The Stranglers 1979 concert dates

A globe-spanning year: Japanese and Australian tours in February–March, JJ Burnel's "Euroman Cometh" solo tour in April, Wembley support to The Who in August, The Raven UK/Ireland tour in autumn, a European tour in November, and a return to Japan in December. 94 entries recorded.

🎙️ = a recording of this show exists

09 Feb 1979 🎙️
(TV studio)
Tokyo, Japan
TV appearance
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13 Feb 1979
Syonenbunka Kaikan
Fukuoka, Japan
14 Feb 1979 🎙️
Mainichi Hall
Osaka, Japan
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15 Feb 1979 🎙️
Seibukodo
Kyoto, Japan
16 Feb 1979 🎙️
Okaya Koki Nagoya Public Hall (Nagoyashi Kokaido)
Nagoya, Japan
17 Feb 1979
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
18 Feb 1979 🎙️
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
19 Feb 1979
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
22-24 Feb 1979
Stage Door Tavern
Sydney, Australia
23 Feb 1979
Shinjuku Loft
Tokyo, Japan
Social gathering/press conference
25 Feb 1979
State Theatre
Sydney, Australia
27 Feb 1979
Queens Hotel
Brisbane, Australia
support from Fuller Banks and The Humans. V2 kicked in the head by JJ after spitting at him constantly. - "police violence" at this one
28 Feb 1979
The Cabbage Patch
Coolangatta, Australia
01 Mar 1979
Festival Hall
Brisbane, Australia
The Stranglers caused a riot in Brisbane on March 1, 1979. This was at the Queen's Hotel, long since buried under high rise, down near where the Riverside Centre is now. This was the second night at the venue. The first night Jean-Jacques Burnel beaned local punk V2 on the head with his bass. At the next gig, as Cornwell came forward to sing for the first time, a beer glass sailed from down the back and caught him on the brow. He shrugged it off and kept playing, blood and all. After about 10 songs of this the band trashed their gear and took off for their hotel. The mood inside turned nasty, or nastier, at which point . . . well, discretion the better part of valour and all that, so I missed the riot and the arrests. Cornwell still remembers it well, he told me on the phone the other day. "I thought it was getting incredibly hot and I was sweating, so I got a towel and wiped my brow thinking I'd see water and it was blood. But whenever you get a cut there it looks worse than it is." (Band accommodation at Park Royal Motor Inn in Alice Street, Brisbane.)
02 Mar 1979
Queens Hotel
Brisbane, Australia
Band trash the drums and walk off after 35 mins
02 Mar 1979 🎙️
Double J (later Triple J)
Australia
Radio interview; the band discuss Jean-Jacques Burnel kicking V2 (Steven Peterson) and what happened in Brisbane. Jet Black does most of the talking and hammers Queensland, inviting listeners to call in and defend the state government; most callers agree with Jet's appraisal of "fascist" Joh Bjelke-Petersen
04 Mar 1979
Civic Theatre
Newcastle, Australia
05 Mar 1979
Theatre
Canberra, Australia
06-09 Mar 1979
ABC Studios
Melbourne, Australia
Press/TV. Appearance on Countdown was cancelled by the producer after disagreements about what song they were gonna play. It was filmed at the Studios of the ABC in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea. It was screened Sunday night from 6:00pm to 7:00
10 Mar 1979
Apollo Stadium
Adelaide, Australia
11 Mar 1979
Crystal Ballroom, SeaView Hotel
St Kilda, Australia
Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Melbourne
12 Mar 1979
Bombay Rock
Brunswick, Australia
The Boys Next Door gigs →
13 Mar 1979
La Trobe Union Hall
Melbourne, Australia
Tickets $4.50; support from The Models
14 Mar 1979
Dallas Brooks Hall
Melbourne, Australia
18 Mar 1979 🎙️
Bondi Lifesaver
Sydney, Australia
15 Apr 1979
Pavillion
Glasgow
JJ Burnel solo tour ("Euroman Cometh")
16 Apr 1979
Apollo
Manchester
JJ Burnel solo tour
17 Apr 1979
Eric's
Liverpool
JJ Burnel solo tour; quite possibly the gig where Mike Score named his band: "We were at one of their concerts (The singer) yells out, "a flock of seagulls." We were in the front row. He looked like he looked right at us and called out, "a flock of seagulls." We took it as a sign"
18 Apr 1979
Assembly Rooms
Derby
JJ Burnel solo tour
20 Apr 1979
Digbeth Town Hall
Birmingham
JJ Burnel solo tour
21 Apr 1979
Dome
Brighton
JJ Burnel solo tour
22 Apr 1979
Locarno
Bristol
JJ Burnel solo tour
23 Apr 1979
Odeon
Canterbury
JJ Burnel solo tour
24 Apr 1979
Locarno
Portsmouth
JJ Burnel solo tour; cancelled. "this gig was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. I know, I had a ticket and it took me six months to get a refund."
25 Apr 1979
Pavillion
Hemel Hempstead
JJ Burnel solo tour. Released on the 1992 Euroman CD Re-Issue
26 Apr 1979
Mayfair
Newcastle
JJ Burnel solo tour
27 Apr 1979
Odeon
Edinburgh
JJ Burnel solo tour
28 Apr 1979
St. Georges Hall
Bradford
JJ Burnel solo tour
29 Apr 1979
Odeon
Ilford
JJ Burnel solo tour
30 Apr 1979
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
London
JJ Burnel solo tour; cancelled
01 May 1979
Hammersmith Odeon
London
JJ Burnel solo tour; cancelled
07 May 1979 🎙️
Eden Studios
Chiswick, London
Two-song acetate/demo session; recording archive source
26 May 1979
(venue unspecified)
Loch Lomond Festival
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17 Aug 1979
Ellesmere F.C.
Liverpool
Cancelled
18 Aug 1979 🎙️
Wembley Stadium
London
Support to The Who
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30 Aug 1979
Top of the Pops
BBC TV, London
Performed "Duchess" (single released 10 Aug 1979, peaked #14; presented by David Jensen)
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21 Sep 1979
Odeon
Taunton
The Raven tour
22 Sep 1979
Corn Exchange
Cambridge
The Raven tour
28 Sep 1979
Pavilion
Cascais, Portugal
The Raven tour
01 Oct 1979
Arcadia Hall
Cork, Ireland
The Raven tour
02 Oct 1979
Arcadia Hall
Cork, Ireland
The Raven tour
03 Oct 1979
Chariot Inn
Dublin, Ireland
The Raven tour
04 Oct 1979
Ulster Hall
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Raven tour; reviewed in NME's 13 Oct 1979 issue (per James)
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06 Oct 1979 🎙️
Spa Pavilion
Bridlington
The Raven tour
07 Oct 1979 🎙️
Apollo
Glasgow
The Raven tour; The Curves support
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08 Oct 1979
Market Hall
Carlisle
The Raven tour
10 Oct 1979
St. Georges Hall
Blackburn
The Raven tour (replaced Newcastle)
11 Oct 1979
Assembly Rooms
Derby
The Raven tour
12 Oct 1979
University
Lancaster
The Raven tour
13 Oct 1979
University
Leeds
The Raven tour
14 Oct 1979
Top Rank
Sheffield
The Raven tour; Human League support. Hugh watches them from the audience and quite enjoys them. "1979 Sheffield top rank The Raven Tour, the band turned up in a coach about three, signed off on the fans lookin for autographs. The gig was packed me and my mucker Dave had a few ales in a near by pub, we went upstairs i remember the plastic glasses of Arctic Light lager and two girls from Barnsley. The gig was outstanding 5 minutes, Shah Shah a Go Go, the Raven and on to Ice! Nubiles was out of this world with Hugh asking if the Yorkshire Ripper was here that night and this was for him, Toiler was the stand out number and all to soon they were gone. To see Sewer, The Raven and Toiler in one set is the dream ticket , after the gig Dave and me went to the train station with the girls from Barnsley, the first taste of open air sex hahaha. Later after tryin to sleep in Sheffield station the cops nicked us we were thrown in the Black Maria taken to Sheffield nick into the lift for a friendly good beating then back to the station dumped off ready for the milk train back to Lincoln. Battered and bruised we were at the next Raven gig. I did 8 on the Raven tour and nothing has ever come close, this was the time when the Stranglers should have exploded into the biggest uk band ever! One last thing for now the Raven Tour was played at a frantic pace. Straight after 5 minutes Hugh screamed out "Which ways East?! that way!" and straight into Shah Shah a Go Go this is still the best tour ever!" — Carl Greenwold
15 Oct 1979
Top Rank
Birmingham
The Raven tour
18 Oct 1979
Gaumont
Southampton
The Raven tour
19 Oct 1979
Rainbow
London
The Raven tour
20 Oct 1979
Rainbow
London
The Raven tour
21 Oct 1979
Granby Hall
Leicester
The Raven tour
22 Oct 1979
Romeo & Juliet
Liverpool
The Raven tour; cancelled (forum source marks this cancellation as uncertain: "Cancelled?")
23 Oct 1979
Locarno
Portsmouth
The Raven tour
25 Oct 1979 🎙️
Apollo
Manchester
The Raven tour
27 Oct 1979
Theatre
Coventry
The Raven tour
28 Oct 1979
Colston Hall
Bristol
The Raven tour
29 Oct 1979
New Theatre
Oxford
The Raven tour
30 Oct 1979
Centre
Brighton
The Raven tour
31 Oct 1979
Top Rank
Cardiff
The Raven tour; band appear at the famous Spillers Records in the afternoon to sign copies of The Raven
01 Nov 1979
Rainbow
London
The Raven tour. Hugh nicked in the early hours ("about 3am" Hugh) of 1st Nov at a police roadblock in Hammersmith, West London with a bag "like a chemist's shop"
02 Nov 1979
Scala Theatre
London
*Nosferatu* launch party, 25 Tottenham Street, "11.15pm onwards"
08 Nov 1979
L'Ancienne Belgique
Brussels, Belgium
European tour
09 Nov 1979 🎙️
L'Ancienne Belgique
Brussels, Belgium
European tour
10 Nov 1979
Le Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
European tour
11 Nov 1979
Empire
Paris, France
European tour
12 Nov 1979 🎙️
Empire
Paris, France
European tour; filmed for Chorus TV show (per James, confirmed as the subject of a "STRANGLERS PARIS 1979 - OFFICIAL RELEASE" thread)
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13 Nov 1979 🎙️
Le Palace
Paris, France
European tour
14 Nov 1979
Palais D'Hiver
Lyon, France
European tour
16 Nov 1979 🎙️
Salle Des Fêtes Du Grand Parc
Bordeaux, France
European tour. Forum source flags a possible gap here: "other dates here missing?" before the next known date (21 Nov, Berlin)
21 Nov 1979
Metropol Theatre
Berlin, Germany
European tour
23 Nov 1979
Aula University
Saarbrücken, Germany
European tour; Dickies support
27 Nov 1979 🎙️
Musikhalle
Hamburg, Germany
European tour
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06 Dec 1979
Top of the Pops
BBC TV, London
Performed "Don't Bring Harry" (single released 01 Dec 1979, peaked #41)
10 Dec 1979
Ohyakaikan
Sapporo, Japan
Japanese tour
11 Dec 1979
Kohkaido
Nagoya, Japan
Japanese tour
12 Dec 1979
Tsukushikaikan
Fukuoka, Japan
Japanese tour
13 Dec 1979
Korakuen
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese tour
14 Dec 1979
Mainichi Hall
Osaka, Japan
Japanese tour
15 Dec 1979 🎙️
Kyohoaiseibukohodo
Kyoto, Japan
Japanese tour
16 Dec 1979 🎙️
Korakuen
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese tour

Source: themeninblack forums thread