Squeeze with John Cooper Clarke Symphony Hall – Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm

Squeeze with Dr John Cooper Clarke From The Cradle To The Grave this Saturday the 3rd October 2015 at 7.30pm in the Birmingham Symphony Hall.

Squeeze, the enduring British pop act whose songs have tenderly and wittily chronicled life and love stretching across four decades, visit Symphony Hall as part of their first tour as a band for three years.

Expect hits such as Cool For Cats, Up The Junction and Tempted, plus songs from forthcoming album From The Cradle To The Grave, which marks their first collection of new tracks since 1998.

Chris says of their fresh songs: “We’ve grown up a lot in the last few years, musically. For the first five years back together, we were saying ‘this is where we came from’. Now, this is where we are. We still love and own our past, but as musicians we needed to grow.”

Many of the new songs will feature in a forthcoming TV comedy series Cradle To Grave based on the life of their old friend Danny Baker, the writer and broadcaster, starring Peter Kay as Danny’s father Fred.

The support is from poet and punk godfather Dr John Cooper Clarke, the bard of Salford, known for his quickfire delivery of dry, biting and hilarious satirical verse. The creator of (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space, Evidently Chickentown and Beasley Street has collaborated with Arctic Monkeys and recently recorded a new version of 1960s hit MacArthur Park with Hugh Cornwell and Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson.