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The Stranglers 1982 concert dates

A quieter touring year for the band, centred on a UK theatre tour in January–February, a handful of European festival appearances, and multiple Top of the Pops performances.

🎙️ = a recording of this show exists

  1. 20 Jan 1982
    Golddiggers
    Chippenham
    Rehearsal only, 3pm. Hugh & JJ stay at Clarendon Court Hotel, Edgware Road, London. Band then travel from Bath to Sheffield for tour proper.
  2. 21 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Polytechnic
    Sheffield
  3. 22 Jan 1982
    Aberystwyth University
    Aberystwyth
  4. 23 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Leicester University
    Leicester
  5. 24 Jan 1982 🎙️
    (BBC studio)
    London
    BBC session
  6. 25 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Top Rank
    Brighton
  7. 26 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Civic Hall
    Guildford
  8. 27 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Coliseum
    St Austell
  9. 28 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Pavilion
    Hemel Hempstead
    Soundcheck 4:15pm, performance 9pm. Hotel is Watermill Hotel, London Road, Bourne End.
  10. 28 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    Performed "Golden Brown" (same day as the Hemel Hempstead gig)
  11. 29 Jan 1982
    Victoria Hall
    Hanley
    Venue corrected from "Victoria Hotel" — a used concert ticket names Victoria Hall, matching the 17 Feb 1981 Hanley entry
    Fincharie memorabilia listing →
  12. 30 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Oasis
    Swindon
    A person spitting in the audience receives a "good spanking": "During a show at the Swindon Leisure Centre, the group are angered by a retro-punk shower of spittle fired in their direction throughout their set. They apprehend the ring-leader of the gobbing throng, remove his trousers, and use his bare buttocks as tom-toms during Golden Brown."
  13. 31 Jan 1982 🎙️
    Arts Centre
    Poole
  14. 01 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Locarno
    Bristol
    Soundcheck 5pm, performance 9:45pm
  15. 03 Feb 1982
    Assembly Rooms
    Derby
  16. 04 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Warwick University
    Coventry
    Soundcheck 4:30pm, performance 9:30pm. Hotel is Novotel, Wilsons Lane, Longford.
  17. 05 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Gaumont
    Ipswich
  18. 06 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Guildhall
    Portsmouth
  19. 07 Feb 1982
    Tiffanys
    Leeds
  20. 08 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Hammersmith Odeon
    London
    Soundcheck 4pm, performance 9pm; Boys In Darkness support. Recorded by the BBC ("In Concert") and released on CD in 1998 as *Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81* — the title's year was a labelling error, later corrected to '82 on reissue
  21. 14 Feb 1982
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    Repeat performance of "Golden Brown"
  22. 19 Feb 1982 🎙️
    Friday Night...Saturday Morning
    ITV, London
    Performed "Tramp" and "La Folie"; a source dates this broadcast 18 Feb — 1-day discrepancy unresolved
  23. 09 Apr 1982 🎙️
    No Nukes Festival
    Utrecht, Netherlands
    Broadcast on Dutch TV
    Forum thread →
  24. 10 May 1982
    Utrecht, Netherlands
    Source lists only "10/5/82 Utrecht ??" with no further detail — venue, occurrence, and even the date itself are unconfirmed in the source; included here for completeness
  25. 22 Jul 1982
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    Performed "Strange Little Girl" (charted #35; presented by Simon Bates)
  26. 24 Jul 1982
    Vilar de Mouros Festival
    Portugal
    Link source dates this footage 7 Aug 1982 — date discrepancy unresolved
    YouTube →Forum thread →
  27. 05 Aug 1982
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    Repeat performance of "Strange Little Girl" (presented by David Jensen)
  28. 08 Oct 1982 🎙️
    Pavilion
    Bath
    Sourced from a private recording collection; not independently corroborated elsewhere
  29. 18 Oct 1982 🎙️
    TVS Theatre
    Gillingham
    Broadcast on ITV "Off The Record"
    pic →
  30. 30 Dec 1982
    Top of the Pops
    BBC TV, London
    "Golden Brown" shown as part of the 1982 Christmas Special (Part 2), presented by Jimmy Savile, Pat Sharp, Janice Long and Gary Davies
  31. 1982 (date unknown)
    (venue unspecified)
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Eyewitness recollection posted on X, 9 Sep 2026: first gig, packed venue, band 45 minutes late, Hugh walked on and said "God you Scots are ugly", beer glasses and chairs thrown at the stage, then straight into "Something Better Change". No independently dated 1982 Edinburgh concert is in this archive; the nearest confirmed Playhouse dates are 22 Nov 1981 and 11 Feb 1983. Kept here under the source's own year
    X →

Source: themeninblack forums thread