Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon: ‘I have never been particularly fond of spilling my guts out emotionally'
Telling a musician with many decades of experience that one of the songs from their latest album is reminiscent of the Cheers theme tune can lead the interview in one of two ways.
Fortunately, Neil Hannon takes the comment (which is a compliment) with good grace, saying his mind 'has just been blown' and that Cheers is a show he adores, singing the famous opening line while speaking to Review via Zoom.
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