"Absolutely fantastic, the reaction to the tour has been amazing," say Glenn who is currently in the middle of a long UK tour. I keep on finding that doing different things more and more feeds into the next thing I'm doing."
When Squeeze got back together we were quite fastidious in preparation in terms of rehearsal and production - we were involved more as band, and it showed - it was a better show, a better Squeeze. And I wanted to take that to my solo world - I've got Simon Hanson and Chris McNally with me - although I wanted to do the opposite to Squeeze... Tyrannosaurus Rex was my starting point funnily enough - the idea of acoustic guitars, wild bongos, ukuleles, harmoniums, but with the addition of electronic percussion - we're using iPad's. It's a proper instrument; it's so many great apps. For instance, there's a drum machine app I use now - I would have paid £400 for a few years ago for the actual machine but now, as an app, it's just £10. I remember when we hired a mellotron in 1978 for a Squeeze gig it cost over £500; now, it's £13..."
Tilbrook is further embracing the brave new world by selling USBs at the end of each gig. "The response has been incredible, the enthusiasm people have for it has been beyond my wildest dreams.
"Next year, Chris and I will see if we can come up with anything Squeeze-like and brilliant... if we can't, we won't do it... Originally, the thought of getting Squeeze back together didn't really excite me... but I thought the only way we could do it was to be a proper band and work hard at it and that's what we do... combining Squeeze and my own work - its got to be real and passionate, on both counts.
Glenn Tilbrook, Monday 19 December, Komedia, Brighton (and UK tour) 7.30pm, £17.50
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