2015

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; Bath Place, Taunton, TA1 4ER, 7pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; The Corn Exchange, 7 The High Street, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5HL, 7pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; 16 New Place, High Street, Corsham, 7.30pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A hosted by Griffin Books; held at All Saints Church, Victoria Square, CF64 1JB, 7pm. A bootleg archive list dates a Penarth recording to 15 Mar, two days later — discrepancy not resolved

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; 24 Black Jack Street, Cirencester, GL7 2AA, 7pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A hosted by Burway Books Ltd (Sherratt House, 18 Beaumont Road, SY6 6BN)

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; 1 Myrtle Pl, Shipley, BD18 4NB, 7pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A; 29 Market St, Hebden Bridge, HX7 6EU, 7pm

*Arnold Drive* book reading / Q&A hosted by The Chepstow Bookshop (13 St Mary Street, NP16 5EW), 7pm

Rewind Festival Scotland appearance on 25 Jul 2015 announced

Kichijyouji Parking Plaza B1F, 1-20-3 Kichijyouji-Honmachi, Musashino-City, Tokyo 180-004

4-30-1 Kouenji Minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0003

A Eugene date added to the North American tour, plus two confirmed UK acoustic shows; the announcement did not name the acoustic dates, and no Eugene show appears on the final itinerary

Seattle, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh added to the North American tour; August UK acoustic shows in Oldham, Carlisle and Bromsgrove confirmed. Minneapolis and Pittsburgh went ahead on 20 and 24 Jun, but no Seattle show appears on the final itinerary

*Sunshine Of Your Love*, a concert celebrating the life and music of Jack Bruce, announced for The Roundhouse on 24 Oct 2015, also featuring Ginger Baker, Ian Anderson, Phil Manzanera and others, with tickets via Gigs and Tours; a New York show added to the North American tour

Hugh published a tribute to drummer Darius Minwalla, who had played with him in recent years: "He was a joy to work with and I can say I felt extremely fortunate to know him. Steve and I will miss him onstage."

Bearded Theory Festival 2015; Catton Park, Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN

A November acoustic show in Stockton-on-Tees added; further shows trailed

A new US date in Rochester, NY on 26 Jun added, plus July appearances at the Llangollen Fringe Festival (North Wales) and Festival Too (King's Lynn); to coincide with the start of the North American tour Hugh also shared the complete *Bad Vibrations* film

North American tour; 695 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC

Details of Hugh's November acoustic tour published, with tickets on sale from 9am on Monday 8 Jun 2015

North American tour; 8901 W. Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069; plus Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs and Spider Heart

Hugh and band added as special guests to Ray Davies at Greenwich Music Time on Friday 24 Jul 2015

An in-depth interview with Hugh made available to watch, recorded backstage at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles (the 8 Jun show) by Jason Reed of Channel 2 California

North American tour; band show at 1637 Hennepin Ave (Old Nick and Eddie Alley), Minneapolis. The itinerary also lists Electric Fetus (2000 4th Ave S) and Treehouse Records (2557 Lyndale Ave S), suggesting same-day record-store appearances — not independently confirmed

North American tour; band show at 212 4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa

North American tour; band show at 1020 Westport Rd; with special guests Bent Knee and Jorge Arana Trio

North American tour; band show at 7006 N Glenwood, Chicago, IL 60626; special guests Choking Susan

North American tour; band show at 3103 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201; added 9 May 2015

North American tour; band show at 300 Park Point Dr, Rochester, NY 14623; added 30 May 2015

North American tour; band show at 345 James St. North, Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 1H3

German tour details published, with three recently added shows: band shows in Berlin and Mannheim plus a solo acoustic show in Butjadingen. None of the three appears on the official September itinerary

North American tour; band show at 370 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5V 2A2

North American tour; band show at 98 Messerole Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222; added 15 May 2015

Band show at Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn; announced 30 May 2015

A band show in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire announced for 9 Aug 2015; the announcement spells the town "Hebdon Bridge"

Hugh and band added to the main stage at Weyfest on Saturday 5 Sep 2015, directly before The Waterboys

*The Fall and Rise Of Hugh Cornwell* announced for release on Invisible Hands Music in the first week of September, with vinyl to follow: a remastered compilation drawn from Hugh's first six solo albums (*Wolf*, *Guilty*, *Hi Fi*, *Wired*, *Beyond Elysian Fields*, *Hooverdam*) plus a new studio recording of "Live It And Breathe It" on the CD and digital versions. Hugh and band were to perform the album in its entirety on the German dates

Hugh's appearance included an acoustic performance of the new song "La Grande Dame"; available on demand until 28 Jul 2015, from around the 2h40m mark

Llangollen Fringe Festival; acoustic performance; announced 30 May 2015

Greenwich Music Time; band show as special guest to Ray Davies; announced 10 Jun 2015

Rewind Festival Scotland 2015; band show at Scone Palace, Perth, PH2 6BD; announced 21 Apr 2015

Rebellion Festival 2015; band show

Full band show at Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE; announced 10 Jul 2015 without naming the venue

The UK CD and vinyl release date for *The Fall and Rise Of Hugh Cornwell* moved to 16 Oct 2015, from the first week of September announced on 22 Jul

Acoustic show at Lee St, Oldham OL3 6AE; confirmed 9 May 2015

Acoustic show at Warwick Street, Carlisle, CA3 8QW; confirmed 9 May 2015

Galtres Parklands Festival; acoustic performance headlining The Black Howl stage; Duncombe Park, Helmsley, York YO62 5EB

Acoustic show at Slideslow Drive, Bromsgrove B60 1PQ; confirmed 9 May 2015

Weyfest 2015; band show on the main stage, directly before The Waterboys; added 15 Jul 2015. An earlier source spells the location "Tilfad" — a transcription error for Tilford

German tour; band show at Hankenstr. 18, 28195 Bremen

German tour; band show at Glockseestr. 35 (Hinterhof), 30169 Hannover

German tour; band show at Lasallestr. 11, 21073 Hamburg

German tour; band show at Joseph Cremer Str. 25, 44141 Dortmund

German tour; band show at Zülpicher Str. 10, 50674 Köln

Not listed on the official 2015 itinerary

Band show at Unter den Linden 23, 72762 Reutlingen

*The Fall and Rise Of Hugh Cornwell* CD confirmed for 16 Oct 2015, with the vinyl now following on 6 Nov 2015

Acoustic performances of "Break of Dawn" and "Golden Brown"; broadcast 18:15 GMT and available online shortly after

A December band show in Paris confirmed

*The Fall and Rise Of Hugh Cornwell* released on CD by Invisible Hands Music; vinyl followed on 6 Nov 2015

A UK limited edition of the *Anthology* DVD (cat. HISDVD1) released for sale on the acoustic tour, filmed at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen on the December 2013 acoustic tour. Each copy carried a personally numbered sticker entered into a raffle for an original 30" x 20" poster, signed by Hugh, advertising the 1979 charity cricket match The Stranglers and Friends versus the Media, whose design Hugh drew; the winning number was to be published on or after 14 Dec 2015

*Sunshine Of Your Love*, a concert celebrating the life and music of Jack Bruce; Hugh appeared as one of the guest artists; announced 15 May 2015

November acoustic tour; The Apex Arts Centre, Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3FD

November acoustic tour; Compton Avenue, London, N1 2XD

November acoustic tour; Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8FT

November acoustic tour; Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD

November acoustic tour; 55B Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1EE

November acoustic tour; 9-11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, EX38 8HQ

A solo acoustic show in Belgium on 8 Dec 2015 confirmed

A full-band electric show at The Theatre at The Bedford, Balham announced for Sunday 13 Dec 2015

November acoustic tour; Station Buildings, Marine Road West, Morecambe LA4 4DB

November acoustic tour; Albert Road, Colne, BB8 0RY

November acoustic tour; York Street, Selby, YO8 4AJ

Cancelled; November acoustic tour date at Spencer Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 3NF. Announced 6 Nov 2015 as cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of both artist and venue, with full refunds for ticket holders

November acoustic tour; Mary Hare, Newbury RG14 3BQ

November acoustic tour; Walliscote Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1EF; fundraiser for lighthouse-weston.org.uk

November acoustic tour; Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6JP

November acoustic tour; Green Dragon Yard, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1AT; added 26 May 2015

November acoustic tour; Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX. A forum thread title dates a Glasgow report "23/11/15", one day later — discrepancy not resolved

From a themeninblack forums thread title only — venue not verified, and the date does not appear on the official tour itinerary

November acoustic tour; Waterside Plaza, Sale, M33 7ZF

November acoustic tour; Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

November acoustic tour; Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DB

November acoustic tour; Market Place, Leek, ST13 6AD. Setlist (track 1 not supplied): Strange Little Girl, (Get A) Grip (On Yourself), Dagenham Dave, Outside Tokyo, Duchess, Second Coming, Tramp, Never Say Goodbye, No Mercy, Always The Sun; Set 2: Break Of Dawn, Man Of The Earth, First Bus To Babylon, Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit, Lay Back On Me Pal, Under Her Spell, Beat Of My Heart, Stuck In Daily Mail Land, La Grande Dame; encore: Nice 'N' Sleazy, Beyond Elysian Fields, Golden Brown

Solo acoustic show; confirmed 7 Nov 2015

Band show; confirmed 14 Oct 2015

Full-band electric show in two sets: *The Fall and Rise of Hugh Cornwell* followed by a set of Stranglers classics. Doors 18:15, onstage 18:45; the show also included the live raffle draw for the signed 1979 cricket-match poster from the numbered *Anthology* DVDs sold on the UK acoustic tour

The Stranglers and Friends poster draw made and filmed; the winning number was 211, subsequently claimed

The acoustic *Anthology* DVD made available to pre-order from Burning Shed for general release on 8 Jan 2016; filmed and recorded at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen in December 2013, featuring a song from every Stranglers studio album up to 1990 and a song from every Hugh Cornwell studio album