O2 London Plans To Bring Back Live Music & Audience With Squeeze Concert

Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze performed at the Indigo at the O2, Nov. 08, 2019 in London, England.
Lorne Thomson/Redferns – Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze performed at the Indigo at the O2, Nov. 08, 2019 in London, England.
The show was part of the “The Difford and Tilbrook Songbook” UK Tour 2019.
British band Squeeze is scheduled to play a concert with a live audience at London’s iconic O2 Arena on May 22, the first there since the coronavirus shutdown.
If the date goes ahead, it will be the first concert in the presence of a live audience at The O2 in more than a year. The famous 20,000-capacity arena hasn’t been able to host concerts with people present since March 2020 due to the UK government’s restrictions imposed in reaction to COVID.
Originally scheduled for December 2020, the Squeeze concert was first postponed to Feb. 27, but has now been further pushed to May 22.
Squeeze at The O2.
 – Squeeze at The O2.
The poster.

What hasn’t changed is the requirement for the audience to maintain a distance on the night, when the O2’s 20,000-capacity will be reduced to 4,700.

“Extensive planning and a number of new safety measures had been put in place to welcome fans back to the arena safely,” the announcement states.
Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze commented: “I am so thrilled to be playing The O2 with Squeeze and to be able to chalk up another first for us on this hallowed ground, previously the site of a gasworks, whose social club featured a double bill of Chris Difford and myself with Bucks Fizz’s Cheryl Baker. 
“That was a long time ago. We are putting a lot of time and energy into this show to make it one not to forget. See you there! Love, Glenn.”