Squeeze

A special one off show celebrating 50 years of Squeeze

With a half-century distinguished by some of the smartest and sweetest guitar-pop made during the rock & roll era, Squeeze will be performing an impressive list of hits and rare gems from their extensive back catalogue.

Squeeze are one of rock's vital institutions, a band who carved out a distinctive place in the pop firmament with their vibrantly melodic, perceptive songs. Those songs were written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the composers who have remained at the heart of Squeeze since its inception. 70s and 80s Hits such as Up the Junction, Cool for Cats, Another Nail in My Heart, Hourglass and Tempted led critics to label Difford and Tilbrook the "next Lennon and McCartney", an assessment that wasn't proven to be hyperbole.

Squeeze in the 1990s delivered exquisitely crafted records – Play, Some Fantastic Place, Ridiculous and Domino. Reuniting in 2007 after solo careers, the ensuing decades have found Squeeze continuing to build their formidable body of work, with the release of the vigorous comeback albums Cradle to the Grave and The Knowledge. Squeeze have stayed on the road through the early 2020s, taking time to record the Food for Thought charity EP in 2022 raising foods and funds for food banks.

After many years of fundraising and awareness activities with Squeeze and as a solo artist, Glenn Tilbrook, recently accepted an invitation to become an Ambassador for the anti-poverty charity, the Trussell Trust. Squeeze have confirmed that they will once again be supporting the charity, which provides emergency food and support to people who cannot afford the essentials, while campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

Right now, millions of people across the country are experiencing hunger and have no option but to turn to a food bank for support. Food banks in the Trussell Trust network gave out a record 1.5 million emergency food parcels between April and September 2023. This will be the busiest winter ever at food banks, who are already stretched to breaking point and urgently need food donations to continue to be there for people who need them right now.
We are inviting attendees on the tour to bring along food donations to the shows, where there will be collection points across the venue each night. There will also be collection buckets for any cash donations. All donations will be distributed to people in crisis across the 1,300 food bank centres in the Trussell Trust network.

You can donate food at our shows or, if you want to make a difference right now, make a donation this winter to your local food bank. Visit www.trusselltrust.org/donate-food to find out how to make a donation to your local food bank and the items they most need this winter.

Squeeze thank you in advance for your generosity and look forward to seeing you at the shows

Special VIP seats available which include:

Squeeze 50th Anniversary VIP – Soundcheck, Q&A and best seat experience
A rare and exclusive opportunity to watch Squeeze soundcheck with the opportunity to request your favourite song
Following soundcheck Squeeze will take part in a brief question-and-answer session with the VIP audience.
Enjoy the main concert from a top price seat.
Receive your Squeeze VIP tote bag which includes:
• An A4 tour artwork lithograph, pre-signed by Chris and Glenn
• A limited edition Squeeze VIP pin badge set
• Squeeze VIP laminate and lanyard

With Support from Seb Lowe:
The singer might have just released one mini album and a handful of EPs so far, but he's armed with the potential to become one of Britain's most distinctive and powerful voices.
Seb has an incredible knack for delivering powerful state-of-the-nation polemics, but he wraps his impassioned messages up in kaleidoscopic sounds and soaring choruses that are tailor-made to be screamed back at him on his soon-to-be sold out UK tour later this year.
It means there's songs that rally against a ruling class that is determined to make our daily existence an endless misery, but Seb's whip-smart word play, northern humour and ear for a melody ensures that it's always delivered with a knowing nudge and wink.