Glenn Tilbrook to tour U.S. in support of new album

Good to see Glenn Tilbrook is embarking on a U.S. tour in connection with his forthcoming solo release set to land this fall. Here is the official news release with all the details.

GLENN TILBROOK Squeeze's iconic frontman announces 2-month fall US acoustic tour   Each show to be recorded live and offered for sale at the end of the show!   New studio release, Happy Ending, set for late 2013 release on Quixotic Records

August 22, 2013:  As half of the iconic songwriter team Difford and Tilbrook of beloved pop legendsSqueeze, Glenn Tilbrook has written some of the most enduring pop classics of the '80s UK New Wave invasion with such global hits as "Tempted" and "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)."  With more recent performances at Coachella and on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,  The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Live From the Artist's Den, Squeeze has proven itself to be relevant and enduring as new generations of fans discover the band's incredible songbook.  On his own, Glenn is a effortless, engaging entertainer and stunning guitarist whose eagerly anticipated solo tours and releases have brought him critical acclaim as an artist in his own right. Glenn will be releasing a new solo album in late 2013 through Quixotic Records titledHappy Ending (more on that soon) and will be bringing the Glenn Tilbrook Happy Trails Tour 2013 to the States for a comprehensive US tour that will kick off in Boston on September 5 and finish back on the East Coast in mid-October.  Tour highlights include two NYC dates on Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8 at City Winery and an LA show on Friday, September 27 at The Mint.  (Scroll down for complete tour dates.)   A new unique and exciting aspect of Glenn's 2013 US Tour is that every show is set to be recorded live and then made available at the end of the night from the merchandise stand. Tilbrook says, "Over the years so many people have asked for recordings of the acoustic shows. Now the audience will be able to take home a recording of the show that they have just enjoyed and were a part of."                                                                           The tour will be different from anything that Glenn has previously done. While the first half will simply be Glenn on his own, the second half will see him joined by Squeeze drummer Simon Hanson and multi-instrumentalist Chris McNally and will feature percussion, acoustic guitars, ukuleles, Indian harmonium, bass and iPads for a completely new show. As well as performing songs from his back catalog, Glenn will be showcasing his new solo material from Happy Ending and also songs from his 2011 release with UK blues legends Nine Below Zero, The Co-Operative. The new and different line-up for the show with Simon Hanson and Chris McNally is based around the new sound on Happy Ending, which is a collaboration between the three musicians.    Glenn's wit, humor and keen pop savvy and ability to connect with an audience have brought him a fervent following for his solo shows --  he once led a Washington DC audience out to the Moonlit parking lot of the venue for impromptu renderings of "Goodbye Girl" and "Pulling Mussels From the Shell."  Catch one of these intimate, don't-miss shows on one of the tour dates below.          Glenn Tilbrook US Tour 2013: Thu 05 Sep               Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall Fri 06 Sep                 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live Sat 07 Sep                New York, NY - City Winery Sun 08 Sep               New York, NY - City Winery                                                Tue 10 Sep               Annapolis, MD - Rams Head Tavern                                  Wed 11 Sep              Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java   Thu 12 Sep               Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom                                  Sat 14 Sep                Evanston, IL - SPACE - (9:30PM show) Sun 15 Sep               Chicago, IL - City Winery                                                      Tue 17 Sep               Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley Wed 18 Sep              Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar Thu 19 Sep               Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall - 1884 Lounge Fri 20 Sep                 Dallas, TX - The Kessler Theater Sat 21 Sep                Austin, TX - Saxon Pub Sun 22 Sep               Houston, TX - Big Barn Wed 25 Sep              Phoenix, AZ - Cresent Ballroom                                              Fri 27 Sep                 Los Angeles, CA - The Mint Sat 28 Sep                San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brewing Company Sun 29 Sep               San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall Tue 01 Oct                Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios Wed 02 Oct               Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern                                               Fri 04 Oct                  Salt Lake City, UT -  The State Room Sat 05 Oct                 Denver, CO - The Walnut Room                                                Mon 07 Oct               Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room Tue 08 Oct                St Louis, MO - The Firebird  Wed 09 Oct               Cincinnati, OH -  20th Century Theatre Thu 10 Oct                Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater                                              Sat 12 Oct                 Asbury Park, NJ -The Wonder Bar Sun 13 Oct                Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest Café Mon 14 Oct                New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine,    Tue 15 Oct                 Newton, NJ - Newton Theatre Wed 16 Oct                New York, NY - Stage 48     Press quotes - Live Reviews "Glenn Tilbrook's hyperactive musical brilliance" - The Sunday Telegraph, UK - 2012 "The excellence is there in Glenn Tilbrook's guitar work (who knew that he was this fine a player as well as singer) but most assuredly in the songs, which are adapted and freshened but never ruined" - Sunday Express, UK - 2012 "Glenn Tilbrook, ace guitarist and gifted tunesmith" - Mail On Sunday, UK - 2012 "The frenetic guitar courtesy of Glenn Tilbrook" - Liverpool Echo, UK - 2012 "Glenn Tilbrook. A man cast from the same sacred mold as other classic British songwriters such as Ray Davies, Elvis Costello...delivers a blistering, irrefutable, unrestrained, totally unpretentious hour of joie de vivre to an ecstatic audience.   - Official Glastonbury Festival site    Tilbrook's former band Squeeze's influence still resonates today in the work of many of today's practitioners of three-minute powerpop tunes. Catching him live, I was treated to one of the very best solo appearances I've ever seen pulled off, bar none. A powerhouse of humor, punch, and energy...Catch him!   - Village Voice    Tilbrook continues to create melodic power pop that's buoyant, brainy and balls-out fun...Live, Tilbrook is loose, funny and unpredictable--and great at energizing a crowd.  - Nashville Scene    Best Concert - Glenn Tilbrook at Iota.  For an encore, the former Squeeze vocalist and songwriter led the crowd of 100 out the door and into Iota's parking lot, where he serenaded everyone under the moonlight with unplugged versions of "Goodbye Girl" and "Pulling Mussels From a Shell." He briefly made Wilson Boulevard feel like the center of the universe.   - The Washington Post    Links: Glenn Tilbrook Web Site  Quixotic Records Facebook Twitter  Squeeze Official