Gigography

The Gigography for The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell

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1992

The year the CCW album (Hugh with Roger Cook and Andy West, on UFO Records) came out, and the year the live billing dropped back to Hugh Cornwell. Contemporary papers still name Cook and West for the winter/spring club and TV dates; by Glastonbury and the November run they just say Hugh Cornwell. The 7-piece CCW live band and Deep Six support belong to the album-promo shows. *Wired* sessions with Gary Langan also start this year. Do not confuse the autumn *In the Night* tour in the 1992 forum thread with Hugh — that is the Stranglers without him.

🎙️ = a recording of this show exists

  1. 20 Jan 1992
    Ronnie Scott's
    London, England
    Billed as CCW on the 1992 forum timeline. Kept as a distinct entry from the 10 Apr Ronnie Scott's show; both are independently attested, but flagged in case one is a transcription duplicate
  2. Mar 1992 (date unknown)
    HTV
    Bristol area, England
    First TV appearance as CCW. Western Daily Press (5 Mar 1992) said filming was due, including "the British TV debut of the new pop band formed by" Roger Cook and Hugh Cornwell. The same paper (11 Mar 1992) reported they had recorded three songs for HTV's *It's Nearly Saturday*
  3. 10 Apr 1992 🎙️
    Ronnie Scott's
    London, England
    Daily Mirror (9 Apr 1992) bills this as Hugh Cornwell, not CCW: "Ronnie Scott's, Frith Street, W1... Hugh Cornwell (Apr 10, 8pm)". Wikipedia dates the *Sweet Sister* single to 13 Apr 1992; the forum timeline and Discogs CD single give 1 Jun 1992 — possibly 7" then CD
  4. 16 Apr 1992
    Jolly Farmer, Byers Lane
    South Godstone, England
    Charity cricket, not a concert. Caterham Mirror (16 Apr 1992): Pat Cash, Eddy Grant and Hugh Cornwell in a match for the pub
  5. 07 May 1992
    The Mean Fiddler
    Harlesden, London, England
    Album-promo period; still treated as CCW in later write-ups. No contemporary paper in the BNA scrape named Cook/West for this date
  6. 26 Jun 1992
    Worthy Farm
    Pilton, England
    Glastonbury Festival, Pyramid Stage, 11:45am. Official 1992 programme (V&A) lists the slot as Hugh Cornwell, not CCW. Scarborough Evening News (4 Jun 1992) named Hugh among the 26-28 June bill with Van Morrison, Joan Armatrading and Maxi Priest. Bristol Evening Post (27 Jun 1992) independently named "Former Stranglers star Hugh Cornwell and singer Kirsty" on the Pyramid. Daily Record (13 Jun 1992) still plugged the CCW album that fortnight
    V&A 1992 →
  7. Jul 1992 (date unknown)
    (venue unspecified)
    Vienna, Austria
    Music festival in aid of the Croatia crisis; billed as CCW; month per themeninblack.co.uk's 1992 history thread (which mistypes the country as Italy — Vienna is in Austria)
  8. 08 Nov 1992
    Rock City
    Nottingham, England
    Billed as Hugh Cornwell. Same night as the Stranglers' *In the Night* date at Volkshaus, Zurich — a useful reminder that the autumn forum list is the band without Hugh
  9. 14 Nov 1992
    International 2
    Plymouth Grove, Manchester, England
    Manchester Evening News (13 Nov 1992) bills Hugh Cornwell, not CCW: "Hugh Cornwell International 2 Plymouth Grove Manchester Saturday Former Stranglers lead singer and new band". Saturday after that Friday is 14 Nov. The same column also names Jimmy James and the Vagabonds — same bill or an adjacent listing, not resolved. Some later venue histories date International 2's closure to summer 1992, but contemporary autumn 1992 bills for other acts show the room still operating
  10. 15 Nov 1992
    University of Sheffield Students' Union Building
    Sheffield, England
    Billed as Hugh Cornwell
  11. 16 Nov 1992 (cancelled)
    Civic Hall
    Wolverhampton, England
    Per a Wolverhampton Express and Star report (5 Nov 1992): "Hugh Cornwell, one[-time member of] The Stranglers, cancelled a concert scheduled for the Civic Hall on November 16" (Genesis had postponed a separate Civic Hall show days earlier). Billed as Hugh Cornwell, not CCW
  12. 21 Nov 1992 (Sat)
    Cheltenham Town Hall
    Cheltenham, England
    Gloucester Citizen (20 Nov 1992): "November 21: Hugh Cornwell plus support at Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square, 8pm". Billed as Hugh Cornwell
  13. 28 Nov 1992 (Sat)
    Leicester University
    Leicester, England
    Northampton Chronicle and Echo (25 Nov 1992): "SATURDAY: ... Hugh Cornwell at Leicester University". Independently previewed as "Hugh Cornwell (November 28)" in the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph (9 Oct 1992). Hinckley Times (26 Nov 1992) lists "Saturday (28th) Hugh Cornwell Leicester University Students' Union". Billed as Hugh Cornwell
  14. 15 Dec 1992
    BBC Radio 1
    United Kingdom
    CCW interviewed on Richard Skinner's show and performed "EO11" and "Heaven and Hell", per the 1992 forum timeline — the last contemporary CCW billing of the year
  15. 1992 (date unknown)
    Bloomsbury Theatre
    London, England
    Later write-ups treat this as CCW; no contemporary listing found in the 1992 newspaper scrape
  16. 1992 (date unknown)
    Tucker's Grave
    near Bath, England
    Later write-ups treat this as CCW; no contemporary listing found in the 1992 newspaper scrape. Distinct from the sourced 16 May 1993 Tuckers Grave warm-up in 1993.md, unless a later source shows they are the same night
  17. 1991–1992 (date unknown)
    (venue unspecified)
    (location unspecified)
    Gig for overseas military forces, reportedly well-received; billed as CCW
  18. Early 1990s (date uncertain)
    Hermit Club (upstairs room)
    Brentwood, Essex, England
    Small, intimate gig, per eyewitness recollection; exact year not recalled, placed here provisionally alongside this year's other date-unknown entries; not independently corroborated online