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Squeeze honoured with Greenwich plaque

March 24, 2010 By Darryl Chamberlain

Squeeze Plaque unveiling

Squeeze went back to their Greenwich roots on Tuesday when a plaque was unveiled at the Borough Halls, the venue for one of their first concerts.

Founding duo Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook joined the rest of the band in Royal Hill, at what is now the base of the Greenwich Dance Agency.

The fledgling band played there in 1975, ahead of a career which has saw them score worldwide fame with hits such as Up The Junction, Cool For Cats and Take Me I'm Yours.

It is the fourth plaque to be erected by rights body PRS For Music at the sites of major bands' early gigs. The first - marking a Dire Straits show in Deptford's Crossfields Estate - was unveiled last year.

Tilbrook, who still lives in Charlton, told greenwich.co.uk how the band cut its teeth in venues around Greenwich and Deptford.

"Our first gig was at the Northover - between Catford and Downham - which is long gone.

"We used to play at Hardys Free House every week. We'd also play the Deptford Arms, the Bell - in Greenwich around the back of the church - all places were we could get residencies when we were coming up.

"After we left the Deptford Arms, that's when we started touring and stopped doing the local things so much, and then you get propelled into a different world, that it doesn't seem possible to come back from. Now we're in a world where we play big places and small places and I like that - lots of mixing and matching."

Tilbrook recently played a residency at the Anchor and Hope pub in Charlton with his other band, The Fluffers - "more anarchic and free-spirited" than his main band. He said we wanted to help new acts get the same opportunities Squeeze did.

"I've always stayed in this area and I love this area - I don't think I'll ever leave. But I've seen it change, and it's now harder for bands to get started. I'm trying to get something going at the Anchor and Hope."

Squeeze will be playing the Isle of Wight Festival in June, with a UK tour at the end of the year which will include a date at the O2's Indigo venue on 9 December.

"I'm not interested in doing anything other than stuff that's really fun and good - Squeeze is back to being that, and that's such a good place for it to be," he said.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Royal Hill, Squeeze

Comments

  1. Mr. Hill says

    March 24, 2010 at 11:59 am

    As an ex Crown Wood student I cut my teeth at Hardy’s I think it was every wednesday night.. what a great time and music you gave me, thank you. It was a pleasure serving you when a few later you used to come into the spread eagle with your friends and family. Best wishes Patrick.

  2. Shore Alternative says

    June 16, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    Squeeze is releasing a record in August 2010! Also they’re doing 5 week tour with Cheap Trick and The English Beat! Click here for more info http://www.squeezeofficial.com/

    ALSO check out Chris Difford’s solo record! This is being released through Saturday Morning Music Club. Click here to read more: http://www.smmcmedia.com

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