2004

"THE STRANGLERS EXPERIENCE with full band" is billed at the same venue around the same period; per a Wolverhampton Express and Star ad (2 Jan 2004) on the British Newspaper Archive, phone prefixes suggest the Stourbridge/Dudley area; venue name not legible in the source

Hugh returned to finish the new album with Tony Visconti. The contemporary “Further Recording Sessions” notice described three days; Hugh's 11 March update described it as a week's work

Hugh recorded vocals and guitar for “Underground,” a track for Mousse T's new album

Hugh announced the tentative album title *Beyond Elysian Fields* and proposed track listing: Land Of A Thousand Kisses; Cadiz; Do Right Bayou; Under Her Spell; Beauty On The Beach; The Story Of Harry Power; 24/7; Mr.Big; Picked Up By The Wind; I Don't Mind; Henry Moore. He said the album had recently been completed after a further week with Tony Visconti in New York and was due to be mastered the following week. Hugh discussed a prospective October band tour and hoped to return to European festivals that summer with support from Neil O'Brien at The Agency. He also announced that HarperCollins had accepted his autobiography proposal: *A Multitude Of Sins*, with music writer Martin Roach as editor-in-chief and publication planned for October 2004

Hugh performed live as a guest with Mousse T and his band; the appearance included a special two-song medley not previously performed in that form by either artist

Full solo-acoustic set; warm-up show before a major festival appearance. Tickets also advertised through Ticketweb

Hugh Cornwell performance at 21:00

Hugh appeared on the Janice Forsyth show; the interview was temporarily available through the BBC archive until 3 July

“Touch Touch” was selected as UKSounds.com Song of the Day and offered to paying subscribers as a free download for 24 hours

Hugh appeared as a special guest, performing live with Mousse T

The album's UK release was confirmed for 4 October as a joint venture between HIS Records and Track Records, issued on the Track imprint and distributed by Active/Universal; recorded in America with Tony Visconti and Danny Kadar and mixed in New York by Visconti. The update also announced new Peterborough and Edinburgh live dates

Hugh Cornwell's Three Piece Sweet; opening night of Cowes Week; on stage at 22:00. Tickets were £12 through shipwreckedatcowes.com, for collection at the venue; overnight ferries ran to Portsmouth

“As soon as it became clear that we were going to New Orleans to record, I had a feeling it was going to be a special moment. The whole album was recorded and mixed in three weeks, which is comparable to the time it took to record Rattus all those years ago. It's a while since we made it now, and I'm glad to see it finally printed up. For some reason, I still feel connected to this one, which is something I haven't felt before.” — Hugh Cornwell, September 2004

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Hugh Cornwell's Three Piece Sweet; opening date of the Autumn 2004 tour. Tickets from The Horn or Ticketweb. Virtual Festivals later published a review, extensive streaming video and photographs, plus a competition offering the album, autobiography and final-tour-date tickets

recording exists; setlist not supplied

UK album release through HIS Records/Track Records, distributed by Active/Universal. Track listing: Land Of A Thousand Kisses; Cadiz; Do Right Bayou; Under Her Spell; Beauty On The Beach; The Story Of Harry Power; 24/7; Mr.Big; Picked Up By The Wind; I Don't Mind; Henry Moore

Hugh's autobiography published by HarperCollins. It opens with his decision to leave The Stranglers in 1990 and covers the early London punk scene, The Stranglers' career and Hugh's encounters with figures including Malcolm McLaren, Joe Strummer, Kate Bush, Debbie Harry and Hazel O'Connor

Robert Elms interview

Johnnie Walker interview and two acoustic songs

online through Tickets Scotland or credit-card line 0870 220 1116

Interview

*Beyond Elysian Fields* released this week

Supplied contemporary forum post identifies Leeds Cockpit; two later bootleg trade lists instead identify Manchester University on this date, so that discrepancy remains noted

Four-track live session and interview. *Beyond Elysian Fields* was the network's joint Album of the Week with Elvis Costello for the week beginning 11 October

Billed as "Club With No Name" at this venue, per Peterborough Evening Telegraph listings (5 Nov 2004) on the British Newspaper Archive

part of the London Astoria complex; recording exists; setlist not supplied

From a themeninblack forums thread body ("New Date - Bristol!") — venue not verified

Hugh signed a new live-representation deal with agent Neil O'Brien for electric-band and solo-acoustic bookings

Radio interviews and sessions; individual dates and tracks not supplied