Jools Holland reunites with Squeeze for special performance on his show which insiders say is incredible
Jools Holland reunites with Squeeze on Sunday’s Later… with Jools Holland for the first time since 1990. They play Squeeze’s 1978 debut single Take Me I’m Yours and Jools chats to the band’s songwriters and guitarists Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
Jools, then 15, formed Squeeze in 1974 with Glenn and Chris. He left in 1980 but returned in 1985 for a five-year stint. Among Squeeze’s numerous hits are Up the Junction, Cool for Cats, Labelled With Love and Pulling Mussels.
Jools tells Chris people have asked him if he is going back to Squeeze but says: “Just because of circumstances really, it’s never worked out.” He says: “There was even offers in America, there was a TV show that tried to get us together but one thing or another it hasn’t worked out.”
Jools says performing Take Me I’m Yours would make him very happy. “We made great music together and I’m very proud to be part of it. It’s great to have you here. Thank you very much for joining us.” Squeeze speak to Jools at the piano about Trixies, their first album of new music in eight years. It is a collection of stories, set in a fictional night club called Trixies, written by Chris at 19 and Glenn at 16.
Jools says: “I loved hearing all these songs because I mean, you have a catalogue of extraordinary songs. Everybody’s covered your songs and they range from songs – to put it simply – are like ones that Burt Bacharach might have written, or ones that might have been written for sort of a rock and roll band.”
On Sunday, Jools also welcomes ex-One Direction singer Niall Horan, making his debut on the show. Niall performs two songs, the title track from his forthcoming fourth album Dinner Party and gives a world premiere of Tastes So Good from the same album.
The six episodes of Later… will also Also feature the likes of James Blake, Joe Bonamassa, Ashley McBryde, Mandy, Indiana, Jocelyn Brown, Angine De Poitrine, Arlo Parks, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Ellie Goulding, Lola Young, Mike D, Mitski, Pigeon, Shania Twain, Westside Cowboy, Jessie Ware, Holly Humberstone, Jack Antonoff, Samm Henshaw, Fcukers and many more.
The new series of Later… with Jools Holland kicks off on Sunday at 10pm on BBC 2 and BBC iPlayer.
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