HAZEL O’Connor and former Stranglers star Hugh Cornwell are to play the Manchester Academy on December 6.

Performing separate sets. Hazel will sing songs from her stunning back catalogue and her critically acclaimed recent material while Hugh’s electric performance will include a mix of solo and classic Stranglers catalogue.

Coinciding with the the 2014 release of the new album, Here She Comes, Hazel teams up with legendary performers including saxophonist Clare Hirst. (Bellestars, Communards, David Bowie) and Sarah Hugh Cornwell is one of the UK’s finest songwriting talents and accomplished live performers and as the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in The Stranglers massivehas had success with 10 hit albums and 21 top 40 singles, etching himself into Europe and the USA’s musical psyche with classic songs, including Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun and Duchess.