Squeeze has added several more dates to their upcoming North American tour, which kicks off on August 21st in Washington, D.C. and wraps up on September 16th in Seattle, Washington. More about what the band’s up to here.

The band’s current lineup features original members Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, who wrote all of Squeeze’s best-known hits.

Glenn Tilbrook says that the years of being estranged from songwriting partner Chris Difford has only made him enjoy and respect their partnership more: “Not working together has enabled us to appreciate each other for what we are. And not having the responsibility of going up each other’s noses all the time has enabled us to get back our relationship, which was lost, really, when we started making records. I would rather have the relationship with Chris, and friendship, rather than the professional relationship — that’s more important to me. And we get on better now than we have done at, you know, any point since 1976, which is great.”

During their 1980s heyday, the British rock press dubbed Difford and Tilbrook the “new Lennon and McCartney.”

Difford provided the lyrics for the Squeeze songs, with Tilbrook writing the music.

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