Hugh Cornwell
Epic Studios, 112-114 Magdalen St, NR3 1JD Norwich Kort
mið. 04.11.2026 19:00
AS LEAD SINGER & SONGWRITER OF THE STRANGLERS DURING THEIR GOLDEN PERIOD HUGH CORNWELL CAST A SPELL MIXING FACT, HISTORY, MYTHOLOGY & IDEOLOGY WITHIN THE LYRICS OF THE SONGS. IT WAS A HEADY MIX, LEADING TO THE BAND’S SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND THEY BECAME CHAMPIONED FOR EXPERIMENTATION & COMMERCIALITY IN EQUAL MEASURES.
HUGH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE BAND’S MOST MEMORABLE SONGS ACROSS TEN STELLAR ALBUMS THAT CONSOLIDATED HIS STATURE AS A UNIQUE SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN. HIS LYRICS TO ‘GOLDEN BROWN’ ARE A SONGWRITING MASTERCLASS.
HIS SOLO CAREER HAS LED TO TEN ALBUMS OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SONGS, CULMINATING IN ‘MOMENTS OF MADNESS’, DESCRIBED AS A ‘LATE FLOWERING CLASSIC’ & A ‘MODERN-DAY MASTERPIECE’.
HUGH LAST PERFORMED ACOUSTIC SOLO PERFORMANCES IN THE UK IN 2017 AND WILL BE HEADING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS NOVEMBER 2026.
AS WELL AS DIPPING INTO BOTH THE STRANGLERS’ AND HIS OWN WEALTHY CATALOGUE OF SONGS, HE’LL BE PERFORMING NEW SONGS FROM HIS NEXT STUDIO ALBUM, ‘SUCCUBUS’ THE FOLLOW UP TO ‘MOMENTS OF MADNESS’. THESE SONGS WILL BE HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS TOUR.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OPEN MIC MOMENT IN THE SHOW FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS WHICH HE WILL ANSWER, IF POSSIBLE.
“I’M NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN CONTINUE TO PERFORM, AND SO THIS WILL BE MY FINAL SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR.”
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE LEGENDARY ACOUSTIC LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF THE UK’S GREATEST LIVING SONGWRITERS WHILE YOU CAN.
JUST HUGH A GUITAR AND A MICROPHONE.
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Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Cornwell is an English musician & songwriter, best known for being the vocalist & guitarist for British punk/new wave group The Stranglers, 1974–90. Cornwell was born in London, England in 1949 - growing up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town - and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he was friends with Richard Thompson, later a member of Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, having obtained a degree in biochemistry from Bristol University, he embarked on postgraduate research post in Lund University, southern Sweden. Not long after his arrival he formed a band, Johnny Sox. Cornwell did not complete his doctorate and returned to the UK, in 1974. Soon after, he formed The Stranglers with Jet Black, Hans Warmling and Jean Jacques Burnel. By 1977 they had secured a deal with United Artists records and become the highest selling band on the UK punk scene and had several hit singles and albums. By the time Cornwell reached his thirties, the British punk scene had died down and he was prompted to start a solo career in case the Stranglers broke up. He recorded his first album away from the group, Nosferatu, in collaboration with the Captain Beefheart's Magic Band's drummer, Robert Williams, in 1979. Shortly before his 41st birthday Cornwell decided that the band could go no further artistically. He recorded the albums 10 and Saturday Night/Sunday Morning before leaving after sixteen years in the band. He described life with the Stranglers as brilliant, but he felt he had a dark coat over him. His biographical writing attest to many conflicts within the band, particularly between Cornwell and Burnel. Since leaving the Stranglers his solo career has continued. He has released several solo albums including "Wolf" (1988) produced by Ian Ritchie, Wired (1993), Guilty (1997), Hi Fi (2000), Footprints in the Desert (2002), Mayday (2002), In the Dock (2003), and Beyond Elysian Fields (2004). Wired, Guilty and Hi Fi were released under different names, and with slightly different track listings, in the U.S.
