Squeeze extends UK tour to include Halifax date

Due to phenomenal demand, Squeeze has announced extra dates to their 50th anniversary UK tour for next year – including a gig in Halifax. With a half-century distinguished by some of the smartest and sweetest guitar-pop made during the rock and roll era, Squeeze will be performing an impressive list of hits, rare gems from their extensive back catalogue along with a few new surprises.

They will be joined by special guest Badly Drawn Boy.

New dates for the celebratory tour now include the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, on Sunday November 17.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

Squeeze 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. Joining Squeeze on their 50th anniversary festivities is one of the UK’s most treasured songwriters Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy, who also celebrated a musical milestone, 25 years of releasing music.

From his still-towering, Mercury Prize winning debut The Hour Of Bewilderbeast in 2000 to the enthralling soundtrack to Nick Hornby adaptation About A Boy, Badly Drawn Boy’s beautiful and eclectic discography spans more than nine albums including Have You Fed The Fish?, Born In The UK and his most recent album Banana Skin Shoes.

Tickets for Squeeze’s gig at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, go on sale at https://tix.to/ Squeeze2024 on Friday December 15.