Hugh Cornwell Confirms Special Guests The Brothers From Brazil For UK Tour & Tickets
Monday, 04 April 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Hugh Cornwell, the original vocalist and guitarist of the Stranglers, starts his UK tour on Wednesday 6th April at the Portsmouth South Parade Pier. Hugh’s very special guests will be The Brothers From Brazil; a unique drum and guitar duo from Sao Paulo, Brazil who play a new kind of bossa nova and hardcore punk rock hybrid called “Punkanova”.
"One of the highlights of going to Brasil last year was being invited on to the Brothers From Brazil’s television show to perform with them,” says Cornwell. “They were up for doing 'Golden Brown' but I thought something more upbeat would work better, so we ran through 'Hanging Around' whilst the audience was being seated by girls on rollerblades.”
Watch below Hugh performing ‘Hanging Around’ with the Brothers From Brazil on Brazilian TV.
Cornwell, who wrote the Stranglers classics 'Golden Brown', 'No More Heroes', and 'Peaches', will perform Stranglers epics including 'The Raven', 'Schoolmaam' and 'Toiler on the Sea', in addition to the entirety of his 1997 solo album ‘Guilty’. The Boys From Brazil will perform in the middle of Cornwell’s two sets.
Cornwell’s UK tour includes:
Portsmouth South Parade Pier - April 6th
Gateshead Sage - April 7th
Manchester Academy - April 8th
Glasgow Academy - April 9th
Sheffield Academy - April 10th
Clitheroe The Grand -April 12th
Leamington Assembly - April 13th
Bath Komedia - April 14th
Wolverhampton Slade Rooms - April 15th
London Islington Academy - April 16th
Brighton Komedia - April 17th
Hugh will perform Fan Choice encores which can be voted for at www.hughcornwell.com. The five songs with the most votes will end the evening.
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