THE DIVINE COMEDY ~ La Philharmonie 2 (Cité de la musique). Paris.

 *** SHOW "September 29, 2020" CANCELLED following the COVID-19 virus epidemic ***

*** RESCHEDULED September 23, 2022 ***

 

 *** UP FOR SALE : 05/04/2022 - 10h ***

 

*** The thirtieth anniversary celebrations ***

 

*** CONCERT DAY: 5 # 5 -- SEPTEMBER 23 , 2022 - Albums (played in their entirety): Bang Goes the Knighthood (2010), Foreverland (2016) ***

 

*** - 19 - Albums (played in their entirety) : Foreverland (2016) (1993), Promenade (1994) ***

 - 20 - Albums (played in their entirety): Casanova (1996), A Short Album About Love (1997)
 - 21 - Albums (played in their entirety) : Fin de siècle (1998), Regeneration (2001)
 - 22 - Albums (played in their entirety): Absent Friends (2004), Victory for the Comic Muse (2006)
 - 23 - Albums (played in their entirety) : Bang Goes the Knighthood (2010), Foreverland (2016) ***

 

🕖 Set Times:
7:30 pm — Doors Open
8:05 pm — The Divine Comedy (UK)

Support Act: ---

 

~ RETROSPECTIVE TOUR 2022 ~

  

Venus, Cupid, Folly And Time - Thirty Years Of is a limited edition twelve volume CD boxset (exclusive 2CD compilation of early material put together by Neil from his personal archive, including recordings stretching back to as early as 1984. It contains the "lost" 1990 album) by Irish (from Northern Ireland) chamber pop band The Divine Comedy, released on October 9, 2020. Engineer/mixer/producer Guy Massey, whose work on The Beatles Stereo Remasters won him a Grammy Award.

 

 

Bang Goes the Knighthood is the tenth studio album by Irish (from Northern Ireland) chamber pop band The Divine Comedy, released on May 31, 2010. Producer Neil Hannon.

Foreverland is the eleventh studio album by Irish (from Northern Ireland) chamber pop band The Divine Comedy, released on September 2, 2016. Producer Neil Hannon.

 

THE DIVINE COMEDY (Band)

 

 Neil Hannon — lead vocals (1989-present)

 

+ Band 

Andrew Skeet — piano (1989-present) 

Ian Watson — accordion, keyboards (1989-present)
Simon Little — bass (1989-present)
Tosh Flood — guitar (1989-present) 

Tim Weller — drums (1989-present)
John Evans — guitare
Lucy Wilkins — violin
Calina de la Mare — violin, alto
Chris Worsey — cello
Sarah Field — trumpet, sax
Christian Foresaw — sax, flute

The Setlist

 THE DIVINE COMEDY

 

 SET 1

Album Bang Goes the Knighthood - 2010

Down In The Street Below
The Complete Banker
Neopolitan Girlod
At The Indie Disco
Have You Ever Been In Love
Assume The Perpendicular
The Lost Art Of Conversation
Island Life
When A Man Cries
Can You Stand Upon One Leg
I Like

 

Intermission

SET 2
Album Foreverland - 2016

Napoleon Complex
Foreverland
Catherine the Great
Funny Peculiar
The Pact
To the Rescue
How Can You Leave Me on My Own
I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)
My Happy Place
A Desperate Man
Other People (Neil nearly forgot this song and started introducing the last one.) 

 The One Who Loves You

Encore

National Express (Fin de siècle - 1998)
Tonight We Fly (Promenade - 1994)

 

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 Time Set: 2h00