVID-19 lockdown as a fun way to use the extra time many of us seemed to have. It's kept going, though, and has turned into a very popular series, having done nearly 500 album listening parties since April.

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

Thirty years and twelve studio albums have passed since the formation of The Divine Comedy, the glorious Northern Ireland chamber pop band fronted by Neil Hannon. Taking cues from baroque and folk alike, The Divine Comedy embraces the musical stylings of everyone from Scott Walker, to Bertholt Brecht, to Pulp, to the Human League. This chameleon can deliver one number with the horny swagger of Tom Jones and quaver out melodrama with the tenderness of Marc Almond

Thursday October 15th 9pm (U.K. time) Neil Hannon will be our host for a @LlSTENlNG_PARTY featuring The @divinecomedyhq’s Absent Friends

Thursday October 15th 8pm (U.K. time) Neil Hannon will be our host for a @LlSTENlNG_PARTY featuring The @divinecomedyhq’s Casanova

Your memory is a powerful thing, but there's no denying that we often lack the ability to render clear images of the past and that's where a smell, a sight, a

The idea of time capsules is one always prevalent in music. An album can bring about images, smells, feelings long thought lost. Our memories, filtered through

Like I imagine many others did, I found The Divine Comedy through the Irish comedy series Father Ted. The Northern Irish band ushered in a new set of fans and a

It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest

C’est l’histoire d’une mue. Une jeune fille quitte brutalement son enfance, sa Vendée natale pour rejoindre Paris et la violence de sa culture. S’ensuit un étrange sentiment d’imposture, la fatigue de devoir vivre avec soi-même puis une rencontre qui change tout. Blandine Rinkel dr[...]

Le Barbican Centre a annoncé une série de concerts live en automne, auxquels le public pourra se rendre pour la première fois depuis des mois.

La salle du Barbican à Londres proposera durant les prochaines semaines une série de concerts auxquels le public pourra assister en configuration réduite assise, mais aussi en ligne via des streams payants. Erland Cooper, Emmy The Great ou encore The Divine Comedy seront ainsi à l'affiche de la salle le mois prochain, le programme et les réservations de billets ou tickets virtuels étant accessibles via ce lien.

Don't call it a comeback! Or actually maybe do, because live music is slowly but surely, literally, coming back. After last week’s news that The Jazz Cafe was

London venue announces concerts for both live and digital viewers, while the LSO will close the year’s Beethoven celebrations with an ambitious piano concerto cycle

The Barbican Centre shares a music schedule that will see audiences return to the venue for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The city’s second arts centre will readmit audiences from October 4. (The Southbank Centre remains shut to the public). Only a handful of people will be admitted to the performances. Tickets are £20 for those present and £12.50 for watching the stream.

Neil Hannon celebrates 30 years as The Divine Comedy, presenting a glorious selection of songs from across their career, in this special live streamed concert.

Bankside Films today announced its acquisition of L.O.L.A., directed by Andrew Legge which starts pr...

Toujours tiraillé par les affres de la modernité, le brillant fanfaron nord-irlandais est de retour avec un onzième album. "Ma manageuse m'a dit de ne pas parler du Brexit... Elle pense qu'il est possible que la moitié de mes fans aient voté pour. Mais j'en parle quand même. Je suis à la fois totalement stupéfait […]

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini to star in feature set during Second World War.