Squeeze - Tried, Tested and Trixies With Special Guest Adam Ant and Haircut 100
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About
When it comes to storytelling, very few pop groups have done it as well as Squeeze. But even the group’s songwriting mainstays Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook would be hard pushed to devise a plot twist like the one that has resulted in Trixies, their first album in eight years. Because, if truth be told, the band who have given us sky-high classics such as ‘Up The Junction’, ‘Tempted’, ‘Cool For Cats’, ‘Another Nail In My Heart’ and ‘Labelled With Love’ weren’t planning another album. And that was ok. They’d scaled the highs of pop stardom; they’d disbanded and reconvened; fallen out and made up. Along the way, they got to bear witness to the effect their songbook has had on generations of fans – their compositions covered by artists as disparate as Erykah Badu, Tricky, Patti Austin, The Shins, Joe Cocker, The Lathums and Questlove & Robert Glasper. Their songs even pop up from time to time on Desert Island Discs, most recently when comedian Bob Mortimer revealed that he had already requested that the title track of their 1993 album Some Fantastic Place be played at his funeral.
Adam Ant, one of the defining musicians of the new wave will be touring North America this summer, extending a legacy that stretches back to the heady days of punk. A native of central London, Adam Ant became obsessed with music as a kid, hearing all types of rock n roll and pop on the radio. When he was 12, he learned to play bass, adding guitar to his repertoire by the time he formed Adam & The Ants.
Adam began reclaiming his musical legacy in the 2000s, earning a Q Music Icon Award in 2008. After releasing Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, his first album of new material in 18 years, in 2013, he returned to the road, shining the spotlight at different eras in his career by performing Dirk Wears White Sox, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Friend or Foe in their entirety. On this USA Tour, Adam will continue the line and will be pulling songs from his deep catalogue.
Of all pop’s shining, fiery comets, Haircut 100 burnt brightly, gave off heat, changed the landscape, and then, as fast as they appeared, were gone, leaving many happy memories.
For 18 months or so in the early 1980s, Haircut did their thing. They were led by irrepressible songsmith, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Nick Heyward with South London’s Stanley Clarke, Les Nemes, on the bass. Adding Graham Jones, on lead guitar, and then, Memphis-born Blair Cunningham – a man who had lived several lifetimes by the age of 24 – on drums, the group charmed both press and public with their oblique-yet-everyman lyrics, brisk funk and sunshine pop. Who can forget songs as joyous and memorable as Fantastic Day, Love Plus One and Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) and the accompanying album, the mighty, flirty and flighty Pelican West. Pelican West was already platinum-certified in the UK only three months after release. The album spent 11 consecutive weeks in the British Top 10 and twice reached No. 2. It also charted in the US, Australia and beyond.
Adam Ant, one of the defining musicians of the new wave will be touring North America this summer, extending a legacy that stretches back to the heady days of punk. A native of central London, Adam Ant became obsessed with music as a kid, hearing all types of rock n roll and pop on the radio. When he was 12, he learned to play bass, adding guitar to his repertoire by the time he formed Adam & The Ants.
Adam began reclaiming his musical legacy in the 2000s, earning a Q Music Icon Award in 2008. After releasing Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, his first album of new material in 18 years, in 2013, he returned to the road, shining the spotlight at different eras in his career by performing Dirk Wears White Sox, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Friend or Foe in their entirety. On this USA Tour, Adam will continue the line and will be pulling songs from his deep catalogue.
Of all pop’s shining, fiery comets, Haircut 100 burnt brightly, gave off heat, changed the landscape, and then, as fast as they appeared, were gone, leaving many happy memories.
For 18 months or so in the early 1980s, Haircut did their thing. They were led by irrepressible songsmith, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Nick Heyward with South London’s Stanley Clarke, Les Nemes, on the bass. Adding Graham Jones, on lead guitar, and then, Memphis-born Blair Cunningham – a man who had lived several lifetimes by the age of 24 – on drums, the group charmed both press and public with their oblique-yet-everyman lyrics, brisk funk and sunshine pop. Who can forget songs as joyous and memorable as Fantastic Day, Love Plus One and Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) and the accompanying album, the mighty, flirty and flighty Pelican West. Pelican West was already platinum-certified in the UK only three months after release. The album spent 11 consecutive weeks in the British Top 10 and twice reached No. 2. It also charted in the US, Australia and beyond.
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