Neil Hannon (born 7 November 1970 ) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the creator (in 1989) and frontman of the orchestral pop group, The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!" (more)
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The Cake Sale:
The Cake Sale are a collective of mostly Irish musical artists formed by Brian Crosby of Bell X1. They were formed in 2006 to release a self-titled album, The Cake Sale. The album was produced to raise money for the charity Oxfam and the Ireland Make
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Tinsel and Marzipan:
"Tinsel and Marzipan" was a single released by Pugwash and Friends in Ireland in December 2006. All proceeds from the sale of the single were donated to the Irish Epilepsy Association Brainwave. The song, which charted in Ireland at #31 on the first
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Victory for the Comic Muse:
Victory for the Comic Muse is a 2006 studio album by Neil Hannon, under band name The Divine Comedy. It is the second album since the departure of the rest of the band, after 2004's Absent Friends, and the ninth album released under that banner. The
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Air (band):
Air is a French (from region Île-de-France) music duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. The name Air is a backronym for Amour, Imagination, Rêve which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream. Air's debut EP, Premiers Symptômes, was
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Liberation (The Divine Comedy album):
Liberation is an album by The Divine Comedy. It was released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) on Setanta. Although this is The Divine Comedy's second album Neil Hannon often refers to it as the first because he denies Fanfare for the Comic Muse due to its
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Casanova (album):
Casanova is The Divine Comedy's fourth album. It was the band's commercial breakthrough. It was released on Setanta and certified gold in the UK in July 1997. This was helped by the release of The Divine Comedy's first single "Something for the Weeke
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Regeneration (Divine Comedy album):
Regeneration is the seventh studio album by The Divine Comedy - and their first for Parlophone/EMI - on March 12, 2001. Three singles were released from the album: "Love What You Do", "Bad Ambassador" and "Perfect Lovesong", the latter failing to mak
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Promenade (album):
Promenade is The Divine Comedy's third album. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in music) on Setanta to much critical acclaim but little commercial success. It is a concept album about two lovers who spend a day at the seaside. Promenade is even more
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Absent Friends (The Divine Comedy album):
Absent Friends is the eighth studio album by The Divine Comedy. It was released by EMI on March 29 2004. Two singles were released from the album: "Come Home Billy Bird", which features former Kenickie vocalist Lauren Laverne (now an XFM DJ) on vocal
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Joby Talbot:
Joby Talbot (born August 25, 1971) is a British composer. Born in Wimbledon, London, Talbot studied composition at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College under The Guildhall School Of Music And Drama under Brian Elias & Simon Bainbridge. In 1993 Talb
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Pocket Symphony:
Pocket Symphony is the fifth full-length album by French duo Air. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon. Pocket Symphony also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin recently l
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My Lovely Horse:
"My Lovely Horse" was a song featured in the hit comedy series Father Ted. It was written by Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews and Neil Hannon (of the Divine Comedy), and appeared in the episode "A Song for Europe", in which Ted (Dermot Morgan) and Doug
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Fanfare for the Comic Muse:
Fanfare for the Comic Muse is the deleted debut LP by The Divine Comedy, originally released in 1990. It has since been denied by the band's lead singer/songwriter Neil Hannon due to its stylistic difference from the band's later works, heading towar
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Brian Hannon:
The Right Reverend Brian Hannon (born October 5, 1936) is a retired Church of Ireland clergyman, who was Bishop of Clogher from 1986 to 2001. He is also the father of the singer and songwriter Neil Hannon, lead member of The Divine Comedy, who wrote
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