Just Played - A Column About Vinyl Records #10

The Northern Irish musician is celebrating three decades in music.

In My Record Collection, we dig down to the bottom of musicians' souls to find out what the most treasured parts of their record collection are. This week, it's the turn of The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, let's see what he chooses for us...

Aconteça o que acontecer, aposto já aqui com quem quiser, que alguns dos retratos musicais mais elegantes destas últimas três décadas do universo pop anglo-saxónico têm a voz e música Neil Hannon

Can a conventional gig still work in these sanitised times? It can, as long as there’s a sense of occasion, and a sense of humour. ‘Welcome to the first gig of the tour,’ says Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. ‘And the last!’

The Divine Comedy's frontman Neil Hannon has urged young artists "to keep going and keep taking huge risks" despite music venues around the world remaining closed due to Covid-19.

Three shows in a week! Why, it was just like the first week of March. There was, however, little of that last-days-of-Weimar giddiness about these. How could there be, when there were 300-odd people dotted around Barbican Hall’s 2,000 seats, and 50 or so of us at Oslo — normally a packed, standing-only club — sat on stools, unable even to waggle a hip?

La photo d’origine ornait avec panache la couverture de l’album Casanova sorti en 1996 et quatrième disque de Divine Comedy. Neil Hannon, au sommet de sa période baroque, y arborait une magnifique livrée bleue, avec une écharpe soyeuse tandis qu’il zieutait (sous lunettes noires) l’horizon Renaissance (ok, Casanova est XVIIIème, nous souffle Stéphane Bern) de la cité vénitienne d’un air inspiré.

The music of Neil Hannon and The Divine Comedy has meant a lot to me down the years. Neil has a new boxset out celebrating 30 years of the band and to mark that anniversary I’m playing loads of classic DC tracks on the radio show tonight. Hope you can join me.

30 years ago, a Northern Irish band with a name inspired by a 12th century poem by Dante, released the first of their 12 albums...

Following the release of Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, Neil Hannon reflects on 30 years of The Divine Comedy.

Neil Hannon and the band offer up a sharp experience of 'memory and music' as part of the Barbican's programme of live shows

Il ne devait pas faire très chaud ce 03 décembre 1993 quand Neil Hannon posa devant l’objectif de Kevin Westerberg à Paris. Ce Nord-Irlandais ne [...]

The Divine Comedy, la banda norirlandesa capitaneada por un incansable Neil Hannon está de celebración, treinta años que se iban a culminar por todo lo alto con cinco noches en Londres y cinco noches en París interpretando su discografía al completo, dos discos por noche.

TWO GIGS in one calendar week in 2020; this is unprecedented. Both live streams, maybe, but that’s just fine by me in a world which looks to have decided its wearing the garb of a bad Hammer or Amicus dystopia for the whole livelong year, and not just for Hallowe’en. Trick rather than treat, indeed.

Neil Hannon marks the anniversary with a joyful trawl through his catalogue. New music review by Bernard Hughes

Ciarán Treacy looks back on thirty years of Neil Hannon and The Divine Comedy, ranking every single album from worst to best.

Après le report d'une tournée anglaise et française devant célébrer les trente ans de carrière de The Divine Comedy en septembre dernier (il faudra finalement attendre septembre 2021 pour espérer pouvoir vivre ces évènements), Neil Hannon et ses musiciens ont tout de même pu fêter à leur manière la réédition de la discographie du groupe, incluant notamment un magnifique coffret regorgeant d'inédits. C'est au Barbican à Londres que ce moment unique a pu survenir.

Sorry for that, I don't know what came over me. I'm just in a bit of a Neil Hannon zone right now, having spent the last week listening to the man's every recorded note, and what a wonderful experience it has been. But hold on, is it really every note? Well, yeah, pretty much - I have counted precisely 6 original songs* officially released under the name The Divine Comedy which don't appear on the set in any form whatsoever. And there are probably good reasons for those (he recently explained how much he hated one of them, for example...)

“If this is the only time I get to do this this year I am going to enjoy myself!” resounds lead singer Neil Hannon, as he performs to a socially distanced, and predominately virtual audience. Although nothing can replace watching a band live, even on a laptop the Northern Irish band are charming, and the […]

WORTH A LOOK?: **** WHERE?: Barbican RUNTIME: 60 minutes (no interval) WHEN?: 14/10/20, new Barbican shows planned for 1-5/9/21 (ticket details below) SETLIST: Absent Friends; Norman and Norma: National Express; Something For The Weekend; Songs Of Love; Your Daddy's Car; To Die A Virgin; Becoming More Like Alfie; To The Rescue; A Lady Of A…

“ABSENT Friends, here’s to them” were the most fitting lines to launch this concert which was, for many of us, our first experience of watching a virtual live gig.

Pour ses trente ans de carrière, l’Irlandais Neil Hannon réédite les neuf premiers albums de The Divine Comedy et agrémente le tout d’une foule d’inédits, dont certains très surprenants, dans un somptueux coffret. Il s’est confié sur ce parcours qui l’a vu passer d’enfant de chœur à pop star mégalo jusqu’à ce rôle de dandy décalé qui lui sied à merveille. Avec son second degré et son humour coutumiers.

A Gentleman Of A Certain Age - 30 Years of The Divine Comedy

THE DIVINE COMEDY reedita sus álbumes más míticos. En 1990 Neil Hannon firmó con 20 años su primer contrato discográfico. Desde aquel momento empezó a escribirse la historia de The Divine Comedy. 30…

On Wednesday evening, the band The Divine Comedy will be playing a concert at the Barbican. Under normal circumstances, this would be an unexceptional…

The Divine Comedy is 30 years old. In celebration, we get a boxset of all their music, and I give the studio albums another lookback.

In which Ben shares his Track by Track retrospective on The Divine Comedy

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

Près de trois décennies après son tout premier album, le petit prodige pop irlandais, aujourd’hui quinquagénaire presque classique, s’autorise un regard rétrospectif. Neuf albums copieusement réédités, et pour chacun d’eux un morceau choisi, qu’il nous fait le plaisir de commenter lui-même.

ENTRETIEN. Le dandy irlandais fête les 30 ans de The Divine Comedy avec un coffret richement documenté. Aznavour, Camus, Boris Johnson… Confidences.

Revoir la vidéo en replay Télématin Émission du vendredi 9 octobre 2020 sur France 2, émission du 09-10-2020. L'intégrale du programme sur france.tv

Album Reviews: The Divine Comedy - Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time

The collected works of Neil Hannon are an encyclopedia of indie excellence

O percurso artístico do grupo que tem Neil Hannon como centro criativo surge esta semana numa caixa retrospetiva.

Today, we take a very close look at Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time, the new 24CD The Divine Comedy box set which celebrates 30 years of music from the band. It’s released on Friday, but check out this early preview via the SDEtv unboxing video!

Entre under­ground et main-stream

Neil Hannon is the creator and ever present front man of pop band The Divine Comedy who are fast approaching their thirtieth birthday. During the late nineties the group had nine singles in the top

Absente des kiosques en ce mois de septembre, la rédaction de Magic revient en lançant son « podcast pop moderne », dont voici le deuxième numéro.

I was keen to include The Divine Comedy in this feature, as they are a group I really love and, even though it essential consists Neil Hannon, he has worked with an array of musicians and singers through the years.

The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon is overcoming the "weird icky feeling" he gets when looking back over his career as he assembles a box set celebrating 30 years of the cult band.

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