HUGH CORNWELL

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Former Stranglers Frontman Hugh Cornwell, Hits the road for a series of UK dates in April next year, performing his critically acclaimed solo album ‘Guilty’ in its entirety and for the first time ever all the Stranglers Epics in one evening. The Raven, Schoolmaam, Down in the Sewer, Toiler on the Sea, Walk on By and Feel Like a xxx will all be performed each evening. As a bonus to fans, Hugh will also perform ‘Fan Choice Encores’ which can be voted for at www.hughcornwell.com. The five songs with the most votes will end the evening.

20 VIP Tickets are available for each date and will give fans the chance to watch the soundcheck and Interact with Hugh before and after soundcheck, where they will be given an exclusively recorded album entitled ‘Covered’. This will be limited to 250 copies and signed personally on the night by the artist.

Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers enjoyed massive UK and European success with ten hit albums and twenty-one top forty singles, etching himself into the UK's musical psyche with Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess, Walk on By, Strange Little Girl and Skin Deep.

Cornwell has released eight solo albums, most recently Hooverdam, produced and mixed in Toerag Studios by Liam Watson, known for the Grammy winning White Stripes’ Elephant. Hooverdam is available as a high-quality free download in twelve languages from his own website, bringing Cornwell’s music free to the world’s population. It is available as a triple-sleeved digipak featuring both CD and live studio performance DVD Blueprint, in one exclusive package. The album is also available on vinyl.

With the masterpiece Hooverdam available as a free download, Cornwell breaks new ground and proves himself again to be a unique force in British music.

New Songs for King Kong, A Limited Edition Live Double CD and Vinyl recorded on the last UK tour, featuring Hooverdam and The Stranglers first album ‘Rattus Norvegicus 1V’ in their entirety is also available exclusively from the artist website.


“Hooverdam is a cousin to Lou Reeds storming 1988 LP, New York. A very coherent album with a timeless quality” – Record Collector.

“He remains a hugely popular and prolific performer who’s songwriting retains its fiery eloquence and whose gigs still crackle with electricity” – Classic Rock.