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The Stranglers 1990 concert dates

A large UK theatre tour in February–March followed by a European tour in May–June and further festival/TV dates through the summer.

🎙️ = a recording of this show exists

  1. 19 Feb 1990
    Colston Hall
    Bristol
  2. 20 Feb 1990 🎙️
    Arts Centre
    Poole
  3. 21 Feb 1990
    Leisure Centre
    Torbay
  4. 22 Feb 1990 🎙️
    Centre
    Newport, Wales
  5. 22 Feb 1990 🎙️
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    Performed "96 Tears" (single released 5 Feb 1990); a separate source dates this TOTP broadcast 15 Feb — discrepancy unresolved
  6. 23 Feb 1990
    De Montfort Hall
    Leicester
    Cancelled — bomb scare; rescheduled to 15 Mar
  7. 24 Feb 1990 🎙️
    Brixton Academy
    London
  8. 26 Feb 1990
    Leisure Centre
    Crawley
  9. 27 Feb 1990
    Royal Concert Hall
    Nottingham
  10. 28 Feb 1990 🎙️
    City Hall
    Newcastle
  11. 01 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Civic Hall
    Wolverhampton
  12. 02 Mar 1990 🎙️
    St. Georges Hall
    Bradford
  13. 04 Mar 1990
    Capitol
    Aberdeen
  14. 05 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Playhouse
    Edinburgh
  15. 06 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Sands Centre
    Carlisle
  16. 07 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Guildhall
    Preston
  17. 08 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Futurist Theatre
    Scarborough
  18. 09 Mar 1990
    Apollo
    Manchester
  19. 10 Mar 1990
    City Hall
    Sheffield
  20. 11 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Hummingbird
    Birmingham
  21. 13 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Guildhall
    Portsmouth
  22. 14 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Leisure Centre
    Gloucester
    BBC2 broadcasts "Rapido" featuring band on tour footage and tour rehearsals in Bath
  23. 15 Mar 1990 🎙️
    De Montfort Hall
    Leicester
    Rescheduled from 23 Feb
  24. 16 Mar 1990
    Leas Cliff Hall
    Folkestone
  25. 17 Mar 1990
    Corn Exchange
    Cambridge
  26. 18 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Hexagon
    Reading
  27. 19 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Civic Hall
    Guildford
  28. 20 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Cliffs Pavilion
    Southend
  29. 21 Mar 1990 🎙️
    Brixton Academy
    London
  30. 06 Apr 1990
    MTV Europe
    (broadcast, location unspecified)
    Promoting the *10* album
  31. 11 Apr 1990 🎙️
    *Avec ou sans rock*
    France
    Hugh Cornwell and JJ Burnel interview with live footage; recording archive source
  32. 18 May 1990 🎙️
    Stadtjubiläum festival
    Linz, Austria
  33. 19 May 1990 🎙️
    Ca Zelt
    Vienna, Austria
  34. 20 May 1990
    Orpheum Gasse
    Graz, Austria
  35. 21 May 1990
    Pionir Hall
    Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  36. 22 May 1990 🎙️
    Dom Sportova
    Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  37. 24 May 1990
    Théâtre de Verdure
    Nice, France
    Band stay at the Mercure Hotel
  38. 25 May 1990 🎙️
    Transbordeur
    Lyon, France
  39. 26 May 1990
    Rock Am See
    Konstanz, Germany
  40. 27 May 1990
    Stadtpark Freilichtbühne
    Hamburg, Germany
  41. 28 May 1990 🎙️
    Philipshalle
    Düsseldorf, Germany
  42. 29 May 1990 🎙️
    L'Aéronef
    Lille, France
  43. 30 May 1990 🎙️
    Le Grand Rex
    Paris, France
  44. 01 Jun 1990
    Fort Regent
    Jersey, Channel Islands
  45. 02 Jun 1990
    Beau Séjour
    Guernsey, Channel Islands
    Possible second night on the 3rd also?
  46. 09 Jun 1990 🎙️
    Playa de Mazarrón / Cabezo del Rey
    Murcia, Spain
    Free beach gig
  47. 01 Jul 1990 🎙️
    NPA (French TV)
    France
    Performed "96 Tears" plus JJ Burnel interview; recording archive source
  48. 02 Jul 1990 🎙️
    (TV studio)
    France
    French TV — "Nulle Part Ailleurs"
  49. 24 Jul 1990 🎙️
    Paléo Festival
    Nyon, Switzerland
  50. 11 Aug 1990 🎙️
    Alexandra Palace
    North London
    The next day Hugh Cornwell announces that he is leaving the band. Hugh contacts each band member to inform them of his decision to leave the band then goes to Japan to spend time with his girlfriend. Following that he works with CCW and commences his solo career
  51. 06 Sep 1990
    Barrymore's
    Ottawa, Canada
    Cancelled — part of a small US tour that had been planned but had to be cancelled
  52. 01 Dec 1990
    Chart Show
    ITV
    Performed "Always The Sun"
  53. 21 Dec 1990 🎙️
    The Word
    ITV
    Performed "Something Better Change"