A cheeky lunchtime matinee from The Divine Comedy, slightly let down for me personally by their decision to have the famously short Neil Hannon sit down in Rough Trade, meaning that for pretty much all of the gig I was taking their word for it that he was actually in the room, hidden as he was by the crowd in front of me. A rattle through some classics and some of the new album (including Mar-a-Lago By The Sea, which Neil Hannon has decided is a fan favourite), a sincere response to a sarcastic request from the crowd for Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, a shutting down of A Lady Of A Certain Age (“it’s too early in the morning for that”), and a surprise Bad Ambassador. Good form all, and looking forward to the full band gig in October.