On Sunday December 1st the Ironworks play host to former Squeeze frontman Glenn Tilbrook.
Tilbrook is of course better known for his work with Squeeze and rightly so. Tilbrook and his writing partner Chris Difford were responsible for a number of top ten hits including ‘Tempted’, ‘Cool for Cats’ and ‘Up the Junction’ and were even hailed as the heirs to Lennon and McCartney during their Eighties peak.
After 13 albums, countless tours all over the world and numerous lineup changes Squeeze split acrimoniously in the late nineties, although they have since reformed and toured in the States and the UK in 2007.
Tilbrook continued to write and perform live and his two solo albums “The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook” and “Transatlantic Ping-Pong” were often performed in smaller venues while he toured in an RV. For 2009’s album “Pandemonium Ensues”, he injected some fresh faces by recruiting new band The Fluffers and some prestigious guests in the shape of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.
Tilbrook and Difford’s paths slowly began to cross again with more frequency, leading to a series of low-key gigs together in 2007. In 2008, super fan Mark Ronson presented them with the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, while Lily Allen called them the Robert De Niro of music when they received the Nordoff-Robbins Icon Award.
With the addition of former Squeeze bassist John Bentley, and Fluffers pair Stephen Large and Simon Hanson, this lineup has been winning fans all over again with gigs and festival appearances at the likes of V, T in The Park, Guilfest and Latitude, reminding us all of the outstanding back catalogue that Squeeze possess.
Tickets via www.IronworksVenue.com.
