Hugh Cornwell to Perform Stranglers Classics On Upcoming April Tour

Former Stranglers front-man Hugh Cornwell hits the road for a series of UK dates from April 6th 2011, performing his critically acclaimed solo album Guilty in its entirety, plus the following Stranglers epics. The Raven, Schoolmaam, Down in the Sewer, Toiler on the Sea, Walk on By and Feel Like a xx will all be performed each evening.

"The idea for this tour came from my fans," says Cornwell. The requests for Guilty haven't stopped since it was first released. Now the fans have heard my interpretation of Rattus, they're demanding to hear the other epics 'a la Hugh'. I can't wait to perform them."
Tickets go on sale from Friday September 17th at 9am by calling the National Ticket Hotline: 0871 230 1101, or book online from www.thegigcartel.com or www.seetickets.com.

As a special bonus to fans, Hugh will 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 enable fans the chance to watch and interact with Hugh before and after the soundcheck, where they will be given an exclusively recorded album entitled Your Covered - limited to 250 copies and signed personally on the night by Hugh.

NATIONWIDE APRIL 2011 UK TOUR

Wednesday 6th April
Portsmouth South Parade Pier
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0871 230 1101
VIP Entry 5pm / Doors 7.30pm / Stage 8.30pm / Curfew 11pm
www.thecellars.co.uk
South Parade Pier, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 0SW

Thursday 7th April
Gateshead Sage
General Admission Tickets: £20
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0191 443 4661
VIP Entry 4pm / Doors 7.00pm / Stage 7.30pm / Curfew 10.30pm
www.thesagegateshead.org
The Sage, St Mary's Square,
Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR

Friday 8th April
Manchester Academy
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0161 832 1111
VIP Entry 5pm / Doors 7.30pm / Stage 8.30pm / Curfew 11pm
www.manchesteracademy.net
UMSU, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR

Saturday 9th April
Glasgow O2 ABC
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0844 477 2000
VIP Entry 4pm / Doors 7pm / Stage 7.30pm / Curfew 10pm
www.o2abcglasgow.co.uk
O2 ABC Glasgow, 300 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JA

Sunday 10th April
Sheffield 02 Academy
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0844 477 2000
VIP Entry 4.30pm / Doors 7pm / Stage 8pm / Curfew 10.30pm
www.o2academysheffield.co.uk
37-43 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PN

Tuesday 12th April
Clitheroe The Grand
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 01200 421599
VIP Entry 4.15pm / Doors 7pm / Stage 7.45pm / Curfew 10.15pm
www.thegrandvenue.co.uk
The Grand, 18 York Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2DL

Wednesday 13th April
Leamington Spa The Assembly
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 01926 523001
VIP Entry 4.30pm / Doors 7pm / Stage 8pm / Curfew 10.30pm
www.leamingtonassembly.com
Spencer Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 3NF

Thursday 14th April
Bath Komedia
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0845 293 8480
VIP Entry 5pm / Doors 8pm / Stage 8.30pm / Curfew 11pm
www.komedia.co.uk/bath
22 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EP

Friday 15th April
Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0870 320 7000
VIP Entry 5pm / Doors 7.30pm / Stage 8.30pm / Curfew 11pm
www.wolvescivic.co.uk
Broad Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HP

Saturday 16th April
London Islington O2 Academy
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0844 477 2000
VIP Entry 4pm / Doors 7pm / Stage 7.30pm / Curfew 10pm
www.o2academyislington.co.uk
N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, London, N1 0PS

Sunday 17th April
Brighton Komedia
General Admission Tickets: £18
VIP Tickets: £50
Booking Hotline: 0845 293 8480
VIP Entry 5pm / Doors 8pm / Stage 8.30pm / Curfew 11pm
www.komedia.co.uk/brighton
44 Gardner Street, Brighton, BN1 1UN

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's available as a triple-sleeved digipak featuring both CD and live studio performance DVD Blueprint, in one exclusive package. The album is also issued 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 available exclusively from Cornwell's website.

"Hooverdam is the cousin to Lou Reed's storming 1988 LP New York.
It's a very coherent album with a timeless quality."
- Record Collector

"Cornwell remains a hugely popular & prolific performer whose songwriting retains its fiery eloquence and whose gigs still crackle with electricity"
- Classic Rock

www.hughcornwell.com

 

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