Terry Hall, a man of few words verbally but so many great words in song. I always admired and envied his sweep of the pen. Take care on the steps above young man.
One of the very first tours we did was supporting Dr Feelgood around the UK, today I saw that Wilco Johnson has passed away. His Telecaster playing and movement on stage inspired me, I loved the way he strutted around making the songs fly like darts to a musical dart board.
This is the announcement we never wanted to make, & we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died. He passed away at home on Monday 21st November. Thank you for respecting the family's privacy at this very sad time. RIP Wilko Johnson.
(Image: Leif Laaksonen)
26 years sober today. It gets tougher everyday as the heart lives in the clouds while trying hard to keep my feet on the ground. Today a Poetry Festival in Ledbury, that should help! @…
Much indignation over the fact that the BBC's Glasto coverage didn't include Squeeze. What's done is done, so all I'd say is take that energy and re-route it into giving their most recent album The Knowledge a listen. I think it's up there with their best.
I would like to thank everyone who posted about my birthday, thats so kind of you it means the world to me. Its a funny old place the internet but I think I feel closer to my chums than ever.
Wham bam thank you ma’am. Thank you, thank you, thank you
#NHS
and wonderful volunteers.
#Pfizer
the appetiser. Can’t wait for those implants to take over my brain! Don’t jibber jabber get a fab jab as soon as you can!
How could this be? in the same week...
Mon 14/10 - Squeeze at Cork Opera House
Tues 15/10 - Paul Carrack at Cork Opera House
Thurs 17/10- Jools Holland at Cork Opera House
‘Some Fantastic Place’ remains one of our greatest songs, and when the NHS Lewisham and Greenwich Choir sang it on stage with us on Blackheath I felt the tears on my fret board. Stop gathering in large numbers and…
On Blackheath. 1973 outside this pub I first met Glenn Tilbrook and Maxine Barker. I was nervous. My life has been defined by that one meeting, children, marriages highs and lows. Amazing…
40 years ago I was a 29 waist, I was on Tele I was mincing about. One song like a sun warms the rest of your days on earth. What a great band what a journey. 40 years ago I was smokin a…
Love this shot I got.
Glenn Tilbrook and
@chrisdifford
reacting to Peter Kay while visiting his dressing room on Cradle To Grave. (For which they provided the soundtrack).
Top of The Pops, now those were the days. Old Grey Whistle Test, those were the days. These are the days. Look at this call sheet and be as surprised as I was to see the hairy cornflake. Jools and I waved wanker…
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin
61 shows and it’s gone in a flash like life itself. What a tour of memories and magic carpet travels. Thank you to our wonderful crew thank you to the fans, thank you to our loved ones who miss us while away from…
Tonight Squeeze would have been playing at The Hollywood Bowl with Hall and Oates, had the virus not got in the way. I send all my love to all of those people who will miss the show this year. I wish you health and…
The image of this World Cup for me. Empathy and love. lessons for us all in these mixed up time consuming days. Well done England. Proud.⚽️⚽️ @ London, United Kingdom
40 years ago this came out and my life forever changed. Tonight my tour with Boo climaxes in Islington London. It’s been a deeply moving week for me, thank you for being there and allowing me to cough at you from the…
‘Not Only…But Also’ is not just a look back on 50 lyrical years, it’s a journey that asks, What Happened? What happened to all those years and mates I grew up with before I formed a band? I hope you enjoy this new show for 2023-24. Dates and tickets at
It’s been a busy year, 104 shows a new house 34,000 miles on the clock. Amazing kids and Mrs, a pencil to sharpen health and happiness and much more of the same in 19.
#themarksmanpub
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#TBT
41 years ago this week on 7 June 1977 Squeeze played a Silver Jubilee concert outside The Bell pub in Greenwich. Photo by Jill Furmanovsky.
#ThrowbackThursday
As festivals go this is a hot one. Robert Plant, The Foo Fighters, Hall and Oates, and some band from South London who were joined by Dave Grohl on drums for Coffee in Bed! A hot show in ever sense of the word. 93…
I’m playing some intimate solo shows in 2023, celebrating the last 50 years, telling stories and playing songs from Squeeze and my solo albums over the years. Tickets for all shows are on sale now, all the dates and ticket links at my official website
Having a birthday away from home is hard on the heart, Mr Tilbrook celebrates his 62nd today here in Chicago. Happy birthday wishes from a bunk on the other bus.
#glenntilbrook
#squeeze
#chicago
#virgo
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Happy New Year. One day at a time life brings joy and focus on all the small things, never fear the big things. Nurture , nature, peace and love. A few strums and some Chocolate cake could be the recipe for serenity…
If Coronavirus thought it could damage the morale of NHS staff, it had better think again 💪
Please RT if you’re glad to have these lifesavers on your side
WE WILL NOT GIVE IN!
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field we’ve all gone to look for America
I’ve seen Squeeze too many times to count through the years and last night’s show was one of the very best. What an incredible set list by
@Squeezeofficial
-
@glenntilbrook
and
@chrisdifford
are still at the top of their game and the band was on fire. What a show!
"What's the difference between an aeroplane and a Theatre. Why is it safe to fly six a breast to Greece but not safe to sit in a theatre? I don't understand that." Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the…
Such sad news the passing of Barry Masters lead singer with The Hot Rods. His constant energy and kindness helped us as a young band get through a very long tour in a transit van. Fond memories.
#earlydays
#touring
…
I miss Gilson and Keithy, this video I have never seen before im amazed and so pleased to see it. What a guitar solo, what a band, and we still are. Wow. Squeeze - Sunday Street (Official Video) via
@YouTube
Well I never! The last two appearances at the garden I have little recollection of, but thank God for sobriety I will certainly remember tonight. Hall and Oates are such lovely people this is a very special tour, songs…
My 8th Christmas with Mrs D. How lovely. Coffee, Church, walk in the park lunch, presents and a nap. A good day. Candles, car Hoover and a book on musicals, she knows me…
The lead singer and guitarist of
@texastheband
@sharspiteri
chats with
@chrisdifford
about the music industry and how the band has struggled with wellbeing over the years.
One of their ways to alleviate stress?
All-night jam sessions on hotel pianos🎹
On Blackheath. 1973. I first met Jools Holland on this bench and have admired his talents and ambitions all of my life. A bench mark for all good friends.
#boogiewoogie
@ blackheath-tea-hut
The first time I flew to America with Squeeze cost 50p. Today it’s slightly more. I was so excited, a Sony Walkman and some cassettes, a bag of sandwiches and a beer. That’s all it took. Simple days of early touring…
A chance to reflect and feel sad about the tour that never happened, today Squeeze would have been driving around America with weeks still left on the road. Sad for everyone involved, the crew the band the bus…
Tonight Mathew I was that bloke from Squeeze playing to a sold out show at The Minack Theatre, social distancing dancing and strumming. A long drive but great to be on stage with friends and faces in a crowd. Zoom…
When I was a young boy I watched men fly into space for the first time, I stayed up late and was so excited. I even kept a scrap book. Tonight I watched again in awe as two men flew back into space. 2020 a space…
Pete Townsend told people in the audience at Charlton Football Ground in 1974 to ‘F*ck off ‘when they started fighting, tonight a fight broke out at our gig and I followed his wise words with…but be careful on your…
It’s extremely hard to image a world without live music and theatre, it’s beyond doubt a crisis. Our government needs to step up and help open the doors lift the curtain and turn on the lights for the sake of…
My brother Les passed away 13 years ago in a hospital bed in Tunbridge Wells, he should still be alive today. He contracted C. difficile on the ward. He survived his whole life with a broken valve in his heart, but…
After all these years I finally got a Rolla. Forgot to order the Walnut dashboard and leather interior. I worked flat out all last year as well. They say the grass is always greener and I guess that’s true, maybe in…
I'm taking my 'Not Only…But Also' solo show to the USA this April for a few special dates over a long week. Tickets for all shows will be on sale from 1 March. Dates and links to all upcoming solo shows are at
She saves my life has my back and walks with me in tenderness and love. I feel blessed I have such a loving wife. I’m the tricky one, the omelette difficult to flip. @ Clubhouse Virgin Atlantic
On Blackheath. Another milestone in my life playing just up the road from where it began. Thank you to all the fans and all the very many members of Squeeze down the way. Tea anyone ? @…