Squeeze, My Once And Forever Bubblegum Crush
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After years of being chaperoned to rock shows (including Squeeze, with the English Beat opening up for them, and REM the first band on the bill that night) by my big sister, Squeeze was one of the first bands that my best friend Marc and I set out to see on our own. This being New York, and us being wet behind the ears, this lead to us getting ripped off by a scalper. Once. and he probably wasn't even a scalper, just a scammer, but we were kids and gave him our money and waited at Macy's Herald Square for him to come back with our awesome tickets to see our heroes. He never came back.
I've seen Squeeze and/or Glenn Tilbrook about 15 times since then, and succeeded in not getting ripped off again.
Last time I saw them was last month at the Mountain Winery, and they were just great. The band featured singer/guitarist Glenn Tilbrook, singer/guitarist/lyricist Chris Difford, and early 80s bassist John Bentley along with a keyboard player and drummer I do not know.
Above is a photo I snapped that night, and click here for a few more.
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You saw them at Madison Square Garden! I was there with my sister (I was 12 she was 16) I didn't see them again until 87 when they were the last band to play the old Ritz. They've been one of my all time favourite bands to this day.