The Divine Comedy release new track 'The Last Time I Saw The Old Man' - taken from forthcoming album Rainy Sunday Afternoon, out Sept 19th

This September sees the release of the 13th and possibly best Divine Comedy album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Recorded at Abbey Road, the album is written, arranged and produced by Neil Hannon. One of the album highlights, the poignant and beautiful ‘The Last Time I Saw the Old Man’, is out today. Listen HERE.

“It’s hard to talk about this song too much,” Neil Hannon says. “My kind and intelligent father had Alzheimer’s for the last decade of his life. A cruel and all too usual punishment these days. The lyrics are a simple and unadorned observation of his final year. No profound statements. No poetry. The music does all the emotional heavy lifting. I suppose sometimes you just have to meet painful events head on. In order to accept them and move on.”



Track listing for Rainy Sunday Afternoon:

  1. Achilles

  2. The Last Time I Saw the Old Man

  3. The Man Who Turned Into a Chair

  4. I Want You

  5. Rainy Sunday Afternoon

  6. All the Pretty Lights

  7. Down the Rabbit Hole

  8. Mar-a-Lago by the Sea

  9. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

  10. Can't Let Go

  11. Invisible Thread



Rainy Sunday Afternoon is available to preorder now. Album formats include standard black and limited edition colour LPs, standard CD and a limited edition deluxe CD which includes a bonus disc ‘Live in Paris & London.’ The album is now also available for digital pre order and pre save.



The Divine Comedy have just announced a series of instore and outstore events around the release of their eagerly anticipated new album Rainy Sunday Afternoon. They will play the following:



September 2025

Wed 17th Glasgow, Òran Mór, with Assai Records (acoustic) 

Fri 19th Kingston upon Thames, venue TBA, with Banquet Records (SOLD OUT)

Sat 20th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, with Crash Records (SOLD OUT)

Sun 21st Liverpool, Rough Trade (acoustic) 

Mon 22nd Birmingham, HMV Vault (acoustic)

Tue 23rd London, Rough Trade East (In Conversation) 

Wed 24th Bristol, Rough Trade (acoustic matinee)

              Southampton, Vinilo Record Store (acoustic) 

Thu 25 Brighton, Chalk, with Resident Records (acoustic)



All event links can be found HERE



The band previously announced a UK tour for October, and Irish dates for March 2025 with most dates now sold out. 



The Divine Comedy will play the following dates:

October 2025             Mon 6th Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall (SOLD OUT)                                       Tue 7th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall                             Wed 8th Bath, Forum (SOLD OUT)                                                                

Fri 10th Gateshead, The Glasshouse (SOLD OUT) 

Sat 11th London, Barbican (SOLD OUT)                          Sun 12th London, Barbican (SOLD OUT)                                                                    Mon 13th Brighton, Dome (SOLD OUT)                                      Wed15th Cambridge, Corn Exchange (SOLD OUT)

Thu 16th Sheffield, City Hall                                               Fri 17th Wolverhampton, Uni The Civic Hall                                     Sat 18th Swansea, Arena                                               Mon 20th Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall (SOLD OUT)

Tue 21st York, Barbican (SOLD OUT)                                     Thu 23rd Oxford, New Theater (SOLD OUT)                                           Fri 24th Manchester, Bridgewater Hall (SOLD OUT)

Sat 25th Bristol, Beacon (SOLD OUT)



March 2026

Fri 27th  Belfast, Waterfront Hall

Sat 28th Dublin, National Concert Hall (SOLD OUT) 

Sun 29th Dublin, National Concert Hall

 



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lorraine long