The more albums you make, the harder it gets...

NEIL Hannon, founder of The Divine Comedy, chats about the highlight of his career, supporting Burt Bacharach on tour, the release of latest album Rainy Sunday Afternoon and the forthcoming UK tour.

- By KEVIN COOPER

Nobody ever tells you that the more albums you make, the harder it gets.

So I literally find myself playing one track from my favourite albums; it’s awful. So, you have to moderate the new album a bit, so that people get to hear some of their favourites, but they will never hear all of their favourites - it's impossible.

That is unless you do a Bruce Springsteen kind of setlist and settle in for a four-hour concert.

Yes! That's right or I could do just what we did a couple of years ago when we played an entire album in the Barbican.

Putting you firmly on the spot, what would you say has been the highlight of your career so far?

(Hysterical laughter) The really boring answer is sitting here talking to you knowing that I have still got a job at the age of 54!