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The Legendary Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell, legendary song-writing talent and live performer, embarks on a 27 date UK tour. Hugh is joined by Caroline Campbell [bass] and Chris Bell [drums] who performed on his latest album Hooverdam. Hugh himself says, “I can’t wait to get Hooverdam on the road now, it’s been a long time coming, and it will be the first time I have ever played an album in its entirety… there’ll be some old faves to follow it, of course!”

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 in the 17-year period he was in the band. The Stranglers etched themselves 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 revelled in his musical freedom ever since a sold out Stranglers gig at London’s Alexandra Palace in the summer of 1990, when he announced he would be leaving the group.

He has released seven solo albums, and Cornwell’s book, The Stranglers: Song by Song, was published in November 2001. In it he explains for the first time the real stories behind the Stranglers extensive catalogue of songs. In October 2004 Cornwell’s autobiography A Multitude of Sins was published by Harper Collins.

The Stranglers’ most successful song, Golden Brown, featured on the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood blockbuster Snatch; whilst Peaches was used as the opening sequence of the hit film Sexy Beast as well as in a Nike TV ad for 2002’s Football World Cup.

Cornwell has completed his new album Hooverdam and first film Blueprint in Toerag Studios with producer Liam Watson (White Stripes ‘Elephant’). Hooverdam is available worldwide as a free download from www.hooverdamdownload.com.

You can catch Hugh on tour on the following dates

• 19th March Bath Komedia 0845 293 8480
• 20th March  Poole Mr Kyps 01202 748 945
• 22nd March at Exeter Corn Exchange 01392 665 866
• 21st March Newport Riverfront 01633 656 679

For a full list of tour dates have a look on the website www.hughcornwell.com

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