9/21/2011

Hugh Cornwell: US Tour




EAST COAST TOUR WITH CLEM BURKE AND STEVE FISHMAN BEGINS OCTOBER 21ST


RECORDING NEW ALBUM IN CHICAGO THIS DECEMBER WITH STEVE ALBINI



TOUR DATES:

Tuesday 18 Oct - Bronson Bar, LA - CANCELED

Friday 21 Oct - Rockville, MD Robert E. Parilla PAC - Montgomery College
Saturday 22 Oct - Long Branch, NJ Brighton Bar
Sunday 23 Oct - Bordentown, NJ The Record Collector
Tuesday 25 Oct - Fall River, MA Narrows Center for the Arts
Wednesday 26 - New York, NY Mercury Lounge EARLY SHOW
Thursday 27 Oct - Boston, MA Church of Boston
Friday 28 Oct - Rochester, NY Lovin Cup Brews and Bistro
Saturday 29 Oct - Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Sunday 30 Oct - Toledo, OH Frankies
Monday 31 Oct - Chicago, IL Reggie’s Rock Club

Former Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell hits the road this October for a series of East Coast dates. The 90 minute set will feature classic solo material, including the acclaimed free to download ‘Hooverdam’ and a collection of Stranglers epic hits. The three piece band features Hugh Cornwell on guitar/vocals, Steve Fishman on bass/vocals and Clem Burke (Blondie) on drums.

Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK's finest songwriting talents and accomplished live performers - the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers, he enjoyed massive UK and European success with ten hit albums and twenty one Top Forty singles, etching himself into the UK and Europe’s musical psyche with songs such as 'Peaches', 'No More Heroes', 'Golden Brown', 'Always the Sun', 'Grip', 'Nice N Sleazy', 'Duchess' and 'No Mercy'. One of the biggest hits, 'Golden Brown', saw renewed popularity when it was featured in Guy Ritchie's blockbuster, 'Snatch', as did ‘Peaches’ when It was played in its entirety through the opening sequence of ‘Sexy Beast’.

Hugh has released eight solo albums, most recently the acclaimed 'Hooverdam', produced and mixed in ToeRag Studios by Liam Watson, (known for the Grammy winning White Stripes’ album 'Elephant'). 'Hooverdam' is available as a high-quality free download in twelve languages from Hugh's website at www.hughcornwell.com bringing his music free to the world's population. The release is a triple-sleeved digipak, featuring both studio CD and full length live studio performance DVD in one exclusive package, as well as being available on vinyl. With the free download, Cornwell breaks new ground and proves once again to be a unique force in British music.

Cornwell will record his next album, 'Totem and Taboo', in Chicago at Electrical Studios with Steve Albini in December.

"Consistently excellent." Philadelphia Weekly

“Hooverdam is a cousin to Lou Reed's storming 1988 LP, New York. A very coherent album with a timeless quality” Record Collector

“He remains a hugely popular and prolific performer who’s songwriting retains its fiery eloquence and whose gigs still crackle with electricity” Classic Rock

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