1993

Warm-up gig ahead of the Big Country support tour, per a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993), which spells the venue "Tuckers Grove"; corrected to "Tuckers Grave" (a real, well-known cider house near Faulkland) per the HIS Magazine (Feb 1997, Vol 2 Issue 1), which names the same venue when describing a similar 1997 warm-up gig there

Warm-up gig ahead of the Big Country support tour, per a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993)

Support to Big Country ("the only date in the South East"); confirmed by three British Newspaper Archive listings (Whitstable Times, Faversham Times and Mercury, Chatham Standard). Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing

Support to Big Country. Per a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing, resolving a previous gap: an initial assumption that Hugh played Manchester on this date was corrected (see the 22 May Manchester entry below), leaving 19 May unconfirmed until this listing placed him at Poole, matching Big Country's own tour archive for the date

Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing

Support to Big Country. Corrected from an initially-assumed 19 May: an Ormskirk Advertiser listing (6 May 1993) on the British Newspaper Archive read "Manchester's Apollo Theatre on Saturday May 19," but 19 May 1993 was actually a Wednesday — Big Country's own tour archive (bigcountryinfo.com) lists their Manchester Apollo date as Saturday 22 May, which matches the stated day-of-week and fits the tour's UK leg (18 May Folkestone, 21 May Nottingham, 24 May Edinburgh); the 19th was instead Big Country's Poole Arts Centre date. Yorkshire Evening Post (22 May 1993, same day) has Hugh "appearing second on the bill behind Big Country" with a taste of the forthcoming album. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing

Support to Big Country. Venue resolved by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing, which names "York, Barbican" for this date — previously logged as venue-unknown based only on a fan's recollection (Terri Tailford, in the HIS Newsletter No 1, August 1993) of this being her first time seeing Hugh live, falling between the confirmed 22 May Manchester and 24 May Edinburgh dates

Support to Big Country. Sunday Mail (16 May 1993): "Ex-Strangler Hugh Cornwell supports Big Country at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on May 24." Edinburgh Evening News (24 May 1993, same day) previewed him as special guest, with the album due next month. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing. Setlist: Hot Cat On A Tin Roof; Make It With You; No Mercy; Mr Insignificant; Story Of He And She; Stop; I Can't Handle It; Turn Your Body Down; Grip

Support to Big Country; evidenced by a used concert ticket. A HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing names the venue "Hammersmith Apollo" — the venue's official name since a 1992 renaming, used interchangeably with "Odeon" at the time

Support to Big Country, per a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing. A Birmingham Mail listings column (21 May 1993) headed TODAY named Big Country / Hugh Cornwell at Birmingham Town Hall on the same night as the confirmed Nottingham show; treated as a weekly-guide or OCR error rather than a second date — HIS, Big Country's own timeline and setlist.fm all put Birmingham on 27 May

Promotional date around the release of *Wired*; last night of the tour. Fan accounts in the HIS Newsletter No 1 (August 1993) highlight "Mr Insignificance", "The Story Of He And She", and the Stranglers numbers "No Mercy" and "Grip" from the set; no encore was played. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (13 May 1993) tour listing

7pm, admission £3. Per South Wales Echo/Wales on Sunday listings (25/27 Jun 1993) on the British Newspaper Archive; a second venue (Jacks nightclub, see below) also advertised Hugh for the same date — likely an in-store instore followed by a nightclub show the same evening

Salisbury Road. 7pm, admission £3. Per a South Wales Echo listing (26 Jun 1993) on the British Newspaper Archive: "Special sneak preview of new album WIRED." See note on the Spillers Recordshop entry above. Full venue name "Gassy Jacks Beer Hall" per a HIS Newsflash (25 Jun 1993)

Per a HIS Newsflash (25 Jun 1993) "Dates For Your Diary" listing

*Wired* album launch. Daily Mirror gig guide (24 Jun 1993) lists "Hugh Cornwell (June 30, 8pm)" at the Acklam Road, W10 room (Subterania). Album released 21 Jun 1993

Press feature (Page 36) found on the British Newspaper Archive: "Hugh Cornwell finally step out from the shadows and reveal himself as one of the most skilled and imaginative songwriters of his generation" — promoting *Wired*

Television appearance; two songs. Date confirmed by the HIS Newsletter No 1 (August 1993)

Per the HIS Newsletter No 1 (August 1993), which listed the location as "Zurich" — likely shorthand/error, as the festival is held in Gampel, Valais. German Wikipedia's Open Air Gampel 1993 lineup includes the Hugh Cornwell Band (with Magnum, Fish, Inner Circle and Rory Gallagher). The 1993 festival ran 20-22 Aug; HIS dates Hugh's slot 20 Aug. setlist.fm's published 1993 bill does not yet list him

Announced as upcoming in the HIS Newsletter No 1 (August 1993); broadcast date still to be confirmed at time of writing. Confirmed to have gone ahead by the HIS Newsletter No 3 (May 1994), which references members having heard "Grip" played on the session — exact air date still not found

Promotional trip to France, timed around "The Story Of He And She" being worked on there; the exact TV/radio itinerary was still unknown at the time of writing, per a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993)

*Wired* UK tour; per a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993), this date and venue were still to be confirmed at the time of writing

*Wired* UK tour, per a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993)

*Wired* UK tour. A HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) names the venue "The Northwick"

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Gloucestershire Echo (19 Nov 1993): "LIVE AT CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL HUGH CORNWELL and Band ... Plus special guests THIS PICTURE & THE DETONAT[ors]". Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour, per a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993)

*Wired* UK tour. Derby Express (25 Nov 1993) lists Hugh Cornwell at the Wherehouse. Setlist: Hot Cat On A Tin Roof; Make It With You; No Mercy; Mr Insignificant; Story Of He And She; Golden Brown; Stop; You're So Sexual; I Can't Handle It; Wasted Tears; Grip; Jesus Will Weep; Clubland; My Kind Of Loving. A HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) names the venue "Warehouse"

*Wired* UK tour. Derby Express (25 Nov 1993): "Tue 30: ... Hugh Cornwell - Princess Charlotte". Setlist: Hot Cat On A Tin Roof; Make It With You; No Mercy; Mr Insignificant; Story Of He And She; Golden Brown; Stop; So Sexual; I Can't Handle It; Wasted Tears; Grip; Jesus Will Weep; Clubland; When It Blows Its Stacks. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour; evidenced by a used concert ticket. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Corroborated by a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993) tour listing

*Wired* UK tour. Tamworth Herald and Walsall Observer (both 3 Dec 1993) list Hugh Cornwell at Wulfrun Hall, 7.30pm, tickets £7. Per a HIS Newsflash (9 Nov 1993)

Acoustic radio session; five songs

Recorded at Keith Floyd's restaurant/pub; two acoustic numbers, with Chris G. Per the HIS Newsletter No 2 (early 1994) Q&A