{"id":584576,"date":"2025-11-21T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/584576\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:15:25","slug":"squeeze-to-perform-in-leeds-as-part-of-2025-uk-winter-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/584576\/","title":{"rendered":"Squeeze to perform in Leeds as part of 2025 UK winter tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The British band will take to the stage at Leeds&#8217; First Direct Bank Arena on November 20 as part of their &#8216;Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This comes after the announcement of their new studio album &#8216;Trixies&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The tour is set to be the most ambitious of their 50+ year career.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 16-date tour will see the band headline several arenas for the first time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Joining Squeeze on the tour will be singer, songwriter, and activist Billy Bragg.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets go on sale next Friday (November 28) at 9:30am.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze&#8217;s co-founder, said: &#8220;The reaction to the 50th anniversary tour in 2024 was amazing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We have never sounded better and it feels really special to be looking forward to playing the biggest headline shows of our career.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;And having Billy Bragg on the same bill, what\u2019s not to love!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Chris Difford, another co-founder, said: &#8220;It\u2019s going to be amazing to show off songs from our album Trixies and, of course, all the hits and some surprises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019m also excited that Billy Bragg will be joining us for all the shows.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans are invited to bring food donations to the shows to support the charity Trussell, which provides emergency food and support to people who cannot afford the essentials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Collection points for food donations will be set up across the venue each night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Additionally, \u00a31 from the sale of every ticket will go to support grassroots music venues, artists, and promoters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8216;Trixies&#8217;, the band&#8217;s new album, is set to be released next March.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The album consists of stories set in a fictional nightclub, written by Difford and Tilbrook at the very start of their song writing partnership.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The &#8216;Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour&#8217; starts in Glasgow on November 12 and ends in Brighton on December 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British band will take to the stage at Leeds&#8217; First Direct Bank Arena on November 20 as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-584576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115587404868700056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}