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, formed in 1989 and fronted by

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. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation except drums. The band has released 12 studio albums. Between 1996 and 1999, nine singles released by the band made the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, including the 1999 top ten hit "

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History

The beginning and early success (''Fanfare'' to ''Promenade'')

The Divine Comedy were founded in 1989, by

who had been the only member of the band until he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, '' Fanfare for the Comic Muse'', enjoyed a minor success and was later deleted. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs – ''Timewatch'' (1991) and ''Europop'' (1992) – followed, with newly recruited member John Allen handling lead vocals on some tracks. After the commercial failure of the ''Europop'' EP, this line-up soon fell apart. Hannon, however, was not deterred in his efforts and entered the studio again in March 1993, teaming up with co-producer/drummer

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, for the recording of ''

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''. The record is characterised by a plethora of literary references: "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" recalls a

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; "Three Sisters" draws upon the play by

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; and "Lucy" is essentially three

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poems abridged to music. Minor success in France enabled Hannon to proceed with his second effort, ''

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'', released in 1994. It was heavily driven by classical influences, with

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's stylings clearly an inspiration. Hannon himself acknowledged this when he reportedly sent a copy of his new album to the composer, jokingly asking him not to sue. Essentially a

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about a day spent by two lovers, it also received similar positive feedback to ''Liberation''; however, it was not a major commercial success. Soon after the release of the album, the Divine Comedy went on tour with

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, supporting her during her European dates. During that time, Hannon also wrote and performed (with drummer Allison) the theme music for the sitcom ''

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,'' he also composed the music for the mock-

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song "

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" that featured in one episode. Hannon resisted widespread requests from fans to release the track as a single for the Christmas market, but it was eventually released in 1999 as the third track on the CD-single " Gin Soaked Boy". This would not be the only time they would be responsible for a TV theme: "In Pursuit of Happiness" was used by the

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science and technology show ''

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.'' Hannon also composed the music for Father Ted co-writer

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comedy series ''

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''.

The road to fame (''Casanova'' to ''A Secret History...'')

The album '' Casanova'' (1996), and in particular the single " Something for the Weekend", championed by Chris Evans, then

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breakfast show DJ and presenter of ''

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'', led to the band's first major success. '' Casanova'' was the third album to be produced by

and Neil Hannon, thus completing a trilogy of albums which began with ''

'' in 1993. Further singles from ''Casanova'', including "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess", both of which received some airplay, further cemented the band's reputation. At the height of their commercial success, the band released ''

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'' (a reference to the

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film ''

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''), recorded live at soundcheck with the Brunel Ensemble in preparation for a concert at the

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, from which several songs were released as

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s. It was aptly released on Valentine's Day in 1997. Subsequently, the band contributed a reworking of

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's " I've Been to a Marvellous Party" to '' Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward'', a compilation of covers of the writer's songs, with Hannon affecting a Cowardesque lilt (albeit interspersed with an aggressive electronic musical backing). The

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pish image, but not the suit, was ditched for the more sombre album ''Fin De Siècle'' in 1998, although its biggest hit, the jaunty "

", belied its more intimate, soul-searching tone. Maintaining the balance between these poles, 1999's ''Secret History – the Best of The Divine Comedy'' included re-recordings of ''Liberation'' tracks ("The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" and "Your Daddy's Car") and two new songs ("Gin-Soaked Boy" and "Too Young to Die") alongside the band's main hits. In the same year, the band also collaborated with

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on a cover version of Portishead's 'All Mine', featured on his album Reload. A serious side to the band was also in evidence in 2000's collaboration with

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on her album '' Punishing Kiss'', most of which featured The Divine Comedy as Lemper's backing band.

and

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also contributed two original songs and an arrangement of

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and Weill's "Tango Ballad", whilst Neil Hannon sang two songs ("Tango Ballad", "Split") as duets with Lemper.

Post-Setanta (''Regeneration'' to ''Office Politics'')

The band performed at V2001 Festival, and their 2001 album ''Regeneration'' attempted to remove the band still further from its association with comedy. Hannon hired producer

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to "remake" the band. Hannon ditched the suit and donned a Britrock band image. The album was a greater critical than commercial success, and soon after its release it was announced that the Divine Comedy were splitting up. However, within a year Hannon was touring again with a revised band line-up, playing a series of joint-headline gigs in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland featuring both the Divine Comedy and

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. A new album surfaced in the form of 2004's '' Absent Friends''. The album struck a balance between the occasionally earnest sound of the band's later material and the lighter tone of the more popular releases. 2004 saw two performances featuring The Millennia Ensemble orchestra, one at the London Palladium (which was later released as a live DVD) and one at the

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. In January 2005, Hannon announced that he had acquired the worldwide copyrights to all of his recorded output with his former record label,

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. He launched his own record label Divine Comedy Records in order to re-release his 1990s output. Hannon's ninth album with the Divine Comedy, ''Victory for the Comic Muse'', was released in June 2006. The bulk of the record was recorded over two weeks, much of it live rather than multi-tracked, hence a more spontaneous sound. The album featured Simon Little on bass,

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on keys, Tim Weller on drums and Ian Watson on accordion from the current band. Hannon also provided vocals for songs on the soundtrack for the film of ''

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'' released in 2005, working with

, the composer for the film and former Divine Comedy band member. This sci-fi connection continued in late 2006, when he contributed vocals to two tracks – "Song For Ten" and " Love Don't Roam" – on the '' Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack'' album. In an interview with Bullz-Eye.com, Hannon explained that, "literally, I was asked to add my vocal by the composer of the songs, who writes for the show. And I didn’t feel that I could say no, simply because I spent my childhood watching this programme. It would be just plain wrong to not do it." Hannon also lent his vocals to "Aliens", the last track on the Irish charity album ''

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'' in 2006, organised by Brian Crosby of

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and featuring a variety of mainly Irish musicians. In 2007, the first ten or so seconds of "Tonight We Fly" was used as the ending tune to

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's ''Digi Radio''. The song was also used for an advertisement for the

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airliner. Meanwhile, Hannon took part in various projects: he recorded "Perfection As a Hipster", included in the ''

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'' soundtrack, a soon-to-be-released musical film by

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frontman Stuart Murdoch as well as the LP '' The Duckworth Lewis Method'', together with Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. In March 2007 Neil Hannon's relationship with Parlophone came to an end. On 31 May 2010, The Divine Comedy released their tenth album entitled '' Bang Goes the Knighthood'' on DC Records. As with ''Victory for the Comic Muse'' it was recorded in RAK studios in St John's Wood by Guy Massey and the orchestra was conducted by Andrew Skeet who was the arranger on this album. The album charted at 20 in the first week of release, making it their highest-charting album since ''

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'' in 2001. The album itself was preceded by the download-only single "At The Indie Disco". On 2 September 2016, The Divine Comedy released their eleventh album '' Foreverland''. A live album featuring performances from the 2016–17 Foreverland tour, "Loose Canon", was released digitally on 16 February 2018 after being made available as a CD on the tour. On 1 April 2019, the Divine Comedy announced a new single "Queuejumper", first played on BBC 6 Music on 3 April. It was followed by the announcement of ''

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'', the band's first

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, which was released on 7 June 2019. The release of "Queuejumper" was followed by the single "Norman and Norma", released on 16 May 2019, and an animated music video for the songs "Infernal Machines" / "You'll Never Work in this Town Again", released on 3 October 2019.

''Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time''

The Divine Comedy celebrated its 30th anniversary by reissuing remastered versions of the band's first nine albums (from ''Liberation'' to ''Bang Goes the Knighthood'') on LP and CD. All eleven albums were included in the box set ''Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time: 30 Years of the Divine Comedy'', released in October 2020. The 24-disc box set consists of 12 albums of two CDs: each with an original remastered album, with a second CD of B-sides, demos, alternate versions, rarities and unreleased material curated by Neil Hannon. The collection includes the original album ''Fanfare for the Comic Muse'', and other pre-''Liberation'' material. The CD release of ''A Short Album About Love'' comes with a DVD of ''A Short Film About A Short Album About Love'' – a previously unreleased 50-minute film of the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert at which ''Short Album...'' was recorded. Hannon and an eleven-piece ensemble marked the band's 30th anniversary with residencies at

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in London and the

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in Paris. These sold out shows, postponed from September 2020 to September 2022, featured the band playing two of their classic albums, per show, in a five-show residency in each venue.

''Charmed Life''

''Charmed Life'', a double compilation album was released on 4 February 2022. Special limited edition copies included a bonus album, simply named ''Super Extra Bonus Album''. Ten days after its release, ''Charmed Life'' claimed the number one spot on the Official Independent Albums Chart. A UK and European tour of ''Charmed Life'' followed.

''Rainy Sunday Afternoon''

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in London in the autumn of 2024, it will be the band's thirteenth studio album. https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/247269/9 ''Achilles'', the first track to be released from the album was inspired by the

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''Achilles in the Trench,'' by

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. https://louderthanwar.com/the-divine-comedy-premiere-achilles-video-plus-album-news/ The poem was found written onto a blank page of Shaw-Stewart's copy of ''

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'' after his death on the Western Front in 1917. https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/argonautsandemperors/2014/07/13/classics-and-the-first-world-war-stand-in-the-trench-achilles/ In his song, Hannon interweaves the story of

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from the

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and Shaw-Stewart's poem and eventual death with Hannon's own sense of mortality. https://genius.com/The-divine-comedy-achilles-lyrics The Divine Comedy will embark on a 16 date tour of the UK in October 2025 https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/247269/9 including two performances, on 11 and 12 October 2025, at the

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in London. These will be the band's first appearance at the venue since a sold-out five-night retrospective in 2022.https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/180911/The-Divine-Comedy-set-to-debut-new-album-Rainy-Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Barbican

Band members

The band has mostly consisted only of

, but has also included: *Tosh Flood: guitar *

Simon Little Simon Little (born 30 September 1980) is an English bassist, most notable for his work with The Divine Comedy. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Little joined The Divine Comedy in 2002 and is still a regular memb ...

: bass *

: piano *Ian Watson: accordion, keyboards *Tim Weller: drums, percussion

Previous members

*Bryan Mills: bass guitar *Ivor Talbot: guitar *

: piano *Miguel "Miggy" Barradas: drums *Rob Farrer: percussion *Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates:

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, accordion

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Fanfare for the Comic Muse'' (1990) * ''

'' (1993) * ''

'' (1994) * '' Casanova'' (1996) * ''

'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

'' (2001) * '' Absent Friends'' (2004) * '' Victory for the Comic Muse'' (2006) * '' Bang Goes the Knighthood'' (2010) * '' Foreverland'' (2016) * ''

'' (2019) * ''Rainy Sunday Afternoon'' (September 2025)

References

External links

The Divine Comedy Official Homepage

A Short Site (France) about The Divine Comedy

Interview On Subculture Magazine – November 2006
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