El segundo y último día de la cuarta edición del BIME contenía las actuaciones de James Vincent McMorrow, The Chemical Brothers o Wild Beasts, que decepcionaron con un show gélido. Asistieron 13.000 personas.

Six ans après son dernier album, Neil Hannon de The Divine Comedy revient avec un "Foreverland" tout en contraste. La simplicité structurelle de la pop y côtoie des orchestrations sublimes, et l'intimité de certains titres rencontre l'humour d'autres. Absolument divin.

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At 5pm on a dreary Thursday evening, I received a message telling me that I had been added to the guest list with a photo pass for The Divine Comedy that very evening. A few panicked moments of organising childcare ensued, and I was then on the road to Cambridge to photograph one of my…

In the small, seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, The Divine Comedy put on one hell of a show on Tuesday evening. With the release of Foreverland a month or so ago, it was half-expected that we would be treated to tracks from the album, with perhaps an encore of National Express.

The Divine Comedy, De La Warr Pavillion 25/10/16

It's not quite divine, but it's pretty darn good from Neil Hannon and co. - 7/10

Gig review by Zyllah Moranne-Brown with photography by Ken Harrison

Neil Hannon ha tardado seis años en lanzar nuevo disco, ‘Foreverland’, un trabajo sobre el que él mismo nos hablaba recientemente en una entrevista que hemos publicado en dos partes (1 y 2) y que ha resultado ser fantástico, una “nueva muestra de la gran clase que ostenta Hannon”, escribía el mes pasado mi compañero Raúl, “con discreción y humildad impropias del mundillo del pop rock”.

Neil Hannon és un gran sastre de cançons pop. Potser no és un patronista revolucionari ni un creador de tendències controvertit, però el menut...

El síndrome de las dos décadas, aquel que desecha lo que sucedió 10 años atrás pero idealiza lo que pasó hace 20, apunta en esta época a los felices 90.

Le Nord-Irlandais, âme du groupe de pop orchestrale Divine Comedy, a fait assaut d’humour et de mélodies baroques jeudi soir pour conquérir le public de

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Damian continues his eclectic journey’s with something from across the water Of the thirty two counties in Ireland, there are[...]

With a voice like Jim Morrison or Frank Sinatra, but having a knack for writing incredibly catchy or touching or funny songs that are impossible not to enjoy, there is no-one quite like Neil Hannon, the genius behind The Divine Comedy.

My review was originally published on The Stinger independent music website here Perhaps one of the most unlikely outfits to come to prominence during the 90s Britpop era, Neil Hannon’s orchestral pop ensemble The Divine Comedy still retains a devoted following, is still selling records (the ‘Foreverland’ album released in September hit number 7 in…

Long-time readers might know that The Divine Comedy are my favourite band - they have been since I was about 12 - so it's always such a great experience to see them live.

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Petit retour en forme de l’un des plus grands songwriters, mélodistes et arrangeurs du dernier quart de siècle, Foreverland nous rappelle que certaines histoires d’amour durent toujours... même avec un groupe dont les plus belles heures (...)

Après un concert monumental à la Philarmonie, Neil Hannon de The Divine Comedy revenait quelques mois plus tard, le 15 avril dernier, dans le cadre du festival d’Arte à la Gaîté lyrique.

The Divine Comedy is a self-confessed vehicle for Neil Hannon to embrace a passion for history, conventional and unconventional romance, surreal humour and outlandish orchestrations. Hannon is a fine musician, curious lyricist and showman - "I may act" he warned. This show was our fourth experience of the Divine Comedy, but only the second with…

Neil Hannon habla del clasicismo musical de su grupo con quien actuará el sábado en el Festival BIME de Bilbao

El undécimo álbum de estudio de THE DIVINE COMEDY, esto es, de Neil Hannon y su legión de colaboradores, se ha hecho bastante de rogar, y es que han pasado seis años desde aquel magnífico ‘Bang goes the knighthood’ (Divine Comedy, 2010).

RTL2 Sud-Aquitaine vous offre vos places le concert de The Divine Comedy, dimanche 30 octobre à Biarritz

Neil Hannon og hans The Divine Comedy er tilbage. Med opfyldte popstjernedrømme og et album fyldt med oprigtig kærlighed.

Parlem del seu nou disc, "Foreverland", que ja va avançar al Vida Festival i que presentarà el 8 de febrer al Palau de la Música Catalana, dins la programació del Festival del Mil·leni. S'estima més tocar a auditoris o a l'aire lliure? Amb quina formació actuarà a Barcelona? Amb quin personatge històric li agradaria poder-hi sopar? Quina època històrica li hauria agradat viure? També li demanem que comenti quatre cançons claus en la carrera de The Divine Comedy.

Durante la entrevista que tuvimos con él el pasado verano, Neil Hannon nos desveló algunas curiosidades sobre 'Foreverland', su último álbum que esta semana presenta en el festival BIME Live! 2016.

A truly masterful set from one of the nations most loved bands, Neil Hannon is in exquisite form tonight as he dazzles the packed crowd.

Des disques comme ça, il n'y en a plus. Ou si peu. Un album avec des cordes, des cuivres, de vrais instruments boisés avec de vrais musiciens qui j...

Tonight’s performance from The Divine Comedy is one of two halves or, at least, two costumes. The first outfit that Neil Hannon sports is the bowler-hatte

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Dawn Storey bore witness to costume changes aplenty, as Neil Hannon and co. returned to Sage Gateshead

Cambridge Junction, close to Cambridge’s dreaming spires (or is that Oxford? Anyway it’s next to a Nandos)

Si el objetivo de un single es llamar la atención sobre un disco y una banda, Neil Hannon parece haberlo conseguido con How can you leave me on my own, corte elegido como representación de Foreverland.

TOM CHAPLIN, 37, is the lead singer with Keane who had hits with Bedshaped and Somewhere Only We Know. His debut solo album The Wave is out now and he’s playing a series of gigs from tomorrow.

The Divine Comedy live @ Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, U.K. on 10/16/16 Photos by Ian Pickles

In which Ben reviews Fin de siècle by The Divine Comedy.

The Divine Comedy take Sheffield by storm along with quirky singer-songwriter Lisa O'Neill in an epic set of classic songs and new favourites.

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Balzacien, Neil Hannon l’est sans le savoir. Pas tant pour la pop à patine qu’il polit depuis plus de deux décennies. Balzac avait emprunté à la Divine Comédie son titre de La comédie humaine, et ce n’est ici pas vraiment un hasard. Reprenons depuis le début. D’un disque à l’autre, Neil Hannon perpétue les codes du songwriting pop à l’ancienne, il enlumine ses chansons d’instruments antiques, explore des registres que d’aucuns qualifieraient de poussiéreux, voire de franchement rétrograde. Ironie du sort, sa musique n’a jamais été aussi actuelle.

  An elegant man, in elegant surroundings, playing, well, elegantly. A perfect marriage for this rather wonderful evening. Whilst some may dismiss The Divine Comedy as a heritage act, that wou…

Jeu du 17 octobre au 6 novembre 2016.

'It’s hard to think of a band better suited to perform at the City Varieties than The Divine Comedy.'

Divine Comedy offer a lot more than “Something for the Weekend”. 800 pack out a sellout concert to pay homage to Neil Hannon and the Divine Comedy. Tonight’s Venue St George’s Hall Liverpool, Built in the early 1800s as a space for music festivals and the Civil and Crown courts,…

The majority of Divine Comedy fans have something in common: they know where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the crafted novelty genius that is Neil Hannon.

Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon on the band’s superb comeback album, Foreverland, living a life of domestic bliss in the Kildare countryside, and his encounter with the late David Bowie.

Though battling inferiority in comparison to Neil Hannon, Getintothis' Rachel Kelly catches The Divine Comedy at St George's Hall. There’s one big problem

A phone interview that begins with all kinds of telephone issues normally means getting things off to a rather stilted, awkward start. Fortunately, the very opposite seemed to be the case when I spoke with The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon a few weeks back, ahead of his Cambridge Junction show next Thursday.

Seis anos distam entre o anterior Bang Goes the Knighthood e o novo Foreverland. O tempo, como muitas coisas na vida, é por vezes psicológico – e voltar a Neil Hannon e aos Divine Comedy é voltar à…

Linda Jobling has always had a soft spot for The Divine Comedy but, on the eve of a North-East visit, she asks Neil Hannon why the band keep its…

THE DIVINE COMEDY | LIVE REVIEW   Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 8 Oct It’s not until well over an hour ...

The Devine Comedy frontman not only sang and wrote the music of My Lovely Horse, but also wrote the theme song for Father Ted

THE Divine Comedy star Neil Hannon has revealed he still gets nagged to sing My Lovely Horse — 20 years after it first appeared on Father Ted.

Voilà 25 ans que Neil Hannon avec The Divine Comedy nous balade de disque en disque. Certains relevant de la bonne pioche, d’autres d’un petit goût d’anecdotique. Foreverland se tient dans un exact entre-deux.

NEIL Hannon entertained a sellout crowd for nearly two hours weaving his prolific songbook into an eclectic musical cabaret.

SINCE The Divine Comedy's inception in 1989, Neil Hannon has time and again proved to be one of the UK's best and most original songwriters

"It's about meeting your soul mate and living happily ever after... and then what comes after happily ever after."

Un violino imperioso, deciso, direi sinestesia di una luce divina, forse i raggi di luce della copertina, apre ”Foreverland”, il nuovo album di The Divine Comedy.

Après six ans d'attente depuis Bang Goes The Knighthood, l'éternel dandy qui se cache derrière The Divine Comedy nous livre un onzième album frais, riche et assurément pop.

Amazingly, this is The Divine Comedy’s 27th year, and their eleven albums span 26 of those years. This is the first since 2010’s Bang Goes the Knighthood although Neil Hannon has also put out a second Duckworth Lewis Method album and dabbled in opera and classical pieces in the intervening years. Foreverland, though, is a welcome return from Hannon in his main guise and is possibly the highest quality Divine Comedy release to date.

Neil Hannon ist ein großer Songschreiber und ein begnadeter Musiker. Sein neues, gerade erschienenes elftes Album heißt Foreverland. Schon dies deutet auf eine märchenhaft-traumatische Reise hin, die uns bevorsteht und erinnert nicht von ungefähr ein wenig an eine unvorstellbare Mixtur aus Pop à là Michael Jackson meets Chanson frei nach Marc Almond. Es bläst, trötet,…

Luke Owain Boult speaks with the man behind The Divine Comedy, Neil Hannon, about his latest album, threats to the ...

Und es bleibt dabei: Die unterhaltsamsten Platten der Insel kommen nach wie vor von Neil Hannon und seiner Göttlichen Komödie. Schon die letzte Platte „Bang Goes The Knighthood“ war eines dieser kleinen Wunderwerke feinsinnigen, englischen (in diesem Falle natürlich nordirischen) Humors, so schwarz wie die Zukunftsaussichten des Königreichs dunkel, natürlich zutiefst melancholisch, zärtlich, liebevoll.

J'ai longtemps hésité à aller à Bilbao. Je ne connais pas la ville et je me disais qu'un festival était une bonne raison pour partir à sa découverte.

Écoute et critique du dernier album de The Divine Comedy, l’utopique et espiègle Foreverland. Le fondateur du groupe de pop symphonique Neil Hannon nous propose une ballade historico-burlesque au travers de ses personnages favoris, Catherine II de Russie et Napoléon, avec l’humour so british qui caractérise ses productions antérieures. Il mêle à cela une veine plus intimiste, toujours sur les thèmes conjoints des jeux de pouvoir et de rivalités qui font l’Histoire.

Le meilleur pâtissier.

El irlandés Neil Hannon ha vuelto a la carga después de 6 años con su nuevo trabajo “Foreverland”, un largo que demuestra que la persistencia da sus frutos y que su lenguaje ha conseguido sobrevivir a los cambios de formas de producción.

Em 5 minutos e 16 segundos, To the rescue, a sexta canção de Foreverland, dos Divine Comedy, dá cabo de todo o coração que se lhe atravesse no caminho.

There can be little doubt as to Neil Hannon’s credentials when he continues to release albums of the quality of Foreverland, the projects eleventh longplaying release. A vastly underrated songwriter known for his comical overtones perhaps but also an incredibly talented orchestral arranger, who along with ABCs Lexicon Of Love (or, Lexicon Of Love 2 if you prefer), offers a wry sense of humour and is often coupled with some gorgeous backing.

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Neil Hannon, front man and mastermind of The Divine Comedy, is unapologetically self-indulgent when it comes to making music. He’s admitted on several occasions that he writes for himself, not for public demand, a refreshing change. Over the last quarter of a century, Neil has written[...]

El cantante y compositor norirlandés regresa con su banda The Divine Comedy a BIME Live.

The lead singer of The Divine Comedy on the genius of Pulp, Squeeze, and the Human League.

PVG: Oliver, "Casanova" ist eine deiner Lieblingsplatten, da kann "Foreverland" sicherlich nicht heran reichen. Aber wo steht das Album in deinem persönlichen The Divine Comedy Ranking?

'Recorded in the aftermath of terrible personal tragedy, following the death of Nick Cave’s 15-year-old son Arthur, Skeleton Tree is a record freighted with sadness.'