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Squeeze has added two-dozen summer and fall shows on top of their upcoming package tour with Daryl Hall & John Oates. The solo Squeeze stops, which features the band’s co-founders and songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, start prior to the Hall & Oates dates, kicking off on August 1st at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium, and will play throughout the joint tour, which wraps on October 7th in Portland, Oregon at Moda Center.

Chris Difford said of the upcoming Squeeze dates: “I’m so excited to be back on stage and in the thick of our wonderful set list of songs. Seeing an audience again will be inspiring and emotional, it’s been too long.”

Glenn Tilbrook added, “I think this is my most anticipated U.S. tour since our first in 1978. Our great band is just getting greater and we are also welcoming (bassist) Owen Biddle, who joins us from Nashville. Can’t wait to see you!”

Although Difford & Tilbrook had been hesitant in the past over using the Squeeze moniker without a majority of its classic members, Glenn Tilbrook told us that, basically anything he and Chris Difford write and record together can only be labeled “Squeeze”: “Rather foolishly, from my point of view, anyway, I was very into the idea that a band is a certain set of people, and then if that set would be blown around, it’s not that band anymore. Now, I see it differently, although there are similarities, because, I think this version of Squeeze that we have now is a proper band. It’s not me and Chris and anonymous people; it’s people who have character and personality, and play, brilliantly — very differently to the old Squeeze. But, I think that’s. . . that’s a blessing. You don’t wanna go on doing what you’ve already done. You wanna break out somewhere else and do something that’s interesting to everyone.”

UPDATED: Squeeze tour dates (subject to change):

August 1 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
August 2 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
August 4 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
August 5 – Mansfield, MA – The Xfinity Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 6 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Theatre
August 7 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 9 – Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavilion (with Hall & Oates)
August 10 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
August 11 – Wantaugh, NY – Northwell Health/Jones Beach (with Hall & Oates)
August 13 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 14 – Tarrytown, NY – The Tarrytown Music Hall
August 15 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 16 – Portland, ME – Aura
August 17 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 18 – Columbus, OH – EXPRESS LIVE!
August 19 – Noblesville, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (with Hall & Oates)
August 21 – Auburn Hills, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre (with Hall & Oates)
August 22 – Grand Rapids, MI – Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
August 23 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (with Hall & Oates)
August 25 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
August 26 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (with Hall & Oates)
August 27 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
August 28 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater (with Hall & Oates)
August 30 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center (with Hall & Oates)
September 1 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena (with Hall & Oates)
September 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden
September 4 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theater
September 6 – Las Vegas, NV – Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
September 7 – Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center For The Arts
September 9 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
September 10 – Riverside, CA – Fox Performing Arts Center
September 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
September 13 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
September 14 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre
September 16 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage (with Hall & Oates)
September 17 – Waterloo, NY – del Lago Resort & Casino
September 18 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Hall & Oates)
September 20 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre (with Hall & Oates)
September 22 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (with Hall & Oates)
September 23 – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Theatre
September 24 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (with Hall & Oates)
September 26 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (with Hall & Oates)
September 27 – San Antonio, TX – Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
September 28 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena (with Hall & Oates)
October 1 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl (with Hall & Oates)
October 2 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
October 3 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre (with Hall & Oates)
October 5 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (with Hall & Oates)
October 7 – Portland, OR – Moda Center (with Hall & Oates)