Neil Hannon
| Neil Hannon | |
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Hannon performing in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Born |
7 November 1970 Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Associated acts | The Divine Comedy, The Duckworth Lewis Method |
| Website | thedivinecomedy |
Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd.
Hannon was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, the son of Brian Hannon, a Church of Ireland minister at the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and later Bishop of Clogher. He moved with his family to Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, in 1982. While there, he attended Portora Royal School.
Hannon is founder and mainstay of The Divine Comedy, a band who achieved their biggest commercial success in the mid to late 1990s with the albums Casanova (1996), A Short Album About Love (1997), and Fin de Siècle (1998). Hannon continues to release albums under The Divine Comedy name, the most recent being Foreverland (2016).
In 2000 he and Joby Talbot contributed four tracks for Ute Lemper's collaboration album, Punishing Kiss.
In 2004 he played alongside the Ulster Orchestra for the opening event of the Belfast Festival at Queen's. In 2005, he contributed vocals to his long-time collaborator Joby Talbot's soundtrack for the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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