First viewed : 30 August 1982
The Bank Holiday Rock Night concluded with a live broadcast from a Squeeze gig at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin, introduced by David Hepworth. Squeeze had been my favourite band in the late seventies and they were probably my sister's at the time so we both looked forward to this one.
There were two downsides to seeing the band at this point in time, just a few weeks before they announced they were splitting up. Firstly, neither Jools Holland nor Paul Carrack were on the keyboards. Don Snow had the musical chops but his predecessors had brought some personality to their live shows. Secondly, they were touring a duff album in Sweets For My Stranger and so the setlist contained a few duds.
Unlike the Genesis concert we were familiar with most of the material and the band were very proficient but somehow there was a spark missing. Both of us agreed that The Specials gig had been better.
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