Squeeze Played Trixies Whole, Framed by the Hits

Squeeze played its 1974-written album Trixies in full at the Hollywood Bowl, with Adam Ant and The Beat starring Dave Wakeling opening.

Squeeze put its newest album at the center of its Hollywood Bowl show on Saturday, September 19, 2026, and the newest album is also its oldest. Trixies, released March 6, 2026 on BMG, collects songs Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook wrote as teenagers in 1974, a set of stories placed in a fictional nightclub of the same name. Bassist Owen Biddle produced the recordings.

The band played it in three sets, on a tour titled Tried, Tested, and Trixies. Four hits came first: "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)," "Up the Junction," "Another Nail in My Heart" and "Is That Love." The middle set was the whole of Trixies, eleven songs from "What More Can I Say" through "The Jaguars" to "Trixies, Pt. 1" and "Trixies, Pt. 2."

The third set returned to the catalogue with "Hourglass," "Black Coffee in Bed," "Goodbye Girl," "Slap & Tickle" and "Cool for Cats." It was cut short for time, and Tilbrook told the audience as much before "Tempted," the last song.

Adam Ant played a ten-song set from 8:30 p.m. that drew mostly on Adam and the Ants: "Dog Eat Dog," "Zerox," "Prince Charming," "Kings of the Wild Frontier" and "Antmusic," with "Goody Two Shoes" from his solo years before the closing "Stand and Deliver."

The Beat starring Dave Wakeling opened at 8:00 p.m. with a short set: The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There," the General Public song "Tenderness," then "Save It for Later" and "Mirror in the Bathroom."