With a new album set for release September 2nd, The Divine Comedy announce UK and Irish dates as well as a slew of gigs around Europe. Beginning October 7th in Aberystwyth the tour takes in 18 venues on this side of the channel as well as France, Belgium, Spain and all points north, south, east and west culminating in Dublin February 26th, 2017 full dates below.
Although Neil Hannon has been busy with cricket-based project The Duckworth Lewis Method, Foreverland is the first Divine Comedy album since Bang Goes the Knighthood released in 2010. Whilst no material has been revealed as yet, there seems little reason to expect that the entirely esoteric furrows ploughed by one of pop’s most singular writers will not feature again. For sure it’s likely to be the only album of the year referencing Catherine The Great and the French Foreign Legion. The additional prospect of, “the most historically inaccurate hit of the summer“, make this a welcome return indeed. Tickets on sale Friday, May 20th at 9am, details below.
Friday October 7: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK
Saturday October 8: Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
Sunday October 9: St. George’s, Bristol, UK
Tuesday October 11: City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds, UK
Wednesday October 12: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
Friday October 14: St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, UK
Saturday October 15: The Foundry, Sheffield, UK
Sunday October 16: Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, UK
Monday October 17: Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK
Wednesday October 19: Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa, UK
Thursday October 20: Junction, Cambridge, UK
Friday October 21: Quarterhouse, Folkstone, UK
Saturday October 22: Open, Norwich, UK
Monday October 24: Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
Tuesday October 25: De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill, UK
Thursday October 27: Stereolux, Nantes, France
Friday October 28: La Sirene, La Rochelle, France
Saturday October 29: BIME Festival, Bilbao, Spain
Sunday October 30: Atabal, Biarritz, France
LIVE NOVEMBER 2016
Wednesday November 2: Le Radiant, Lyon, France
Thursday November 3: MC2, Grenoble, France
Friday November 4: La Cooperative de Mai, Clemont Ferrand, France
Sunday November 6: Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
Monday November 7: La Paloma, Nimes, France
Tuesday November 8: Le Silo, Marseille, France
Thursday November 10: Dijon Theatre, Dijon, France
Saturday November 12: La Cartonnerie, Reims, France
Sunday November 13: L’Autre Canal, Nancy, France
Monday November 14: Theatre Sebastopole, Lille, France
Wednesday November 16: Le Cargo, Caen, France
Thursday November 17: Le 106, Rouen, France
LIVE JANUARY 2017
Tuesday January 24: Les Folies Bergere, Paris, France
Wednesday January 25: Les Folies Bergere, Paris, France
Friday January 27: den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Saturday January 28: La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
Monday January 30: Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
LIVE FEBRUARY 2017
Wednesday February 1: Theatre Le Femina, Bordeaux, France
Friday February 3: Teatro Circo, Braga, Portugal
Saturday February 4: Teatro Tivoli, Lisbon, Portugal
Sunday February 5: Teatro Alameda, Seville, Spain
Tuesday February 7: Teatro Nuevo Apolo, Madrid, Spain
Wednesday February 8: Palau de la Musica, Barcelo, Spain
Friday February 10: Teatro Grande, Brescia, Italy
Saturday February 11: Theater of l’Octogone, Lausanne, Switzerland
Monday February 13: Heimathafen, Berlin, Germany
Tuesday February 14: Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday February 14: Cirkus Skandiascenen, Stockholm, Sweden
Thursday February 16: Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
Saturday February 18: Mojo, Hamburg, Germany
Sunday February 19: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tuesday February 21: Palladium, London, UK
Saturday February 25: Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
Sunday February 26: Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
