Belfast Telegraph  Thursday 13 March 2014  How Madonna inspired
a little toilet humour in Hugh Cornwell's music  As he prepares
to play the Out to Lunch Festival, former Stranglers singer Hugh
Cornwell tells Edwin Gilson about almost meeting the pop
superstar ... while queuing for the loo  Dinner date: Hugh
Cornwell closes this year's Out To Lunch festival later this
month  Go on, have a guess. How many years is it since Hugh
Cornwell performed with The Stranglers? The answer is sure to
make you feel old, for the Londoner, now 64, played his last
show with the seminal rock band more than 23 years ago. He
departed after the release of The Stranglers' 10th album in
1990, a risky move for many reasons, given that The Stranglers
were the biggest-selling act to come out of the UK punk scene.
At the time, he felt the band could go no further artistically.
Today, the engaging singer's opinion on the matter doesn't seem
to have shifted.  "I wanted to branch out and try new things,"
he reflects, speaking down the line