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British band Squeeze cancel concert after tour bus fatally crushes venue worker

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The Independent UK · Sep 4

Squeeze cancel US gig after worker dies in tour bus tragedy

The British band had been scheduled to play a concert in Vienna, Virginia before the tragic event

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Rock band Squeeze cancel show after worker crushed to death under tour bus

The group was due to perform at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia.

Evening Standard · Sep 4

“It got nicked out of the back of the car in Liverpool. I’ve never had a Strat like that since”: Glenn Tilbrook is still mourning the stolen ’59 Fender he bought from folk-rock royalty

The Squeeze frontman used the prized Strat during the band’s early days – and he’s been missing it ever since

Guitar World · May 11

“We couldn’t play those songs properly. It’s a bunch of kids, playing a lot of chords, not always successfully”: Glenn Tilbrook on the resurrection of the Squeeze concept album that never was

Demo’d in ’74, when their compositional skills wrote checks their chops couldn’t cash, Squeeze shelved Trixies for 52 years. Now, Tilbrook says he’s proud to pull this lost album from the time machine

Guitar World · Mar 10

Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford aren't friends

Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford’s friendship “ended” almost 50 years ago but they can still be "productive" together.

BANG Premier · Dec 31, 2025

‘We had to dumb ourselves down to fit in’: Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford on finally making the first album they wrote as teens

Written in 1974, the Bowie-influenced songs on Trixies are set in a fictional south London nightclub, but were shelved when punk took the band in a new direction. Now, after Squeeze’s 50th anniversary, they’re seeing the light of day

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis dead at 74

Jools Holland has announced the sad news of the passing of his Squeeze bandmate Gilson Lavis.

BANG Premier · Nov 7, 2025

“Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook knows a thing or two about using inventive and interesting chord voicings”: How you can swap the notes in a chord to give it a different feel

A lesson in second inversions sounds like advanced physics but it's simply swapping the root note for the 5th, expanding your chord vocabulary with a minimum of fuss

Guitar World · Oct 28, 2025

A 50p advert in a sweet shop window brought them together. 50 years later, their kitchen sink dramas and lyrical poetry are still delivering a new wave knees-up: Squeeze, live at The Roundhouse, London

Squeeze celebrate 50 years at The Roundhouse, London

Louder · Nov 27, 2024