NFT: I've come across the desert to greet you with a smile!

Haven't seen either band, but still can't listen to the Beat's "Save it for Later" any fewer than 3 times in a row. Just a wonderful song (check out Pete Townshend's version if you haven't).
Pete Townshend Cover of Save it for Later - ( New Window )

And was checking out his video clip online......from what I could tell they sounded awesome, which really is what it's all about when you go to see a band live............should be a good show......Enjoy!

I remember seeing them in 88 or 90 at Jones Beach in the rain. I think there was a recent music thread on BBI where the topic was underrated singers/voices, and I named Glenn Tilbrook. Good band, always a fun listen.

As for the Beat, I played the shit out of the Wha'ppen and Special Beat Service CDs back in the day. I remember checking them out because they were the t-shirt Sting wore in the "Don't Stand So Close To Me" video. The Police were (is) my favorite band, so I figured if they dug that music, there had to be something to it.

Speaking of Sting, at his Nothing Like the Sun tour at Jones Beach, he did a cover of Squeeze's "Tempted". I remember that pretty vividly.

and I would try and figure out just what pulling muscles from Michelle really meant. Was that British slang for something?

then when I was maybe 14 I saw the CD case for the first time and it dawned on me that it really meant nothing and it's "Pulling Muscles from the Shell".

unrelated....Up the Junction was one of my favorite songs as a kid, lots of good covers of that one too.

Goodbye Girl was a staple on my mix tapes too (LOL).

Sound is still incredible!

....very fired up. I've probably seen either Tilbrook solo or the band themselves every year since the mid-80s. If you're making a list of the most under-rated bands ever, Squeeze is at the top of the list.