SQUEEZE Announce Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour for 2026 with Very Special Guest Billy Bragg

Squeeze announce Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour for 2026

With very special guest Billy Bragg

New album Trixies released March 6, 2026

Tour will support grassroots venues, artists and promoters, plus the anti-poverty charity Trussell

Tickets on general sale November 28, 2025 at 09:30 (GMT)

Following the announcement of their new studio album Trixies, British legends Squeeze announce the most ambitious UK tour of their 50+ year career. Founded in 1973 by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze are one of pop’s best-loved bands with a catalogue of sky-high classics such as ‘Up The Junction’, ‘Tempted’, ‘Cool For Cats’, ‘Another Nail In My Heart’ and ‘Labelled With Love’, whose live shows are legendary or, as The Guardian wrote, “pop perfection”.

The 16-date Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour, starting at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on November 12 and ending at the Brighton Centre on December 5, will see the band headline several arenas for the first time – including a hometown show at London’s O2 Arena just 3 miles from where the band started. Joining Squeeze on the tour as Very Special Guest will be singer, songwriter and activist Billy Bragg.

Tickets go on sale November 28, 2025 09:30am, via https://bio.to/SQUEEZE

Speaking about the tour Tilbrook said, “The reaction to the 50th anniversary tour in 2024 was amazing. We have never sounded better and it feels really special to be looking forward to playing the biggest headline shows of our career. And having Billy Bragg on the same bill, what’s not to love!”. Difford added, “It’s going to be amazing to show off songs from our album Trixies and, of course, all the hits and some surprises. I’m also excited that Billy Bragg will be joining us for all the shows.”

Squeeze have confirmed that they will, once again, be supporting the charity Trussell, which provides emergency food and support to people who cannot afford the essentials, while campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK. Fans are invited to bring along food donations to the shows, where there will be collection points across the venue each night. There will also be collection buckets for any cash donations. All donations will be distributed to people facing hardship across the 1,400 food bank centres in the Trussell network.

Additionally, £1 from the sale of every ticket will be going to support grassroots music venues, artists and promoters. This week Music Venue Trust, the charity that supports hundreds of UK grassroots music venues, has announced that Tilbrook has become a patron. “The grassroots is where it all starts for so many musicians and where local communities can access affordable and exciting live music. We need to protect these venues and nurture the artists so that our great culture can thrive for generations to come” he said.

Recently announced, Squeeze’s new album Trixies will be released on March 6, 2026. Their first album in eight years but the first they ever wrote, Trixies is collection of stories set in a fictional night club written by the teenage Difford (19) and Tilbrook (16) at the very start of their songwriting partnership. The only problem with these songs was that, back in 1974, the musical vision of the young creators exceeded their virtuosity.

Fifty years on, and having rediscovered the original cassette, that problem no longer exists for the band who have played more than 600 shows since reuniting in 2007. So what better way to mark 50+ years of Squeeze than to complete the circle and realise the vision they had for Trixies? Now this precocious opening volley of songs – under the guiding production hand of Squeeze’s bassist Owen Biddle (The Roots, John Legend, Al Green) – finally gets to enjoy its moment in the spotlight.

Tried, Tested and Trixies Tour dates:

Thursday 12 November Glasgow OVO Hydro

Friday 13 November Blackpool Opera House

Saturday 14 November Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Monday 16 November Newcastle O2 City Hall

Tuesday 17 November Stockton Globe

Thursday 19 November Hull Connexin Live

Friday 20 November Leeds First Direct Bank Arena

Saturday 21 November Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

Monday 23 November Manchester O2 Apollo

Thursday 26 November London The O2

Friday 27 November Cardiff Utilita Arena

Saturday 28 November Birmingham Utilita Arena

Monday 30 November Swansea Building Society Arena

Tuesday 1 December Plymouth Pavilions

Friday 4 December Bournemouth International Centre

Saturday 5 December Brighton Centre

LtoR Stephen Large, Danica Dora, Simon Hanson, Glenn Tilbrook, Steve Smith, Owen Biddle, Chris Difford, Melvin Duffy

(credit Dean Chalkley)

Squeeze band:

Chris Difford – guitar & vocals

Glenn Tilbrook – guitar & vocals

Owen Biddle – bass

Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar

Steve Smith - percussion

Stephen Large - keyboard

Simon Hanson – drums

Danica Dora – backing vocals

Tickets go on sale November 28, 2025 09:30am (GMT), via https://bio.to/SQUEEZE

Trixies is released on March 6th 2026 via BMG. Pre-order HERE

See www.squeezeofficial.com for more information