MORE than 30 years down the line from the birth of Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook has been experiencing a new lease of life as a solo artist.

The 48-year-old has been kept busy touring Japan, Australia and America.

"It was really great and I had a brilliant reception - in America I'm lucky enough to have a lot of history there with Squeeze," he said.

"In Japan, it was quite different because Squeeze went there for the first time in 1993 but I went there a couple of times in the past year and it's gone well."

In between tours - including an appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival - Glenn has also found time to pen new material with musicians such as Ron Sexsmith, some of which can be heard at his forthcoming shows.

He's now back on the road with his new backing group The Fluffers - which he formed in January last year - and will be at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall at 8pm on Tuesday, November 29.

It was way back in 1974 that Glenn formed Squeeze with fellow musicians Chris Difford and Jools Holland.

Glenn and Chris formed the core song-writing partnership, scoring their first hit in 1978 with Take Me I'm Yours.

They went on to pen a string of top tunes throughout the 80s and 90s, including Cool For Cats, Tempted and Up The Junction. Numerous line-up changes ensued over the years and they had a huge influence on bands which followed, such as Brit-poppers Blur.

Unfortunately, it all came to an end in 1999 when the group split after the release of their 1998 album, Domino.

Not surprisingly, considering the fruitful past he had with Squeeze, the singer still airs some of the band's classics at his shows to keep fans happy.

All the same, it looks unlikely a reunion with the Squeeze boys is on the cards.

Glenn said: "As far as I'm concerned, I'd love more people to know what I'm doing at the moment and I'm quite happy with the way my writing and recordings are going.

"I'm very happy where I am and I've no desire to go back there really as it was good while it lasted.

"I think I'm now doing some of the best stuff I've done and that's a wonderful feeling."

Tickets for Glenn's concert are £15 and are available from the venue's box office.

JOBY MULLENS