Glenn Tilbrook and The Fluffers have their first single from their new album due out on 3rd November, ‘Binga Bong’. We are currently taking pre-orders on our websites and will be sending out copies on Monday 20th October.
We also now have available the BBC Sessions, a release from Universal of Squeeze sessions over the years at the BBC.
There are 4 tracks on the single, the 3 additional tracks are all exclusive to this release.
Glenn and the band are out on tour from 11th October around the UK to start the campaign off for the new album, ‘Pandemonium Ensues’. The album is due out 3rd February 2009. There will also be a 2nd single released in February.
We are currently booking a US tour for the Fluffers for next Spring. Keep an eye on the websites for the dates for next year.
There are currently no plans for Squeeze to be touring in 2009. We hope there will be a few festival shows, we will keep you informed as and when we know anymore.
October 2008 – Glenn Tilbrook and The Fluffers
Sat 11th Harrow Cricket Club, Harrow, Middx 07956 246868
Sun 12th Club Academy, Manchester 0161 832 1111
Mon 13th Academy 2, Liverpool 0844 477 2000
Tue 14th Leeds City Varieties 0113 243 0808
Thu 16th Classic Grand, Glasgow 08444 999 990
Fri 17th Academy 2, Newcastle 0844 477 2000
Sat 18th Academy 2, Sheffield 0870 010 4555
Mon 20th The Junction, Cambridge 01223 511511
Tue 21st Glee Club, Birmingham 0871 2200 260
Wed 22nd The Point, Cardiff 029 2046 0873
Fri 24th Zodiac @ The Academy, Oxford 0844 477 2000
Sat 25th Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 0871 310 0000
Mon 27th Islington Academy, London 0844 477 2000
Tue 28th Komedia, Brighton 01273 647 100
Wed 29th Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth 023 9286 3911
November 2008 – Glenn Tilbrook solo acoustic
Thu 6th Whelan’s Music Venue, Dublin 01 478 0766
Fri 7th The Spirit Store, Dundalk 042 935 2697
Sat 8th The Spirit Store, Dundalk 042 935 2697
Sun 9th The Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey 074 91 31840
Tue 11th The Nerve Centre, Derry, N Ireland 028 71 260 562
Thu 13th The Royal Theatre, Castlebar 094 928 6200
Fri 14th The Moving Stairs, Boyle 079 635 86
Sat 15th The Forum, Waterford 051 871 133
Sun 16th The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow 0402 385 29
Tue 18th Roisin Dubh, Galway 091 586 540
Thu 20th Cyprus Avenue, Cork 021 427 4308
Sat 22nd Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford 053 912 3764
Sun 23rd McHugh’s Music Venue, Drogheda 041 983 5995
January 2009 – Glenn Tilbrook solo acoustic
Sat 10th Star Pine’s Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Sun 11th Star Pine’s Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Mon 12th Star Pine’s Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Tue 13th Thumbs Up, Yokahama
Thu 15th Tokuzo, Imaike, Nagoya
Fri 16th Gnome, Kawaramachi, Kyoto
Sat 17th Shangri-La, Umeda, Osaka
Thanks as always for your continued support!
Having already promoted 2 GT & Fluffers gigs at Harrow Cricket Club in 2006, I was again delighted & excited to have them coming back for a warm up gig prior to their UK tour which was intended to promote their new release Pandemonium Ensues, which was eventually released in 2009 ! The set included all of Pandemonium and Binga Bong and several old faves, and when the familiar intro to Junction started the hairs really did stand up on the back of my neck, it was amazing to hear this live in my Club. It was the first time many of these songs had been heard in public, which was a thrill and we were ‘treated’ in the now traditional introducing the band section to Stephen performing ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ and for one night only Simon singing Toni Basil’s ‘Hey Mickey’ which afterwards he swore ‘never again’, he was right the other gigs on the tour which I saw he had replaced it with ‘I Believe I Can Fly’.
The following month Glenn was off on a solo tour to Ireland and on the spur of the moment I decided to visit Ireland with my son Chris to take in a couple of gigs. Last minute flights and a hire car were arranged and a B&B booked in the tiny village of Tinahely, the venue of our first gig. Everthing went according to plan, and after a 1hr drive from Dublin we arrived in Tinahely which comprised of a few hundred houses and a square which had at least 4 pubs/bars and a small hall called The Courthouse Arts Centre. We took our seats and we were amused by the laid back and quaint Irish hospitality in that refreshements for the evening were either glasses of wine or tea/coffee in china cups and saucers. We noticed Glenn wandering around on the small balcony and he did a double take when he saw us. The audience was a mix of young and old, as if most of the village had turned out, and first on were 3 Irish lads called The Raglans.We enjoyed them and they went down really well and Glenn obviously was also very impressed. Glenn worked his socks off that night and gave one of the most energetic performances I have seen him give, running around,telling stories and he went down a storm, possibly his best solo performance I have seen. Afterwards he had a long chat with The Raglans which resulted in them coming over to London to record at Glenn’s studio ( and a support slot on his UK tour,but by this time they were a duo and on his late 2009 solo tour only Stephen was left.
The next day we toured around and the following morning drove to the west coast to Galway and another B&B. The Roisin Dubh (gaelic for Black Rose)is a regular music venue and whilst Glenn gave his all,and sang a new song (0-60) reading from a lyric sheet held by my son Chris, the audience was surprisingly sparse. Three very enjoyable days quickly came to a end, we drove to the small airport at Knock and sampled the ‘what you see is not what you pay’ delights of Ryan Air on our flight back to England.