Divine Comedy to reissue back catelogue

Having acquired the worldwide copyrights to his 1990 to 1999 back catalogue from Setanta Records, Neil Hannon is planning to re-release the various EPs, albums and Best Ofs… through his own Divine Comedy Records Ltd. label.

Well, apart from 1990's Fanfare For A Comic Music which Neil hates with a passion and doesn't want to inflict on the world again.

Reveals a spokesman: "Reissuing the back catalogue will be a lengthy and involved process. Much of the original artwork has been lost, and master tapes are still being recovered. We will complete the process, and when we do you can expect to see photos you've never seen and hear tracks you've never heard. Look for the reissues to start appearing in 2006."

The spokesman stresses that new Divine Comedy product will continue to appear on Parlophone, with Hannon currently assembling an album in his own Dublin home studio.