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2001

A 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).

🎙️ = a recording of this show exists

  1. 10 Feb 2001
    Channel 4, *Top 10 Heartbreakers*
    United Kingdom
    Hugh discussed The Stranglers' version of “Walk On By”, voted the programme's number-one heartbreaker
  2. 13 Feb 2001
    Subculture Cafe & Bar
    Exeter, England
  3. 10 Mar 2001
    Interview with Tony Kinson
    The Torture Garden interview covered *Hi Fi*, Black Dog's completed “Gingerbread Girl” remixes and the forthcoming European and US releases and full-band dates. Hugh said a second solo live album recorded at Leicester Guildhall had been mixed; proposed an archive album titled *Lava*; confirmed “Live It & Breathe It” had been recorded with Michelle Marti and Justin Chapman but remained unreleased; and identified Nuala Llewnroc as his *Sons of Shiva* pseudonym
  4. Mar 2001 (date unknown) 🎙️
    The Blank Club
    San Jose, CA, USA
    Incomplete ten-song recording; three songs cut
  5. 07 May 2001
    Austria, Germany and Switzerland
    European release of *hi fi* by Koch, with three additional tracks and different artwork from the UK edition
  6. 22 May 2001
    United States
    US release of *hi fi* by Koch, with three additional tracks and different artwork from the UK edition
  7. 2001 (date unknown) 🎙️
    BBC Radio Merseyside
    Liverpool, England
    *On the Beat* interview/session; one song plus interview
  8. 13 Jun 2001 🎙️
    The Stables
    Milton Keynes, England
    Acoustic and electric sets recorded; setlists not supplied
  9. 14 Jun 2001 (venue conflict, unresolved)
    Robin 2
    Bilston, England
    Per a Wolverhampton Express and Star listings page (15 Jun 2001, Page 36) on the British Newspaper Archive: "Thursday: Hugh Cornwell, Robin 2. Bilston." A second, equally specific source — Shields Daily Gazette (9 Jun 2001) — instead states: "Hugh Cornwell Band Thur Jun 14: 7.00pm The Newcastle Opera House, 105-119 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tickets: £10." A third source (Birmingham Daily Post, 16 Jun 2001) lists "Hugh Cornwell and Sumyunguise" at Robin 2 without a clear date attached, muddying rather than resolving things further. Not resolved
  10. 17 Jun 2001 🎙️
    The New Roscoe
    Leeds, England
    Live@Leeds Festival; acoustic and electric sets recorded; setlists not supplied
  11. 22 Jun 2001 🎙️
    Boardwalk
    Sheffield, England
  12. 23 Jun 2001
    The Borderline
    London, England
  13. 27 Jun 2001 🎙️
    The Brook
    Southampton, England
    Setlist: Dark Side Of The Room; Tramp; Miss Teazyweezy; Walk On By; Mothra; Wrong Way Round; Out Of My Mind; Leave Me Alone; Long Dead Train; Goodbye Toulouse; No More Heroes; Putting You In The Shade; Spain; Live It Breathe It; The Prisoner's Going Down
  14. 01 Jul 2001 🎙️
    Upstairs @ Ruislip Golf Club
    Ruislip, England
    Resolves the previous "Comedy Bunker"/"Ruislip Golf Club" venue-name conflict. Setlist: Ships That Pass In The Night, Midnight Summer Dream, Souls, Hanging Around, (Get A) Grip (On Yourself), Goodbye Toulouse, Golden Brown, Leave Me Alone, Lay Back On Me Pal, Dark Side Of The Room, Snapper, Story of He & She, Nerves Of Steel, First Bus to Babylon, Under Her Spell, Do Right Bayou; encore: Gingerbread Girl, Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit
  15. 20 Jul 2001
    United Kingdom
    Hugh signed the Sanctuary Book Publishing deal for *The Stranglers: Song by Song*, written with journalist Jim Drury
  16. 08 Aug 2001 🎙️
    Cellar Club
    South Shields, England
    Recording exists; setlist not supplied. A Shields Daily Gazette listing (3 Aug 2001) on the British Newspaper Archive instead names the venue as "The Amphitheatre, Sea Road, South Shields" for a Wednesday 8 August show — a venue-name conflict, not resolved
  17. 09 Sep 2001 🎙️
    WFDU Radio
    New York, NY, USA
    Interview recording
  18. 11 Oct 2001 🎙️
    Bull Run
    Shirley, MA, USA
    Massachusetts; Recording exists; setlist not supplied
  19. 12 Oct 2001
    Loop Lounge
    Passaic, NJ, USA
  20. 03 Nov 2001 🎙️
    BBC Radio Scotland
    Scotland
    Radio session; tracks not supplied
  21. 09 Nov 2001 (Fri)
    Fibbers
    York, England
    Per a Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer listing (9 Nov 2001) on the British Newspaper Archive: "York: Hugh Cornwell, ex-Stranglers, Fibbers"
  22. 11 Nov 2001 🎙️
    BBC Radio 5
    United Kingdom
    Radio session; tracks not supplied
  23. 13 Nov 2001 🎙️
    Borders Bookshop
    York, England
    Likely a book appearance for *The Stranglers: Song by Song*
  24. 14 Nov 2001
    The Ferry
    Glasgow, Scotland
  25. 15 Nov 2001
    Liquid Room
    Edinburgh, Scotland
  26. 15 Nov 2001 🎙️
    Borders Bookshop
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Likely a book appearance for *The Stranglers: Song by Song*
  27. 23 Nov 2001 🎙️
    Ottakar's Bookshop
    Walsall, England
    Likely a book appearance for *The Stranglers: Song by Song*
  28. 24 Nov 2001 (Sat)
    The Boat Race
    East Road, Cambridge, England
    Debut of Hugh's "New Official Band," his first time performing as part of a three-piece; per Cambridge Daily News listings (22 and 24 Nov 2001) on the British Newspaper Archive
  29. 27 Nov 2001
    The Tabernacle
    London, England
  30. 30 Nov 2001 🎙️
    Borders Bookshop
    Oxford Street, London, England
    UK publication date of *The Stranglers: Song by Song*. Book appearance setlist/programme: Intro; Hanging Around; Tramp; Always The Sun; Souls; Goodbye Toulouse; Ships That Pass In The Night; Grip; Never Say Goodbye; Golden Brown; Nice 'N' Sleazy; Beauty On The Beach; Q&A with Hugh and Jim Drury
  31. Nov 2001 (date unknown) 🎙️
    (radio studio unspecified)
    United Kingdom
    "Beauty On The Beach" session recording
  32. 2001 (date unknown) 🎙️
    Waterstones Bookshop
    Manchester, England
    Likely a book appearance for *The Stranglers: Song by Song*