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09/08/2010

An extra special treat for you: The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon pops in to delight us with some top tunes played on the studio piano. We've had it tuned especially.

An extra special treat for you this evening Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon is popping in to delight us with some top tunes played on the studio piano .. had it tuned especially no expense spared for the great man.

Bang Goes The Knighthood is Neil's latest album and his 10th. It comes off the back of an Ivor Novello nomination for his work with his cricket-crazy side project, the Duckworth Lewis Method. Both these albums were released on his own label Divine Comedy Records.

Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Neil Hannon signed his first record deal aged 19. His first albums 'Liberation' and 'Promenade' were critically acclaimed, but it was 1996's 'Casanova', and its lead single 'Something For The Weekend' that brought him widespread fame.

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Music and featured items

  • The Divine Comedy in session

    Neil Hannon joins Marc for a live music session - his first track is The Complete Banker.

    Duration: 08:00

  • More with The Divine Comedy in session

    More live music from Neil Hannon, the next tracks are Geronimo and I Like.

    Duration: 16:12

  • The Prefects

    Barbarellas

  • The Vaselines

    Sex with an X

  • Clinic

    I'm Aware

  • Women

    Heat Distraction

  • The Divine Comedy

    The Complete Banker

  • Prince Far I & Creation Rebel - The Dream

  • Colourbox

    The Official World Cup Theme

  • No Age

    Glitter

  • The Divine Comedy

    Geronimo

  • The Divine Comedy

    I Like

  • Pavement

    Circa 1782

  • Jonathan Richman - She's Cracked

  • Everything Everything

    My Keys Your Boyfriend

  • The Welcome Wagon

    Sold to the Nice Rich Man

  • Deerhunter

    Revival

  • Supergrass

    Sun Hits the Sky

  • The Pretty Things

    Don't Bring Me Down

  • Admiral Radley

    Sunburn Kids

  • Sharon Marie

    Run-around Lover

  • Philip Sellway

    Falling

  • The Jamaicans

    Ba Ba Boom

  • Kevin Ayers

    Shouting in a Bucket Blues

  • Holy F

    Red Lights

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Aug 201019:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

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