Squeeze urge fans to donate cash & food at Hull gig
SQUEEZE: Fiftieth anniversary tour
By Simon Bristow
Pop legends Squeeze have announced a date in Hull as part of their 50th anniversary tour next year.
New dates for the celebratory tour include a visit to Connexin Live on November 14, 2024, with special guests Badly Drawn Boy.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, December 15.
Described as “one of rock's vital institutions”, Squeeze are 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. Hits from the 1970s and 80s, 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”.
The 1990s saw Squeeze deliver 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 body of work with the release of the 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.
With Difford and Tilbrook joined by bassist Owen Biddle, guitarist Melvin Duffy, percussionist Steve Smith, keyboardist Stephen Large and drummer Simon Hanson, the sound and spirit of Squeeze “remains vital and vibrant for its fiftieth year”, organisers say.
Squeeze have confirmed that they will once again be supporting charity The Trussell Trust, 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.
Fans are invited 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.