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Hugh Cornwell

A gig-by-gig archive of Hugh Cornwell's solo career, 1991–2026.625 entries so far across 36 years. Most years are still placeholders awaiting research.

  1. 19913 entriesHugh Cornwell's first full year after leaving The Stranglers, spent largely working with Roger Cook and Andy West on what became the CCW project. Only a handful of shows are documented online for this year — likely an incomplete list rather than his full 1991 schedule.
  2. 19923 entriesThe year the CCW album (Hugh Cornwell with Roger Cook and Andy West, on UFO Records) was released. Dates here are as CCW to promote the album. Work begins on "Wired" in early 1992 with Art Of Noise producer Gary Langan after Hugh sifts through around 50 home demos before settling on a shortlist of songs for the album.
  3. 199310 entriesThe year of Hugh Cornwell's second solo album *Wired* (released 21 June 1993, produced by Gary Langan). A London launch show followed the release, then a UK tour in November–December.
  4. 19948 entriesA quieter year between studio albums (following 1993's *Wired*, ahead of what became *Guilty* in 1997) — a short French leg in March and a run of small UK club dates in October.
  5. 199511 entriesAnother year between studio albums, mixing small club shows with a run of HMV in-store appearances in late August (Leeds, Derby, London, Manchester) — likely tied to that year's Griffin Records reissue of *Wired*.
  6. 19967 entriesThe year Hugh Cornwell recorded what became the *Guilty* album (released 1997). Only a handful of shows are documented for this year.
  7. 19977 entriesA quiet year on the road around the release of the third solo album, *Guilty* (27 May 1997 on Madfish): a London club date in June, a Dingwalls show in August previewing unreleased songs, two promotional dates in Greece in October (his first tour without a keyboardist), and a private party in November.
  8. 199816 entriesThe "Heads & Tails" tour, following the re-release of *Nosferatu* with a new Hugh Cornwell Band: a proper UK/Ireland club run in April–May, most likely supporting *Guilty* too. The 1 May Manchester show was recorded and later released as the live album *Mayday* (1999). Further dates followed into December.
  9. 19999 entriesThe year the live album *Mayday* was released (recorded at the 1 May 1998 Manchester show). Dates this year include Hugh's first documented US shows (New York, Dallas) alongside UK club dates and a Norwegian show.
  10. 200026 entriesThe "Hi Fi Tour," supporting the *Hi Fi* album (released 2 October 2000 on Koch Entertainment, produced by Laurie Latham). An extensive UK club tour through October–November, bookended by earlier one-off shows and two Dutch dates to close out the year.
  11. 200111 entriesA quieter touring year, mixing regular club shows with bookshop appearances promoting *The Stranglers: Song by Song* (Hugh Cornwell and Jim Drury, Sanctuary Publishing, 2001) — his book responding to David Buckley's Stranglers biography *No Mercy* (1997).
  12. 20028 entriesThe year of *Footprints in the Desert* (April 2002), a compilation of rare and unreleased mid-1990s recordings made outside a record deal. A handful of dates scattered across the year, from a February bookshop appearance to a December Guildford show.
  13. 20037 entriesThe year of the *In the Dock* album. A handful of UK dates plus a US festival appearance at CBGB, New York, as part of the Vive Le Punk Festival 2003.
  14. 200410 entriesThe year of *Beyond Elysian Fields* (produced by Tony Visconti and Danny Kadar, released 4 October 2004 in the UK; worldwide release followed in 2005). UK club dates through the summer and autumn, picking up around the album's release.
  15. 200538 entriesThe worldwide release year of *Beyond Elysian Fields*, and of the *A Multitude of Sins* autobiography. A long UK "Electric" club tour ran February–April, ending with a three-night stand at Islington Academy (a different set each night), followed later in the year by a run of larger UK venues in November–December (Royal Albert Hall, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Sheffield among them) — noticeably bigger rooms than his usual club circuit, though it isn't confirmed from available sources whether that autumn leg was a headline tour or support slot.
  16. 200624 entriesThe year of the *People, Places, Pieces* 3CD box set and *Dirty Dozen* compilation. A globe-spanning but sparse schedule: Australia, Canada, and a UK/Germany autumn run.
  17. 200711 entriesA SXSW appearance in Austin, European festival dates, and a September UK club run. *Beyond Acoustic Fields* — a live in-studio acoustic recording — was sold only at these shows.
  18. 200818 entriesA US West Coast/Canada run in early winter, followed by a UK spring leg. In June, Hugh released the *Hooverdam* album (recorded at Toe Rag Studios with producer Liam Watson) as a free download — following Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails' lead. Festival appearances at The Wickerman Festival and Rox Festival followed in July and August.
  19. 200927 entriesA busy year in the *Hooverdam* cycle: a UK spring leg, a Glastonbury Festival slot in June, a US East Coast run in September, European dates in October, and a full UK autumn tour in November.
  20. 201018 entriesThe year of *New Songs for King Kong*, a 2CD release. A widely-scattered schedule: US Midwest, UK, Brazil, US West Coast, US East Coast, then a European December run.
  21. 201133 entriesThe biggest touring year found so far: a US/Canada West Coast and Midwest run in March, a full UK leg in April, an Australian tour in late April–May, festival dates in summer, a German run in September–October, and further US/UK dates through the rest of the year. *You're Covered* — a covers album limited to 250 copies — was sold on this tour.
  22. 201223 entriesThe year of the *Totem and Taboo* album (recorded with Steve Albini). UK dates early in the year, a European run in spring, and a full UK autumn tour around the album's release.
  23. 201320 entriesContinued touring behind *Totem and Taboo*, plus a *Hi Fi* reissue this year. UK festival dates through summer, a Netherlands date in November, a UK November tour, then a US/Canada December run.
  24. 201421 entriesUK festival dates through summer, two Netherlands shows in October, then a full UK winter tour through November–December, closing with a German date.
  25. 201532 entriesThe busiest year found so far by date count: a Japanese leg in May, UK festivals through spring/summer, a North American run in June, more UK festivals in July–August, a German date in September, and a full UK autumn tour through November–December. *The Fall and Rise of Hugh Cornwell*, a career-spanning compilation, was released this year.
  26. 201612 entriesThe year of *This Time It's Personal*, a collaboration with punk poet John Cooper Clarke, capped by a full-band UK tour together in November–December performing the whole album plus classics from both careers.
  27. 201711 entriesA UK-only year: two summer festival dates followed by a UK club tour in October–November. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  28. 201825 entriesThe "Monster Tour," supporting the *Monster* album (his ninth, released via a solo deal with Sony). UK dates in spring, a one-off in Dubai, then an extensive UK/Ireland autumn tour. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  29. 201925 entriesContinued *Monster Tour* dates plus a first documented run through Australia and New Zealand in May, European dates in autumn, and a full UK November–December tour. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  30. 20202 entriesOnly two dates found, both before the COVID-19 pandemic halted touring worldwide in March 2020 — consistent with the wider live music industry that year.
  31. 20212 entriesLive touring resumed slowly as COVID-19 restrictions eased — just two UK festival dates found for the year. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  32. 202248 entriesA packed year around the *Moments of Madness* album (released 21 October 2022, self-produced with all instruments recorded by Cornwell himself). A full UK spring tour, summer festival dates, and an extensive UK autumn/winter tour either side of the album's release. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  33. 202312 entriesA European tour in spring — Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands over six weeks.
  34. 202434 entriesA huge global year: a January UK tour (recorded and later released as the live album *All the Fun of the Fair*, out 4 October 2024), a Netherlands leg in April, an Australia/New Zealand tour in July–August, and a UK/Ireland tour in November–December that carried the "All the Fun of the Fair" tour name into 2025's European leg. 🎙️ marks dates where a recording exists
  35. 202533 entriesA busy solo year for Hugh Cornwell: the "All the Fun of the Fair" European tour across the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Italy and Spain in April–May, a Glastonbury Festival appearance in June, and the "Come and Get Some" UK tour in November–December performing the *Nosferatu* album in full alongside Stranglers and solo material, with support from The Courettes. Compiled from web research (Bandsintown, official site, press) rather than a single source thread — likely not fully exhaustive; treat as a working list.
  36. 202620 entriesThe current year (in progress as of writing). A summer UK club run in August, a full-band festival date in Poland (Soundedit '26) in October, and the "Never Say Goodbye — Final Solo Acoustic Tour" in November–December — billed as his last solo acoustic shows — closing with an Australian date.