'70s Rock Band Announces 2026 Tour Dates 52 Years After Forming
Do you have time in your schedule to squeeze a show or two this summer?
The English rock band Squeeze announced on Instagram this Tuesday that they will be touring around North America this coming August and September on their Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour, which supports their most recent album Trixies,and celebrates almost 53 years together. The ensemble announced their European dates last November, and they will take place this winter, with opening act Billy Bragg.
The North American leg of the tour is expected to kick off in Nashville on August 16 and conclude on Sept. 27 in Detroit. They are also making stops in Boston, New York City, Toronto, Cleveland, Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas and more. Special guests will include Adam Ant and Haircut 100.
Formed in 1974 by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze rose to prominence in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s. Though they weren't as popular in the United States, some of their hits, such as "Tempted," "Black Coffee in Bed" and "Hourglass" were popular and considered a huge part of the Second British Invasion, a 1980s pop culture movement where the world saw an increase in British pop music.
Though they took breaks in 1982 and from 1999 to 2007, the band has been together for 52 years. So far, Squeeze has released 16 studio albums, with their most recent being Trixies in March. The lineup has changed multiple times throughout the years, but the band's current members include Difford, Tilbrook, Stephen Large, Simon Hanson, Steve Smith, Melvin Duffy, Owen Biddle and Danica Dora.
When it came to writing Trixies, Difford and Tillbrook wanted to celebrate their 50-year career, and revisited their older songs. The 16th studio album revisited the tracks that the two wrote during their teenage years, way before releasing their self-titled debut album in 1978.
"These are very much the same songs that we wrote then," Tilbrook told Rolling Stone back in November. "The only difference is that now I can teach the songs to the rest of the band. Back then, I didn't even know what the names of the chords were."
Presale for the North American leg of the Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour will take place on Wednesday at 10 a.m local time, where fans can use their code "TRIXIES" for access. General sale will happen on Friday.
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This story was originally published May 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM.