Squeeze headlining on the main stage at the OnBlackheath Music Festival, Lewisham, London
Squeeze are a British rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Slap and Tickle", "Another Nail in My Heart", "Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)", "Tempted", "Labelled with Love", "Black Coffee in Bed" and "Hourglass". Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American hits with "Tempted", "Hourglass" and "853-5937". The vast majority of their material is composed of lyrics by Chris Difford and music by Glenn Tilbrook who are guitarists and vocalists in the band. The duo were hailed as "the heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne" during their peak of popularity in the late 1970s. The group formed in Deptford, London, in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and disbanded again in 1999. The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007. In 2010, they issued Spot the Difference, an album of newly recorded versions of older material. The band's first album of all-new material since 1998, Cradle to the Grave, was released in October 2015, followed by another album, The Knowledge, in October 2017 The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir were first seen on Gareth Malone's BBC2 show, 'Sing While You Work', where they were narrowly beaten in the final. Since then they have gone from strength-to-strength. Riding an overwhelming wave of support from the public, along with some kind words from Mr Justin Bieber and huge media encouragement, they landed the much coveted Christmas Number 1 spot on the official UK chart in 2015 with the single; ‘A Bridge Over You’. All profits from the single went to Mind, Carers UK and smaller charities chosen by the choir. The campaign was a social media phenomenon with #NHS4Xmasno1 and #LoveYourNHS being shared around the world.
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Location: Blackheath, London, UK
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