Image description
Image description
Image description
Image description

Squeeze: Live from the Artists Den

The Southwest Porch at Bryant Park provided a picturesque setting for a secret performance by UK pop legends Squeeze on a warm summer night, presented by Southwest Airlines. The groundbreaking band played hits spanning their career, including "Is That Love," "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)", and "Tempted" in celebration of their latest album, Spot the Difference, which features new recordings of Squeeze classics.

SQUEEZE BIO

As teenagers on the South London Scene in the 1970s, teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook formed Squeeze, the pioneering UK band that saw them dubbed "The New Lennon and McCartney." Championed early on by the Velvet Underground's John Cale, who produced their debut EP, Packet Of Three, Squeeze established their position as one of Britain's most beloved bands with 1979's Cool For Cats, setting off a career that would span decades and produce hits in the UK and abroad.

To learn more about Squeeze, visit http://www.squeezeofficial.com


Spot the Difference now available at Barnes & Nobles

VENUE BIO

As far back as 1686, New York's colonial governor Thomas Dongan designated as public property the land that is now Bryant Park. The area was still wilderness, and the hunting grounds of Native Americans. At the start of the Revolutionary War, in 1776, General Washingtons troops, after being routed by the British in the Battle of Long Island, raced across Manhattan, traversing the future site of Bryant Park. The city established a potter's field on the site in 1823. During the Civil War, the Union Army held military drills in Reservoir Square. In 1853-54, New Yorks first "world's fair," the Crystal Palace Exhibition, took place on the site of Bryant Park. In 1974, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Bryant Park as a Scenic Landmark, calling it "a prime example of a park designed in the French Classical tradition... an urban amenity worthy of our civic pride." After a major restoration effort by Bryant Park Corporation, the Park reopened in 1991 to lavish praise.

Featured Videos

Get Connected

New York requires a certain performance

- David Gray


Image description
DAVID GRAY: LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN

David Gray gives an intimate performance at a historic banking hall in downtown Manhattan.

get the DVD

SHOW REVIEWS

SQUEEZE

"Thank you!!! What an amazing night at Bryant Park...what an A W E S O M E show!!!" - Dave


"I just wanted to thank you again for last night's show. It was great seeing Squeeze in a setting like that. We really enjoyed ourselves." - Howie Singer


"Legendary British band Squeeze played an amazing, free show last night at Bryant Park for a ridiculously intimate audience of about 500 peopleAn absolutely joyous experience, top to bottom - you should have been there." - feastofmusic.com


"Show was wonderful...thanks SO MUCH!" - Paroo Streich


"Thank you for the link for the Squeeze digital photography panorama. It keeps the magic of that night in NY City very alive in our hearts. We had a lovely time. Thank you for inviting us. We can't wait to get Spot the Difference and see the concert when it airs." - Ed & Rosemary Jennings


"Thanks again for the invite to Squeeze - that was truly a fabulous, well-organized show." - Rindy


"I had a wonderful time in Bryant Park and it was really nice meeting Glenn, Chris, Simon and John." - Linda Grahek


"AWESOME SHOW!! THXS!!"
- Dave Alper


"I just want to say how grateful I am to have seen this group and at this venue." - Jon Antis


"It was a beautiful summer evening in New York City. We forgot how much we love Squeeze." - theconcertslut.wordpress.com


"Thanks, the concert was fantastic and we really appreciated being a part of it. you guys do a great job. looking forward to another invitation." - Jody Cook


"It was the greatest Squeeze concert of my life as I got there early and stood on the side in the very front row." - corinescorner.com