Squire Fan Club Newsletter

Two weeks ago we were playing in Guadalajara in Spain. It seems like an age ago! There is something extraordinary about playing overseas dates. It is an epic expedition for starters. It's not jump in the van and two or three hours later you're there. It is an all-day affair, up early, immigration and customs, the whole journey seems designed to stop you getting there, and then when you arrive, everything is exciting and different, and the overwhelming desire to sleep is overtaken by the overwhelming desire to join the party! The event of course was Guadasoul 11. Guadalajara is...

Hi, and welcome to the latest Squire newsletter! First of all, thank you to everyone who came to see us at the My Generation Weekender in Minehead in January. It was a weekend full of drama, not least because travel coincided with the worst storm in ages, and nobody was quite sure whether anyone was going to get there. But we all did, and by all accounts around 4,000 people made it to enjoy everything. Pretty much every mod band in existence was there. It felt like a gathering rather than a gig, and that's exactly the point of this...

Hi and welcome to the New Year Squire Newsletter! We usually spend some time reflecting back on the past year, and actually, I’ve been looking back over the previous Christmas/New Year newsletters to see what was going round! Well, I didn’t realise we’ve been posting Christmas messages since 2020! Its almost as reliable the Christmas Royal broadcast! Except this year, we wished you a Merry Christmas, and stepped aside so you could get on with the festivities, and we promised to ‘pop in’ between Christmas and New Year - and here we are - with gifts! Because today we’re sharing...

Hi and welcome to the latest Squire newsletter where we are reflecting on memory and live dates! Thanks to everyone who came to the 100 Club last week - what a night! The first time we played, back in 1982, I can hardly remember without seeing a photo to remind me, and that is the key to this newsletter, what do we really remember and how much do we rely on social media as a virtual diary of events? I was struck by the conversation I had with Peter, the photographer who took the official photos, he’d seen Squire in...

Hi, and welcome to the latest newsletter where we catch up on an old friend and reveal a new song! 'Does Stephanie Know?' is more than a song, Stephanie has been an omnipresent character in the story of Squire for decades.  Originally introduced in 1979 and immortalised on the flip side of the single ‘My Mind Goes Round In Circles’, which also featured Kirsty MacColl providing a female vocal counterpoint to the story, she’s become a key figure the mythology surrounding the band. The song is played at every concert. Fans have named the children after her! We even discussed...