The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon.
He is a singer, lyricist, composer and musician and he produces his records. He also owns his label: Divine Comedy Records. He worked with Tom Jones and Robbie Williams, to cite a few, and wrote songs for Ute Lemper or Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Neil Hannon created The Divine Comedy in the late 80s with two schoolmates. Together, they recorded an album, Fanfare For The Comic Muse, but the band split up shortly after.
In September 1993, Neil Hannon took up the name The Divine Comedy to release Liberation. From that time on, TDC was to be a concept led by one man, though sometimes involving many musicians.
In 1996, the single Something For The Weekend, taken from the album Casanova, unexpectedly raised TDC up into the British charts.
With the turn of the century, TDC signed with Parlophone, under which label his released three albums: Regeneration, Absent Friends and Victory For The Comic Muse.
Neil Hannon claims influence by Electric Light Orchestra, Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weil, U2, REM or also Michael Nyman. Neil's songs are famous for their irony as well as their baroque orchestration and have influenced Rufus Wrainwright, Duke Special, The Thrills and Vincent Delerm and Yann Tiersen in France.
a short site is dedicated to Neil Hannon and The Divine Comedy, but also to the people who have worked with him, like Joby Talbot and Bryan Mills, who enjoy a brilliant solo career.
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