Reunited Squeeze not headed for recording studio

By Gary Graff

DETROIT (Billboard) - Although Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the principals of English pop-rock band Squeeze, have reunited and will soon embark on a U.S. tour, they have no plans for a new Squeeze album.

"No, we're not kind of talking about any of that for the time being," Difford told Billboard.com "Glenn's got a solo record coming out very soon, and I've just had a solo record come out ('The Last Temptation of Chris'), so ... (Squeeze) is kind of like the mothership, and we're satellites that go off."

Nevertheless, Difford -- who rejoined Tilbrook for live shows again last year after a nine-year break -- said the current Squeeze reunion "feels great," and that he'd entertain the notion of doing another album under the band moniker at some future juncture. "I think it would be nice. It would be an interesting thing to do," he said. "For the time being, we've got quite a lot on our plate."

Difford said that Squeeze, whose last new album was 1998's "Domino," will not be playing any of his or Tilbrook's solo material in concert. "It's very strictly a Squeeze show," he explained. "I don't think Glenn would really want to play any of my songs, particularly. And I think it's important for us to keep our separation between what we do individually and what we do together."

Squeeze's U.S. run starts August 21 in Washington, D.C., and wraps September 16 in Seattle.

Reuters/Billboard