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• Hello Peoples.....Looks like the end my friends.... -- A.K, 18:24:18 09/22/10 Wed
  Well peoples.....
  Looks like the end of the road for this message board as its not being used anymore and it seems most people who used to use it are now using Facebook instead, so let me say we have all had a great time and made many friends over the years though this board and had some great weekends (Weller)sunk many beers and eaten many kebabs at various hours of the day and night!.
  Iam glad i started it, but all good things come to an end, so Looking from a hilltop, watching from a lighthouse, just dreaming
  Up here I can see the world
  Sometimes it don't look nice - but that's OK
  Life from a window, I'm just taking in the view
  Life from a window, observing everything around you.
  
  Thankyou to everyone who posted....well'l meet again
  
  A.K
  

  
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  • And best of all you got to know me lol x -- cazx, 22:35:09 10/06/10 Wed
  • The End -- Ed, 21:38:09 03/05/11 Sat
  
  
• Calling MODjerry please get in contact........thanks -- A.K, 18:26:03 09/22/10 Wed
  
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• Anyone on here going to any? I'm off to Holland and London.Whats the new album like AK? Ed are you going to the Dam? -- John ( Chelmsford, 17:33:20 03/19/10 Fri
  
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  • Iam going to the dam , with Jim P and Graham Scales...should be a great gig...you going?.. (NT) -- A.K, 19:02:41 03/22/10 Mon
    • Have a good one and don't forget your camera! (NT) -- The Weaver, 22:28:42 04/20/10 Tue
  • Yes mate, be good to see you again, been a few years. (NT) -- John ( Chelmsford), 17:22:45 03/23/10 Tue
  • yep,im there mate,brussells & eindhoven,and the 2 nights in amsters.....see you there!!!! -- ed, 11:21:47 05/01/10 Sat
  • YIDS! (NT) -- John ( Chelmsford, 11:13:32 05/08/10 Sat
  
  
• Weller Winter Arena Tour -- A.K, 19:01:25 03/22/10 Mon
  From Paul Weller Official:
  
  Following his five sell out dates at the Royal Albert Hall this May, Paul will be taking 'Wake Up The Nation' on the road with an arena tour this winter.
  
  And as a thank you to all his loyal fans there will be an exclusive pre-sale for all the dates next Wednesday (March 24), click here on the day to make sure you'll be at your desired gig.
  
  Tickets will then go on general sale on Friday March 26 via theticketfactory.com or the hotline on 0844 338 0000.
  
  The full list:
  
  November
  
  Tue 23rd - Brighton Centre
  Wed 24th - Brighton Centre
  Fri 26th - Birmingham Arena
  Sat 27th - Cardiff International Arena
  Sun 28th - Bournemouth Int Centre
  Tue 30th - Sheffield Arena
  
  December
  
  Wed 1st - Newcastle Arena
  Fri 3rd - Manchester MEN Arena
  Sat 4th - Glasgow SECC
  Sun 5th - Aberdeen ECC
  Tue 7th - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
  Wed 8th - Liverpool ECHO Arena
  Fri 10th - London Wembley Arena
  
  PLUS: Paul will be playing 5 nights at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin!!
  
  November
  Tue 16th - Dublin, Olympia
  Wed 17th - Dublin, Olympia
  Thu 18th - Dublin, Olympia
  Fri 19th - Dublin, Olympia
  Sat 20th - Dublin, Olympia
  

  
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• Weller Wakes Up The Nation... -- A.K, 14:10:19 03/15/10 Mon
  Following up a feature on Damon Albarn implies a drop in quality and prestige, especially considering how few artists are able to stay relevant for over twenty years. Even if they cannot be deemed “obscure”, many figures are worth exposing regardless of their original prestige. The work they are producing is just that good. Like any new Albarn project, Paul Weller is worth listening to whenever he releases something. He is easily one of the most recognizable figures in the UK for founding The Jam, The Style Council, and the illustrious solo career that followed. Albarn and Weller are actually one of few people in this world that can compare their accomplishments, as one could easily argue that Blur’s experiences in the ’90s were very similar to those of The Jam in the late ’70s. Success nearly limited to the UK, a series of triumphs without a flop, and a distinctively British demeanor that brought them praise (even if it was somewhat isolated). It took several years before the rest of the world caught on to both The Jam and Blur, with bands like the Sex Pistols and Oasis previously overshadowing them everywhere else. The later realization was that both groups were putting forth stylistic innovation, something that their contemporaries had lacked. The Jam was later classified as the forefathers of the “Mod revival”, while Blur’s vein of Brit-pop is now widely considered to be the genre’s staple. Both of these bands impacted the music scene at different decades, but their paths ended up being very similar due to the rare talent and presence of both lead songwriters.
  
  Although the two have never worked together, the mutual respect between Albarn and Weller seems apparent. Weller even collaborated with Albarn’s ex-Blur bandmate, Graham Coxon, on “This Old Town”, a nice single that peaked at #39 in the UK charts. Check it out here. Weller also commented on Albarn’s Mali Music by calling it “brilliant… a perfect way in to the music of Mali.” Both are hardly strangers to ambitious solo attempts in that vein, whether serving as an introduction to Mali music or a change of stylistic preference per each album. They are both renowned for mixing it up with each project, of which there are many. Albarn is already having a great year with the excellent Plastic Beach, and since they always seem to be step-for-step it is not surprising to see Weller with another solo album. His tenth studio album, Wake Up the Nation, will be released this April. Perhaps the most notable aspect upon release is that it features Bruce Foxton, former bassist of The Jam. Just like Albarn, Weller is having his own mini-reunion of sorts with his first successful band, even if this is just a one-time thing. Weller and Foxton have always had a good enough relationship, so when both lost loved ones recently they took solace in collaboration among friends. One could say it was a coping mechanism, but the result of Wake Up the Nation shows much more than an album with forced intent.
  
  
  
  Wake Up the Nation comes with lofty expectations since it comes fresh off the massively successful release of 22 Dreams, which was Weller’s third solo album that peaked at #1. Featuring a massive 21 tracks, its consistencies were startling as it was unarguably one of the finest of Weller’s outstanding career. Even upon seeing this success though, Weller is just like Albarn in that he cannot tread in one stylistic territory too long regardless of its acclaim. While Wake Up the Nation is still distinctively a Weller solo album, it raises his intensity up a notch with a brisker and more punk-oriented sound that relies on short song lengths, spontaneous hooks, and rhythmic intensity. Unsurprisingly, the album’s collaborators already accustomed to such a sound. Foxton’s brisk bass work with The Jam is already long-renowned, and cameos from Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), Bev Bevan (ELO, The Move), and drummer Clem Cattini help make this album full of imaginative and unique ideas. At the end of it all though, Weller emerges as the star presence. His successful forays into various genres foreshadow such an accomplishment before the release of each new album.
  
  The string-laden chorus of “No Tears Left to Cry” steps back a bit from the hurried approach of its two predecessors, finding a bit of sentimental Weller shine without ruining the album’s flow. “Fast Car, Slow Traffic” has the same sort of spontaneous flow, with a sloppy dose of keys occasionally providing a nice flourish. This is quite an experimental effort considering its length, and Weller clearly has a new fascination with sampling and field sound effects that he employs well. He manages to play with this and not alter his style dramatically, once again resulting in a fresh-faced version of a nostalgic sound we already knew and loved. While those yearning for the ambitious and somewhat serene approach of 22 Dreams may be disappointed with the brisker, straightforward, and more improvisational-sounding result of Wake Up the Nation, Weller’s unique songwriting charm after several listens is precisely the same as 22 Dreams. Wake Up the Nation meshes together with songs that end before even starting, most of these entailing a very high replay value as a result. Weller flaunts some great songwriting as usual, except here it may take several listens to get it stuck in your head since the brilliant ideas feel no need to repeat themselves. With some tracks like “Grasp and Still Connect” showing strings in the chorus and others like “Wake Up the Nation” going the conventional guitar-punk route, the differences between songs are subtle upon first listen but grow rapidly since the bulk of the album features standouts.
  
  Like all Weller albums, Wake Up the Nation should be received well. It brings us back to Weller’s phases with The Jam and early solo material, which saw shorter songs and more intensity as opposed to ambitious stylistic trips that were often extended (almost always for enjoyable purposes). While this is certainly an ambitious effort in its own right by constricting songs to under three minutes, utilizing a variety of samples, and employing improvisational spurts of keys and strings, Wake Up the Nation retains the hooks and accessible appeal necessary to retain Weller’s role as one of the most beloved musicians in the UK. It is guaranteed to chart in the UK like all other Weller albums, but I also would not be surprised if it saw some time on the US charts as well. This has some heavy art-rock, funk, and jazz influences, which I feel American audiences could be very receptive toward when incorporated with Weller’s trademark sound. Just check out the sprawling “Aim High” for such achievements in fusion. When listening to efforts like this, I just wish there were more artists like Damon Albarn and Paul Weller around. They appear stylistically fearless and ambivalent to the future, both characteristics that treat listeners to their utmost and most sincere potential.
  

  
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• PW Warm Up Gigs 2010.... -- A.K, 23:04:18 02/01/10 Mon
  May 13 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland (on sale Feb 6th)
  
  May 17 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussells, Belgium ( on sale now)
  
  May 18 - Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany ( on sale Feb 4th)
  
  May 19 - Bataclan, Paris, France ( on sale now)
  

  
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• Is This Board Still Alive ? -- David Watts, 14:49:13 12/11/09 Fri
  Hello !
  

  
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  • I'm still here. Who else comes around? CAZ and SK?? Where's everybody?? AK help! (NT) -- MODjerry, 02:29:51 12/13/09 Sun
  • I'm still here. Well I'm not there, I'm here...but I'm still here. (NT) -- Frank Wilson, 23:57:42 12/13/09 Sun
  • Cambridge -- John ( Chelmsford), 17:12:51 12/14/09 Mon
    • cambridge -- ED, 18:51:26 12/14/09 Mon
  • Im here :) (NT) -- cazx, 06:17:37 01/05/10 Tue
  • YES!!...iam still here.....hello to everyone,and very late Happy New Year... (NT) -- A.K, 18:41:49 01/19/10 Tue
  
  
• Weller's New Album Track by Track... -- A.K, 18:40:23 01/19/10 Tue
  Paul Weller has unveiled full details of his new studio album 'Wake Up The Nation' and has even treated fans to a track-by-track guide.
  
  The Modfather's tenth long-player was produced and co-written by Simon Dine at Paul's Black Barn studios in Surrey and is released on April 12th.
  
  It's preceded by the double A-side single 'Wake Up The Nation'/'No Tears To Cry' on April 5th.
  
  Weller's former bandmate in The Jam, Bruce Foxton, appears on two album tracks marking the first time the pair have worked together since The Jam split in 1982.
  
  Interestingly, Bev Bevan from ELO and The Move and Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine have also been drafted in for the record.
  
  Paul Weller's track-by-track guide to 'Wake Up The Nation':
  
  1. Moonshine - “Bev Bevan (The Move/ELO) plays drums on this one. Simon and I are big psychedelic music fans, so it was a real buzz. I was back to being a ten year old Move fan again.”
  
  2. Wake Up The Nation - “It’s political with a small ‘p’. There’s a line in there about the death of the post box. It’s about how technology brings advantages but it also de-personalises things.”
  
  3. No Tears To Cry - ‘‘It’s s a definite nod to the Walker Brothers and those epic ballads. I thought it would fitting to get the man who played on a lot of those records to play on it. He’s seventy odd, but Clem (Cattini) came down and did it in literally two takes. He’s that good.”
  
  4. Fast Car Slow Traffic - “It’s a real London tune. It’s a pretty full on. We played this on the last tour and people were really mad for it. It was really interesting to hear Bruce (Foxton) playing on it. You can instantly tell it’s him.”
  
  5. Grasp and Still Connect - “It’s about how technology is meant to get us greater levels of communication, but I’m not convinced. It’s silly things like not talking to a conductor when you get on the bus - you buy a ticket from a machine. We’re forgetting how to talk to each other.”
  
  6. She Speaks - “I’ve never really done anything like it before. It’s based on a poem I wrote about a year ago. Lyrically, it’s about the sea as a metaphor for life. Sometimes, however, you just have to plunge in and get on with it.”
  
  7. Find The Torch Burn The Plans - “Thematically, it ties in with the title track. We’ve got to reclaim our heritage and our culture. Claim it back from the fucking politicians and the establishment. Charles (engineer) played drums. My daughter and her mate sang on it too.”
  
  
  
  8. Aim High - “Stevie Pilgrim is on drums on this one. It was initially one phrase repeated over and over. I hit that falsetto voice, which was nice because I haven’t used it for a long time. Once I had the melody I wrote the words really quickly.”
  
  9. Trees - “The words were inspired by going to see my dad just before he died. Simon liked them and he had the idea for five different musical parts to interpret them. My cousin Mark played guitar on it.”
  
  10. Andromeda - “It’s about someone leaving a dying planet. I love the image of the last verse: “My mood gets lifted with the gravity’s pull/Looks like I’m smiling but I’m dying too.” It’s just about us mirroring our surroundings.”
  
  11. Whatever Next - “It’s an instrumental. The album is made up of fairly short tracks but they’ve got a lot of information packed into them, so it’s nice to catch your breath for a minute, then get on with it.”
  
  12. 7 + 3 Is The Strikers Name - “Kevin Shields plays on this one. He came down to the studio with a big bag of effects pedals and we took it from there. There’s a dig at the royal family in the lyrics – that whole invisible establishment is still in power, nothing’s changed.”
  
  13. Pieces of A Dream - “We’d played it on the last tour and I was really surprised at how well it went down. People seem to really fucking love it. Stevie Pilgrim is on drums.”
  
  14. 2 Fat Ladies - “I played bass and Little Barrie played guitar. It’s got a nice raw sound to it. What are the lyrics about? Hard to say. I was making them up as I went along! I think it’s a case of people taking what they want from it. What seems meaningless to one person can mean everything to someone else.”
  
  
  
  
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• NICE new set-list for Winter tour!!! -- MODjerry, 02:49:57 11/28/09 Sat
  Borrowed (gratefully) from Paul Weller News-
  
  Norwich UEA Thursday 26th November
  NOTE: THIS IS UNCONFIRMED
  
  7&3 Is The Striker's Name
  Into Tomorrow
  From The Floorboards Up
  All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
  Fast Car
  Strange Town
  Peacock Suit
  Dust And Rocks
  Sea Spray
  Have You Made Up Your Mind
  Shout To The Top!
  Pieces Of A Dream
  How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
  One Bright Star
  Empty Ring
  He's The Keeper
  Wake Up The Nation
  Andromeda
  Come On, Let's Go
  Start!
  Whirlpool's End
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  Black River
  Why Walk When You Can Run
  Wild Wood
  Push It Along
  Woodcutters Son
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  Changingman
  

  
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  • actually looking forward to cambridge in couple of weekends now :-) -- internationalist, 16:19:02 11/30/09 Mon
  
  
• New Album by Long Tall Shorty "Sound Of Giffer City" out tomorrow, more details on Facebook and Myspace www.longtallshorty.co.uk.. -- A.K, 20:20:31 10/06/09 Tue
  
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• THE END OF OASIS??? -- MODjerry, 18:21:43 08/29/09 Sat
  ???
  

  
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  • Who knows whats happening, might be best if Noels goes and makes a solo album and then comes back after a break....Hope your well jerry? -- A.K, 19:25:26 08/30/09 Sun
  • A big bunch of fires here in Southern California. Friends were evacuated and staying with us. I've got a house full of cats, dogs birds and goldfish!! The fire has displaced a great number of people, but so far, we are OK... (NT) -- MODjerry, 00:31:12 08/31/09 Mon
  
  
• Long Lost MODjerry poem -- MODjerry and the uninformed Americans, 08:43:37 08/15/09 Sat
  Let's go sailing in the Wild Blue Yonder
  where buttons push back
  smiles abound open
  
  yet for you
  
  a dark dance floor prevails
  one by one
  lights blink and flicker
  sputter
  
  pop and spark
  
  I remember Old Woking
  deep fog and my mate Bully
  still reeling from our food in a box
  
  one more pint... when
  Paul and John were kicked out
  
  THAT"S RIGHT
  
  Bloody kicked out of the local for being drunk like us
  
  I raise a glass
  to all of the Englishmen
  Women and Children
  
  Live Love
  

  
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  • Nice jerry, really don't know how you think them up...hope you and yours are doing ok?......don't post much on your FB account...as you can see non one posts here anymore...shame really, everyone on FB...speak soon.. -- A.K, 19:31:48 08/16/09 Sun
  • Hi AK! I've just started back on the Facebook, thing. A bit rusty, but seems everyone seems to be there!! Cheers, mate! - jez -- MODjerry, 18:46:01 08/20/09 Thu
  
  
• Has anyone heard anything about Weller cutting a record with Bruce ???? -- Cazx, 14:48:23 08/08/09 Sat
  
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  • Oh christ, not that old chestnut again, Bruce has played bass on a few tracks on PW new album, and they are on speaking terms again after bruce's wife recently died of cancer, that is it as far as i know.... (NT) -- A.K, 19:02:35 08/12/09 Wed
    • Now yr repeating yr self Andy LOL (NT) -- cazx, 19:20:31 08/13/09 Thu
  
  
• Anyone going the Isle of Wight ? -- cazx, 22:11:50 07/17/09 Fri
  
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  • Everyone died again ???? (NT) -- Cazx, 21:23:41 08/05/09 Wed
  • Iam not no, Jim P is we are selling raffle tickets for "Above the clouds! all proceds go to Cancer Research, the prize is a 2,000 quid Lammy Scoot Golden Special, have a look at Scooter Riders against caner on facebook, so if you see Jim at IOW buy as many tickets as you can afford.... (NT) -- A.K, 13:21:55 08/08/09 Sat
    • Yep I always see Jim at the IOW. (NT) -- Cazx, 14:46:02 08/08/09 Sat
  
  
• Whos going where to see Weller then?????? -- Cazx, 20:07:06 07/08/09 Wed
  
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  • Has everyone died on here ????? (NT) -- Cazx, 12:15:57 07/10/09 Fri
  • No, iam still here.............havent seen any of the recent gigs...same old set..will see pw next year when he's got a new album out.. (NT) -- A.K, 20:31:55 07/14/09 Tue
  • Went to Sherwood Pines and Hop Farm, as AK said mostly same set, but with Daltry coming on for Magic Bus. A few years ago at V he did Running OTS, and was brilliant. Love seeing him but tiring of Eton and Malice. Shame with all those great songs to choose from. (NT) -- John ( Chelmsford), 17:32:14 07/17/09 Fri
  
  
• How sad about Michael Jackson x -- cazx, 00:55:46 06/26/09 Fri
  
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  • The Motown years were great and Jacksin 5, went downhill for me after that, but yes, we will never see his like again...R.I.PA,K (NT) -- A.K, 22:03:43 06/28/09 Sun
  
  
• Delamare -- John ( Chelmsford), 18:31:21 06/16/09 Tue
  Anyone on here going?
  

  
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  • No, Same old, same old, setlist from October last year when i saw him in Amsterdam...if only he would mix it up about....not really a fan's gig anyway, more familes and strawberries and blankets... -- A.K, 19:43:12 06/16/09 Tue
    • I hate those picnic baskets etc,looked more like Henman hill than a Weller gig.But its still Weller so I had to go ...... -- Cazx, 07:54:09 06/17/09 Wed
  • Yep I was there -- Cazx, 07:52:17 06/17/09 Wed
  • Sorry meant Nottigham -- John ( Chelmsford), 16:14:52 06/17/09 Wed
  
  
• The Specials were great last night but where have those 30 years gone,depressing or what :( -- cazx, 11:07:27 05/04/09 Mon
  
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  • Off to see them again at Brixton thursday night...see ya there!...saw them at brum a week or two and they were great.. (NT) -- A.K, 16:32:21 05/04/09 Mon
  • Looking forward to Thursday! Any support band, by the way? (NT) -- The Weaver, 14:13:59 05/05/09 Tue
    • It was Kid Britain who supported them in Manchester,they were really good.They supported The Enemy last week but not sure if they will be the support when you go.Check them out on Youtube,nice kids x (NT) -- Cazx, 14:28:35 05/05/09 Tue
  • Yet again, amazing, i urge anyone to go see them, beg, steal but just get a ticket...worth every penny!!.. (NT) -- A.K, 18:55:17 05/08/09 Fri
    • Many thanks for sorting my ticket, Andy. Much appreciated and a great night. Good to catch up with some old friends, too! (NT) -- The Weaver, 17:28:27 05/15/09 Fri
  • Weaver, Your more than welcome...good to see you... (NT) -- A.K, 10:12:52 05/19/09 Tue
  • I saw them on TV, they were better the 1st time round with the original line up. (NT) -- SKid, 01:59:13 06/13/09 Sat
    • I think we were all better 30 years ago I know I were :) (NT) -- Cazx, 10:19:12 06/13/09 Sat
  
  
• Swinging Carnaby! -- A.K, 08:25:25 06/03/09 Wed
  In association with The Mayor's Office as part of 'The Story Of London Month in London', Carnaby Street Ltd present...
  
  Swinging Carnaby!
  http://www.london.gov.uk/storyoflondon/
  
  The Story of London pays tribute to the original dedicated followers of fashion when Carnaby Street, the home of Swinging London, turns back the clock on the weekend of 13-14th of June 2009 with live music from band's from the scene and DJs spinning '60s sounds, exhibitions and the chance to have a '60s style makeover.
  
  Plus special promotions and offers in Carnaby stores and events in the creative Newburgh Quarter.
  
  Scooter clubs more than welcome on the day, they'd love to see the bikes lined up down the street...
  
  Dates...Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June 2009
  Time: 12:00 - 18:00
  
  First band on stage at 13.00
  

  
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• www.modchester.co.uk -- cazx, 13:32:59 05/28/09 Thu
  
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  • Cool website, CAZ! Have a TOP TIME!!! (NT) -- MODjerry, 18:39:34 05/30/09 Sat
    • Thanks Jerry ,it should be a good weekend,Tommy Hunt is on live on the Friday night ,you should come over lol ........................... (NT) -- Cazx, 21:12:07 05/31/09 Sun
  • I can only wish, Caz!! That would be as they say here in California, ..."Awwwesome dude!!" lol. (NT) -- MODjerry with his suede jacket, 05:22:27 06/02/09 Tue
  
  
• The Funeral of John Weller Details -- A.K, 10:25:09 04/28/09 Tue
  The Funeral of John Weller will be on Tuersday 5th May in Woking, anyone wanting to send cards or flowers please send to:
  
  
  LODGE BROS FUNERAL HOME, WEST BYFLEET, SURREY, KT14 6LG
  (By 12 noon on the 5th May)
  
  
  OR DONATIONS TO : ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY, CENTRAL OFFICE,
  DEVON HOUSE, 58 ST KATHARINES WAY,
  LONDON, E1W 1JX
  (PLEASE INCLUDE A NOTE DONATING IN MEMORY OF MR JOHN WELLER)
  
  ONLINE DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT WWW.ALZHEIMERS.ORG/DONATE
  
  If you want to send any emails to the family please contact nicky@paulweller.com
  

  
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• John Weller R.I P -- A.K, 13:39:30 04/23/09 Thu
  It wasn't unexpected to get the news that John weller had passed away , it
  was a beautiful sunny morning in fact , but the news still stung even though
  the anticipation existed . I finished work today , a day peppered by texts
  and calls , I missed the call that mattered but made ammends and spoke to
  the one person I needed to speak to , I raised a glass at dinner and
  reminisced with my beautiful partner of days of travel and nights of glory
  that followed , and after a little to much wine the drowsiness lifted and
  the harsh reality that someone very special had passed hit me , I wanted to
  say that , with my emotions bubbling very much to the surface , I wanted to
  remember those decades and shows and nights that we all spent together ,
  indestructible , laughing and making the music of our dreams , wide eyed
  vagabonds not quite believing . I remember the day on arriving back from
  sydney, John telling me it was all over and he had enough of " this lark " ,
  that was 24 odd years ago , and how many amazing times were to come , I
  remember the night with a bottle of champange that tasted like heaven ( the
  proceeds of a card game ) chewing the fat with the big man , " so john " I
  asked " who's your favourite singer ? " a sip of rum and coke " paul weller
  " I went further " who's is your favourite song writer ? " paul weller " ,
  .. " Ok " favourite guitarist ? . " Paul weller " .. " best drummer ? " "
  Easy , you whitey " ... " Best band ? " ... " Well " he paused , " its this
  fucking band aint it , and then its the jam " ... Pure pride , pure belief ,
  I remember just a few years back when I first introduced my then new girl to
  the gang , everyone was on best behaviour , gig time comes and sally gets
  pride of place next to john a pint sized glass of rum and coke is thrust
  into her hand without question , the gig began , we sweated and played and
  sang and created to the best of our abilities as we did every night and
  sally swore as the final chords died there were tears of pride in his eyes
  as he turned and said " my boy and your fella , two hundred songs at the
  drop of a hat , any day of the week " at that moment she also fell under the
  spell . As life goes on and people depart this world I strongly , strongly
  believe that the effect of a passing is a reflection of your own mortality ,
  of your own reflections and life and the unwanted glimpse of a mirror held
  up to your own future . John is in a better place , and my thoughts are with
  Ann and Nicky and my brother Paul , wonderful memories stretching back to
  boy hood for me , I'm not ashamed to indulge either as I remember John , by
  the way the one question that wasn't answered " paul weller " " steve white
  " or anything related to the world he adored was ? " Who's the greatest
  fighter " and with the same pride that all the other questions were answered
  " easy , Rocky Marciano " , thanks John for leading the way as we made some
  amazing music .
  Whitey x
  

  
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  • I had the privilge of meeting John on numerous occasions and he was unassuming and couldnt do enough for you, my heart and thoughts go to Ann,Paul and Nicki x -- Ossy, 15:44:48 04/23/09 Thu
  
  
• John Weller R.I.P -- A.K, 17:30:10 04/22/09 Wed
  News reaches me today about the dearth of John Weller, very sad news indeed, as paul has said in the past , if it wasnt for my father i would'nt be who and where iam today.
  John Weller R.I.P
  

  
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  • Profound sadness for me at this time. My heart goes out to the Weller family. John is the true spirit of a father. -- MODjerry, 20:27:29 04/22/09 Wed
  
  
• PAUL WELLER in the hot California desert - COACHELLA -- MODjerry and the uninformed Americans, 17:25:38 04/21/09 Tue
  Coachella ‘09: Paul Weller Gets Robbed, Johnny Marr Saves
  April 20th, 2009 by: Ben Wener
  
  
  I could go on endlessly about the excellent yet heartbreaking Paul Weller set no one watched. I just might blather more about it once I get home and have time to properly assess and convey why it was such a meaningful (albeit needlessly stopped) performance, both for artist and audience. (It also might make my annual Kill List, a rundown, in ranked order, of the weekend’s greatest performance. Look for that sometime Tuesday.)
  
  After roughly a half-hour of top-notch rock ‘n’ soul, culminating in some extra-fine space-jamming on “Porcelain Gods,” Weller was informed that he had a measly 15 minutes left. “Just not long enough in the desert,” he sniffed in between expletives.
  
  He had every right to be pissed. There was no reason to quit early: Public Enemy didn’t need an hour to set up, it wouldn’t have harmed My Bloody Valentine any to have Weller carry on, and yet another rumor that No Doubt would turn up for a five-song surprise never came to pass. Let the man play! Imagine how much more fulfilling this set could have been with more morsels served up within another 20 minutes, instead of a flat 50.
  
  Not exactly the right way to treat a Coachella forefather.
  
  But suffice to say -– and I’m talking to you, Mozheads, after you watched your ’80s idol act the diva Friday night –- this is how an English icon soldiers on when faced with a demeaning concert situation. Like Atmosphere says, when life hands you lemonades, you paint that s*** gold, (bleeper-bleeper)!
  
  Had Weller been squeezed onto the main stage, people might have at least taken notice of the old leader of the Jam and the Style Council. Perhaps then he’d have gotten his due around here, maybe via the chanting of “Eton Rifles,” one of the most biting Jam songs, about a different, even refined sort of class struggle than the Third World uprising M.I.A. calls for.
  
  Surely casual ears would have recognized “A Town Called Malice,” although probably only as “that song by that guy who did that other song.” They still would have bounced and wiggled along to its deceptive Motown glee.
  
  Instead, to cap his Sunday show, the now silver-haired Weller, looking Armani casual cool in a black outfit, was left to kick against the pricks in a chugging rendition of his minor MTV hit with help from … well, how nice, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who strummed a bit and shared in on the bop-bop-bop-bop harmonies.
  
  Wait, what? You didn’t catch that killer moment? Oh well — your loss, our gain.
  
  From The OC Register
  

  
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  • MODjerry -- It's no wonder Paul could care less about breaking America, 17:27:38 04/21/09 Tue
  • Jerry, I read that on Paul Weller News Page, as you said, makes you wonder why he still plays in your neck of the woods, except he just might treat it as a holiday... -- A.K, 21:08:24 04/21/09 Tue
  • AK-I'm SO HAPPY that he still plays California. I'm just embarrased by the lack of any promotion. Doesn't make any sense for a musician as important as WELLER. HE deserves BETTER!!! -- MODjerry, 16:45:47 04/22/09 Wed
  
  
• Happy Birthday AK X -- cazx, 16:30:17 04/11/09 Sat
  
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  • Thanks, it was a great day of eating and drinking with friends.....cheers! (NT) -- A.K, 13:19:47 04/12/09 Sun
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mate!!! (NT) -- MODjerry, 21:10:23 04/12/09 Sun
  • Thanx Jerry means alot....it was a lovely day with friends... (NT) -- A.K, 15:25:41 04/15/09 Wed
  
  
• Sincere condolences to the FOXTON family -- MODjerry, 21:59:04 04/02/09 Thu
  Truly saddened by the recent news of Bruce's wife, Pat. All the best to you and your family mate.
  
  
  http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037387&c=1
  

  
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  • Sad news indeed Jerry, saw this on Splinters last weekend....bloody cancer, seems to touch so many people in this age. -- A.K, 18:51:46 04/05/09 Sun
  
  
• MINI 50TH FESTIVAL -- A.K, 12:55:37 04/02/09 Thu
  Motor fans amongst you will probably know that the iconic Mini celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and the occasion is being marked with a special MINI United festival at Silverstone on 22-24 May.
  
  As part of the festival there will be musical entertainment with live sets on Friday and Saturday night. The Modfather himself, Mr Weller, will be headlining on the Saturday night (23rd). Support will come in the form of Twisted Wheel, who have previously supported the likes of Paul, Oasis, Kasabian and The Enemy.
  
  It's fitting that Paul, who is so closely identified with UK Mod Culture and a clear British icon himself, provides the musical climax to this event to celebrate another British icon with sixties/mod connotations. Those of a certain generation will always have a soft spot for the Mini, thanks to the likes of the iconic sixties classic 'The Italian Job'. Sharp suits, sharp driving, sharp lines and Michael Caine. Perfect.
  
  This will be the largest ever MINI fan event, attracting fans from all over the world travelling in their own cars enjoying a programme that offers a wide range of activities including racing, classic Mini's, stuff for the kids, as well as the music. You can find out more, including how to reserve tickets, by clicking here.
  
  Cheers
  
  Weller.com
  

  
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• 02 Arena reviews??? -- MODjerry, 01:37:13 03/22/09 Sun
  IF anyone made it to the show, would love to hear how it was. ALSO-how did the new songs sound???
  
  Best Wishes-
  jerry
  

  
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  • Jerry, don't rteally know anyone who went....try Splinters there's loads on there.....how you keep young fella? -- A.K, 20:21:37 03/23/09 Mon
  • Hi AK! Good to hear from you mate!! - How I keep young? The answer is my 3 kids, man. As soon as I think everything is set, it all goes tits up - That's what keeps you moving. Like the LENNON song, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.."!!! -- MODjerry and the BBC associates, 06:07:47 03/24/09 Tue
  
  
• Charity? -- Paul Weller, 05:18:44 03/10/09 Tue
  "I don't think it's the duty of the Public or Pop Groups to raise money. I think there's enough money in Government funds to do that anyway..."
  

  
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  • I would have to generally agree, to many charity events..bloody comic relief pisses me off... -- A.K, 19:18:14 03/13/09 Fri
    • The Kilimanjaro holiday was paid for by BT which cost more than they raised - good promo though. (NT) -- Paul Weller, 23:49:32 03/15/09 Sun
  
  
• Island's 50th Anniversary PW To Play.. -- A.K, 14:06:51 03/09/09 Mon
  ISLAND LIFE - Week of concerts plus Book & Exhibito
  2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Island Records, arguably the
  most prestigious record label in the history of British music. To mark this
  milestone the label is collaborating with Island founder Chris Blackwell to
  arrange the Island 50 festival. The Island 50 festival will kick off in May
  2009 with ‘ISLAND LIFE’ – a week of live shows by Island artists past and
  present, which will take place at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire week
  commencing 25th May ‘09. The line-up confirmed so far is as follows:
  26th May – SLY & ROBBIE & THE COMPASS POINT ALLSTARS featuring VERY SPECIAL
  GUESTS;
  27th May – THE FRATELLIS; VERY SPECIAL GUEST; BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB;
  28th May – CAT STEVENS/YUSUF and friends, BAABA MAAL
  29th May – PAUL WELLER; ERNEST RANGLIN; SPOOKY TOOTH
  30th May – KEANE; TOM TOM CLUB; LADYHAWKE
  31st May – AMY WINEHOUSE; TOOTS & THE MAYTALS; I BLAME COCO
  Fans who sign up to the mailing list at www.island50.com will be able to
  take part in the exclusive ticket pre-sale from 9am on Thursday 12th March.
  Tickets go on general sale on Island50.com and other agents from 9am on
  Friday 13th March.
  May 21st ’09 will see the publication of “KEEP ON RUNNING – THE STORY OF
  ISLAND RECORDS” edited by Chris Salewicz (acclaimed author of recent Joe
  Strummer biog ‘Redemption Song’) and will include contributions from
  celebrated writers such as Paul Morley, Jon Savage, Sean O’Hagan, Vivien
  Goldman, Lloyd Bradley, Robin Denselow, Sylvia Patterson, Richard Williams
  and Joe Boyd.
  The ‘ISLAND LIFE’ Exhibition of Photos, Artwork and Memorabilia, which will
  run from May 22nd – 17th June, will take place at The Vinyl Factory, Phonica
  Records, 51 Poland Street, London W1F 7LZ. The exhibition will be divided
  into a number of themed areas that loosely define the numerous eras in
  Island’s history – Out of Jamaica, The Pink Label, The Season of the Witch,
  The Glitterball Years, Island Jamaica, Singular Voices, Global Expansion,
  World Music, and The New Millennium.
  Music retailer HMV will be a key partner in the Island 50 celebrations and
  will host a mini-exhibition reflecting the history and heritage of Island
  Records, its iconic artists and recordings at the flagship HMV store (360
  Oxford Street, London W1) and will help to celebrate through its instore
  radio, channel hmv, and its social network site, getcloser.com, which will
  make a special feature of Island 50 artists in May.
  The Island 50 Anniversary activities will be mirrored around the world later
  in the year. Check www.island50.com for updates and announcements will be
  made in individual territories in due course.
  Chris Blackwell founded the Island label in Kingston, Jamaica in 1959 with
  capital of just £1000. Relocating to London in the early 60s Blackwell built
  the most diverse and enviable back catalogue of any independent record label
  in history. From Island’s early Jamaican roots in ska and rock-steady,
  through the label’s expansion to become the cutting edge of progressive rock
  in the late 60s, and then on to the signing of such international superstars
  as Bob Marley and U2, Blackwell brought to Island a unique vision and
  passion which still informs the label’s approach to this day.
  Says Blackwell: “When I recorded ‘Lance Hayward at the Half Moon’ in 1959 at
  Federal Records Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, I had no inkling what path this
  had set me on. It has been an honour and a privilege to work with some of
  the greatest musical artists of all time. It was always my intention at
  Island to make records that stood the test of time, and I’m proud that
  Island is still a potent force in music 50 years since that first release.
  I’m very excited to be collaborating with the label to celebrate Island’s
  50th birthday and I’m particularly excited about the week of shows in
  London.”
  The Island label has been responsible for the careers of some of the biggest
  stars in music including U2, Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Traffic, Free,
  Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Toots & The Maytals, John
  Martyn, Marianne Faithfull, Aswad, Tom Waits, King Sunny Ade, Third World,
  Roxy Music, Robert Palmer, the B52s, Sly & Robbie, Melissa Etheridge, The
  Slits, Steel Pulse, Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Pulp, Tricky, Talvin Singh,
  and latterly Amy Winehouse, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, Sugababes, Keane, The
  Fratellis, Scott Matthews, Paul Weller, The Feeling, Portishead and Florence
  & The Machine.
  
  
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  • Anyone get lucky on the pre-sale? I tried at 09.05 and they'd all gone :-( -- The Weaver, 09:19:35 03/11/09 Wed
    • i missed out on the presale on wednesday at a similar time.. but managed to get some on the presale on thursday!! how many presales can you get!!! -- internationalist, 19:23:07 03/15/09 Sun
  
  
• Above the Clouds Scooter Collective -- AtCSC, 23:45:26 02/26/09 Thu
  In January 2007 a very dear friend of this messageboard died from cancer, the day I found out I knew I had to do something, to get off my arse and try, in a very small way to help the people that help the people... how could I do it?? I decided to have a night of celebration of her life at 100 Club in London and called it ABOVE THE CLOUDS... It was a real success and I was overwhelmed by peoples support.
  
  The idea for the ABOVE THE CLOUDS SCOOTER COLLECTIVE was born whilst reading Scootering one day, I had no idea how it would work or how to start it, that was before I discovered Facebook and once I had the platform it just took a few clicks and it was out there in public.. after a few weeks AtCSC had 300 odd members, then I went on an invite spree and over that weekend added 1000+ members, again I was stunned by the support and depth of feeling for this cause... as of writing we have well over 2000 members of the collective..
  
  There are patches available now and badges, so you can wear them with pride and show others that you support the fight. You can pay via paypal... jimpiddington66@aol.com
  or by cash or cheque, made payable to Above the Clouds. If you wish to pay this way email me and I will give you the address to send your payment too.
  
  Please make sure you specify the quantity you want when ordering. Please allow a few days for the patch to arrive once you have ordered.
  
  If you feel inclined to donate anymore to CRUK at the time of purchase then please feel free.All profits from the sale of any merchandise will go straight to CANCER RESEARCH UK, AtCSC will not be taking a penny from any sale. These will be on sale via the facebook group page or via email and hopefully, at a lot of the rallies throughout the season, so look out for them.
  
  I, with the help of all the members will organise events and ride outs around the country to help raise money for CRUK. I hope to have auctions going on occasionally for members only and other fund raising events.
  
  But the main reason for doing all this is to raise awareness, raise money and give scooter riders the world over a way to show their support for sufferers, people who have lost a loved one and to stick 2 fingers up at a disease which strikes at the heart of families worldwide....
  
  You can join the collective on facebook, if you don't have a FB account you can join by emailing: info@abovethecloudsscootercollective.co.uk
  or if you don't have a computer, you can simply txt your name with the message 'AtCSC' to: 07951-592-832. That way everyone can keep abreast of what is going on, where and when.. Look out for the AtCSC merchandise at a rally near you soon.....
  The website, which will be up and running soon is: www.abovethecloudsscootercollective.co.uk
  
  If you have any fund raising ideas or can help with an event in your area please get in touch in any of the ways mentioned above. This is not my collective, it is all of ours so all input is more than welcome..
  
  Since that first event we have put on several club nights in London which have also been very successful. The list of people who have supported AtC since 2007 reads like a who's who of mod/scootering: Graham, Paul Weller, Steve Cradock, Andy Lewis, Ady Croasdell, Eddie Piller, Garry Bushell, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler, Kev Lock, Long Tall Shorty, 17 Black, Secret Affair, Rinaldi Sings, Paolo Hewitt, Darron Connett, Mark Baxter, Dave Edwards, Tracie Young, TrACEy, Ikon originals, 100 Club, Grasp, Andy C, Fred Perry & Merc all of whom have either played at, DJ'd at or have given their time or items for auction at the previous Above The Clouds events.
  
  Thanks for all the support AtCSC has had so far......Keep On Keeping On people.. Together we can beat cancer!!!
  

  
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  • You know iam there always...come on people get your creative juices flowing.... -- A.K, 10:26:48 02/28/09 Sat
  
  
• Long Tall Shorty in Ireland -- Long Tall Shorty, 18:20:30 02/12/09 Thu
  N11 Saints present:
  Rally in the Valley Scooter Weekender.
  River Valley Holiday Park,
  Redcross,
  Co. Wicklow
  Ireland
  
  Friday 27th - Saturday 28th March 2009
  
  DJ’s for the weekend confirmed so far are, Bill Kealy, Harpo, Marco, Raff & Martin Bradshaw so there should be music to suit all.
  
  For those of you who were at Rallykissangel in 2006 you may remember the Belly Dancer and the craic that was had!!! Well she is back just for the Friday night, there will also be Scooterist karaoke on the Friday evening.
  
  Saturday afternoon there will be a nice scenic ride out and a ridden custom show, there will also be a Scooterist pub quiz with cash prizes and the Vespa Club of Ireland will also be holding their AGM at 5pm on the Saturday evening.
  
  Saturday evening will be pure uninterrupted top rally tunes by the best Irish Rally DJ’s and of course Live on stage Long Tall Shorty.
  
  Most of the caravans at the holiday park have now been booked and we expect the remainder to go in the next couple of weeks.
  
  Tickets for the weekend are still on sale priced at €15.
  
  for more info: www.n11saints.com
  

  
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  • Way to go, Jimi!! Hope all is well, mate! -- MODjerry and the boating blazers!, 02:56:54 02/13/09 Fri
  
  
• LONG TALL SHORTY - shameless self plugging -- Jim, 22:55:18 02/05/09 Thu
  In case you have heard how good LTS are and think you really should check them out but unfortunate ly they only seem to play down sawf!!! then despair no longer...
  
  Gigs in the pipeline or confirmed are:
  Southport, nr Liverpool - March 27th
  Rally in the Valley Scooter Weekend, Wexford, Ireland - March 28th
  Mods Mayday in Brum - May 2nd
  Fiddlers Elbow, Camden, London - June 6th with Russell Hastings
  Wurlitzer Ballroom, Madrid - June 27th
  
  If you are interested in more details about any of these gigs please email me using the icon on the left....
  
  Thanks
  

  
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  • Iv seen ya so Ill come to Southport if ya tell me where yr at and Im not working X -- Cazx, 15:51:22 02/06/09 Fri
    • Not confirmed yet... could be the Blundell Arms, Southport... still needs finalising.... is there enough people to come along?? long way to go to play to one man and his whippet :-) (NT) -- Jim, 20:51:44 02/06/09 Fri
      • Oi cheeky monkey lol Southports near Liverpool so get yr Scouse mates to come along (NT) -- Cazx, 15:18:37 02/07/09 Sat
        • I'm hoping that the scouse mafia will be in attendance.. Tony D, Gary Widnes, Vaughny, etc etc (NT) -- Jim, 22:00:21 02/07/09 Sat
          • Southport is off people... sorry. another time maybe... (NT) -- Jim, 19:12:00 02/08/09 Sun
            • Did my best mate got the mafia on the ball.......not enough warning we where getting a cockney invasion (NT) -- Ossy, 13:27:50 02/09/09 Mon
  
  
• Why is it so quiet in here? Where is eveyone and what ya all been up to.Im going to see Gino Washington next week and Ive had a tattoo,there thats my news x -- cazx, 20:33:09 01/29/09 Thu
  
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  • Alright Caz, iam still here, off to The Specials in April, and will be at The 100 Club on 22nd Feb to see The Small Fakers, see you there?.. (NT) -- A.K, 22:57:47 01/29/09 Thu
  • Cheers, Caz! I'm waiting for PAUL WELLER to come and play at the Coachella Festival here in the California desert in April...! WhOOO-HoooOO! (NT) -- MODjerry, 01:49:39 01/30/09 Fri
  • I went to see Geno last night,also Jimmy James and PP Arnold.Really good night (NT) -- Cazx, 15:53:36 02/06/09 Fri
  
  
• If Paul Weller was Black... -- SK (Blue Eyed Soul Boy), 23:57:14 02/02/09 Mon
  1. Would he have had the same success?
  2. Would've Dee been up for it?
  3. Or you?
  4. And would he have been accused of stealing "Black Music"?
  5. Would he be a better dancer?
  6. Could he do The Moon In Your Pajamas Walk?
  7. Barry Sheen
  

  
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  • Black eyed arse boy more like. (NT) -- TBC, 19:53:52 02/03/09 Tue
    • Seeing as you're a Real Fan, I'll give you a discount. (NT) -- SK (DDTB), 05:19:07 02/05/09 Thu
  
  
• Paul Weller Summer 09 Dates... -- A.K, 20:02:00 01/11/09 Sun
  Paul Weller will perform at a series of locations in June 09 for the UK Forestry Commission.
  
  Friday 5th June - Thetford Forest, Suffolk
  Friday 12th June - Delamere Forest, Cheshire
  Friday 19th June - Sherwood Pines Forest, Notts
  Saturday 20th June - Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloscester
  Friday 26th June - Cannock Chase Forest, Staffs
  Saturday 27th June - Dalby Forest, North Yorks
  
  Tickets go on sale 9am, Friday 16th January at the cost of £33.
  
  Ticket Information at The Forestry Site.
  

  
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  • Am hoping to go to Delamere X -- cazx, 08:21:09 01/13/09 Tue
  • And iam hoping to go to Westonbirt...just up the road.... -- A.K, 19:30:13 01/13/09 Tue
  • I have my txs X -- Cazx, 08:17:30 01/16/09 Fri
  
  
• HAPPY XMAS AND NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!! -- MODjerry and the 2-tone minstrels, 16:17:25 12/19/08 Fri
  Here's to the fans of the greatest musician of our lifetime PAUL WELLER.
  
  DIG IT!
  
  Best wishes this year to: AK-Jim-SK-Bully-Weaver-DDTB-Vince-RockChick K-Ossy-Cazx-HS-Mag-Darren(wherever you are, mate!) and evrybody who supports this great messageboard!!
  
  Love to you all-
  
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  • Thanks for the festive cheer, Jerry. May I add my best wishes to all on the board. We'd have to agree its been a pretty good year with the new album and supporting tour going down very well. I 'only' did 4 or 5 gigs this year but once again it was good to catch up with old friends from the board. Highlights for me were Oxford and the Opera House, Bournemouth! Thanks to Jim and Graham for the RAH front row at Duffy (apparently Weller and Cradock performed too ;-)) and talking of female vocalists I really enjoyed the Adele show on the box a couple of weeks ago. Here's to a great 2009 all. -- The Weaver, 09:01:04 12/20/08 Sat
  • Happy Xmas to one and all........ keep the faith -- Ossy, 10:10:08 12/26/08 Fri
  • Oh Ive eaten and drunk far too much but had a fantastic time doing it ,back to the gym in the New Year.Lovely to see Gail and Steve at OCS.See you all sometime in 2009 no doubt -- Cazx, 20:41:53 12/27/08 Sat
  • Happy New Year MODjerry and all. Hoping that 2009 is a BIG improvement on 2008! (NT) -- HS, 18:23:15 12/31/08 Wed
  • HS! -- MODjerry, 02:52:03 01/03/09 Sat
    • One day I might just take you up on that!! (NT) -- HS, 22:38:22 01/10/09 Sat
  • I cant complain about 2008 I packed alot in and had a great time.I just wonder why certain people are hell bent on trying to stir trouble up for ya for no apparent reason.Weird......Have a good 2009 you lot I know Im going to try X -- Cazx, 14:09:28 01/03/09 Sat
  
  
• Guildford Civic Hall Now closed..... -- A.K, 17:43:51 01/10/09 Sat
  A venue dear to many a Jam fan's heart. Now closed .. but click http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=34870 - read the tale and shed a tear at the pics.
  

  
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• PAUL WELLER was threatened with jail...What a very sad site this video is, its about time he grew up! -- A.K, 14:31:38 12/31/08 Wed
  MODFATHER PAUL WELLER was threatened with jail by cops after getting blind drunk and collapsing in the street.
  
  THE JAM legend, 50, was told he could be thrown in a cell with other drunks at the local nick after passing out in the arms of his 23-year-old lover HANNAH ANDREWS.
  
  A video handed to The Sun shows boozed-up Hannah — a backing singer for Weller — falling over twice.
  
  To see sozzled Paul and Hannah falling over watch our video below:
  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2078595.ece
  The Going Underground singer got wrecked after barging into a birthday bash at the Little Whale Pub while on a break in Czech Republic capital Prague.
  
  He insisted on singing with pub guitarist Brad Huff.
  
  See Paul Weller's embarrassing Jam by clicking here.
  
  But Brad — who had never heard of Weller — said: “He was really terrible. I told him he couldn’t sing. He was just kind of howling.”
  
  Lovers ... Hannah Andrews and Paul Weller
  Weller and Hannah spent two hours knocking back shots of vodka in the bar on Saturday night.
  
  Brad said: “His girlfriend was aggressive and kept blowing me raspberries. She fell off her bar stool and passed out on the floor.”
  
  In the video Weller helps her up, but can barely stand himself.
  
  As they finally stagger to the door, Hannah falls again, crashing into a chair.
  
  Outside they were found lying together semi-conscious in the freezing cold.
  

  
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  • So you all think Weller should "Grow up" and he is a " Sad old wanker"? R U avin a larf?? Weller is cool & he rocks & that's the way it wil always be... Get real FFS (NT) -- SK 2009, 18:42:16 01/03/09 Sat
    • The only problem I really have is.Its not MOD or COOL to be lying in the gutter spoiling yr clothes.But ye it looked like a good night to me.I wouldnt do it though having been to Prague and Kracow.The police will arrest anyone for being drunk.It aint England. (NT) -- Cazx, 19:44:43 01/03/09 Sat
      • I don't know wot u mean? Grown-Ups arnt COOL by definition, That's why PW has always been in2 yoof. If youd prefer a sensible drink with some mature people thats fine... You came to the right place. (NT) -- SK, 02:55:02 01/06/09 Tue
        • What do ya mean SK Im old and Im cool lol (NT) -- Cazx, 20:50:14 01/07/09 Wed
          • They all ignore me coz they don't know, I'm really a Spaceman from those UFO's. (Bring your fucking War to me) (NT) -- S(F)K (Brake it up. braake it up!!!), 03:40:15 01/09/09 Fri
  • Not Bad! Better than Black River! -- John ( Chelmsford), 14:50:01 01/06/09 Tue
  
  
• Happy Christmas and a Very Happy New Year... -- A.K, 19:12:09 12/22/08 Mon
  I would just like to wish everyone who posts on this board a great time over the holidays and thanks for keeping this board alive under the weight of new Blogs/Boards that have appeared over the last year or two, dont forget this was the FIRST and still the BEST PW Message Board on the web.
  Hope to have some news early next year about The Weller Weekend which could be in suuny Spain, watch this space!!..
  
  See Ya!
  

  
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• From The Jam -- Jim, 12:48:39 12/16/08 Tue
  Friday 19th December - Margate Winter Gardens - playing support is Gary Bushells band The Gonads, taking over the drum stool for this gig is....... me....wooohoooo...
  'ave it!!
  

  
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  • Nice Jim, have a great gig.....see you soon.. -- A.K, 13:27:14 12/16/08 Tue
  • Oi. When are you playing over here Moonie? -- Frank (Merry Christmas to all) Wilson, 21:28:08 12/16/08 Tue
  • have it Jim........................large -- Ossy, 22:13:49 12/16/08 Tue
  • Bloody wilson, thought you'd gone for good, how's the USOFA? -- A.K, 17:51:41 12/17/08 Wed
    • Not three bad mate. Tons of snow so I'm happy. The people are a bit wierd though. They all have funny accents and PG tips cost a bloody fortune. Saw Oasis a week or so ago, good gig but shite crowd. Oh and I'm missing the scene. (NT) -- Frank (bring it on Inter) Wilson, 16:17:28 12/19/08 Fri
  • Well if you're Rick Buckler then I'm Paul Weller. (NT) -- SK (Woolworths), 23:36:11 12/17/08 Wed
    • Caz, You can be Nicky and sell the merch @ 50% profit to you. (NT) -- SK (Tescos), 04:37:03 12/19/08 Fri
      • OK Chuck x (NT) -- Cazx, 13:49:57 12/19/08 Fri
  
  
• Cliche. Suppose he'll have more children he'll leave ... -- saddened, 09:45:36 12/13/08 Sat
  
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  • I cant believe him sometimes,gutted (NT) -- cazx, 21:06:10 12/13/08 Sat
    • I'm still up 4 it ! (NT) -- Star Fcuker, 04:34:33 12/15/08 Mon
      • but you're far too old !! (NT) -- wonder it he'll get into the net now and all that other 'new' stuff ..., 09:32:50 12/15/08 Mon
  • There's nothing like an old fool, just look at Ronnie Wood.....why can't these old men keep it in there trousers....grow up PW.. (NT) -- A.K, 17:07:38 12/15/08 Mon
  
  
• The Specials 2009 UK Tour Dates -- A.K, 15:47:23 12/02/08 Tue
  No wi dont know how true these are, or wether you can get tickets at the moment,but i can hardly wait for this tour, looks like it could be the highlight of 09...
  
  Newcastle Academy (April 22)
  Sheffield Academy (23)
  Birmingham Academy (25, 26)
  Glasgow Academy (28)
  Manchester Apollo (May 3)
  London Brixton Academy (6, 7)
  

  
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  • tickets next week matey -- judge dread, 23:10:15 12/02/08 Tue
  • These series of gigs will be amazing or very disapointing...hope its the former -- A.Fan, 22:31:58 12/07/08 Sun
  • tickets for brixton both nights bought, here we go!!!! -- man at c+a, 12:05:25 12/10/08 Wed
  • Tickets are bought for Brum + Brixton...bring it on... -- A.K, 17:33:45 12/10/08 Wed
  • Tickets for Manchester X -- Cazx, 14:14:18 12/11/08 Thu
  
  
• Does You're Mother Fucker Know? -- ABBA, 08:41:10 12/06/08 Sat
  You're so hot, teasing me
  So you're blue but I cant take a chance on a chick like you...
  That's something I couldn't do
  There's that look in your eyes
  I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wildAh, but girl you're only a child
  
  Well I can dance with you honey
  If you think its funny
  Does your mother know that youre out?
  And I can chat with you baby
  Flirt a little maybe
  Does your mother know that you're out?
  
  Take it easy (take it easy)
  Better slow down girl
  That's no way to go
  Does your mother know?
  Take it easy (take it easy)
  Try to cool it girl
  Take it nice and slow
  Does your mother know?
  
  I can see. what you want
  But you seem pretty young to be searching for that kind of fun
  So maybe Im not the one?
  Now you're so cute, I like your style
  And I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile (smile)
  But girl you're only a child
  
  Well I can dance with you honey
  If you think its funny
  Does your mother know that youre out?
  And I can chat with you baby
  Flirt a little maybe
  Does your mother know that youre out?
  
  Take it easy (take it easy)
  Better slow down girl
  That's no way to go
  Does your mother know?
  Take it easy (take it easy)
  Try to cool it girl
  Take it nice and slow
  Does your mother know?
  
  Well I can dance with you honey
  If you think its funny
  Does your mother know that you're out?
  And I can chat with you baby
  Flirt a little maybe
  Does your mother know that you're out?
  

  
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  • wrong fuckin site knobhead -- i think we all know who this is......., 19:08:21 12/07/08 Sun
  • Have we been drinking again S.K..not half a lager was it? -- P.Head, 22:30:15 12/07/08 Sun
  
  
• I have txs for Wolverhampton X -- cazx, 12:37:36 11/24/08 Mon
  
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• Set lists anyone? -- John ( Chelmsford), 10:45:48 11/19/08 Wed
  Who's going to Brixton? Anybody seen him lately, and want to share the experience? Alright AK you old Geezer?!
  

  
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  • Yep Ive seen him Ive got the set list from Liverpool.......No All you need is love in Manchester....As youd expect.....Hated the big arenas.......Nice to see Killer again though at Manc X -- Cazx, 11:50:00 11/20/08 Thu
  • Hello John,...Went to the dam to see him with Graham S and Jim P, brilliant gig, and saw him in Bristol, not going to Brixton gigs...but Graham nad Jim and the usual crew will be there.....see ya! -- A.K, 10:51:59 11/21/08 Fri
  • Lets hope he goes back to the Manx Apollo next tour venue too big think hed partyed too hard in Liverpool night before ! Gig started ok but dare i say it .....seemed to loose its way half way through lets hope at Nottingham hes back on top form....nice to see old friends keep the faith -- Ossy, 13:21:33 11/21/08 Fri
  • I thought the two couples at either side of me had died half way though the gig in Manchester they never moved.Dont know where they thought they were -- cazx, 17:44:59 11/21/08 Fri
  
  
• Here come the "Nice" -- Ha Ha!, 21:59:53 11/16/08 Sun
  Oh Yeah, you're all so fucking nice aren't you.
  

  
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  • greetings! have a good stay here, we're a freindly bunch and you'll be well paid -- --, 22:26:04 11/17/08 Mon
  
  
• Agent in Beverley Hills! -- laughing, 21:40:24 11/12/08 Wed
  That's the funniest bit in that hilarious bbc news OTT smoking "story"
  

  
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• Paul Weller From The Sunday Mail -- A.K, 13:28:00 11/10/08 Mon
  Paul Weller Backs Rebel Son To Carry On Family's Music Tradition
  
  Nov 9 2008 By Mickey Mcmonagle
  
  Paul Weller has notched up millions of album sales, had hits in four decades and sold out arenas all over the world.
  
  He is quick to play down his achievements but truly lights up when he reveals son Natt is following in his musical footsteps.
  
  His oldest boy has launched his own music career and 50-year-old Weller hopes some of his other four children will follow suit.
  
  Paul said: "I would love my kids to follow me into music.
  
  "I'd recommend it to anyone - it is one of the most noble professions and I would encourage it all I could. I'd love it.
  
  "My eldest is trying to get something together now. It wasn't out of me pushing him, he has come to it himself, which is as it should be.
  
  "It's not fair for me to say what he is doing but he is talking to labels, he has had some interest and now he is writing and recording demos. I'm really proud of him.
  
  "I will encourage and help any one of them in any way I can, whether in music or anything else they want to do - as any man would for his kids, any way he could."
  
  Weller is quite the family man. He has been with his partner Sammi, 12 years his junior, for 10 years and has five kids - Natt, 20, and Leah,16, daughter, Dylan, 11, daughter Jessie, six, and son, Mac, four. Natt and Leah's mum is Dee C Lee, who sang with Weller in The Style Council.
  
  Natt has already been splashed across the pages of newspapers, causing a sensation when he was snapped in London in September wearing make-up and telling paps he has had laser hair removal on his beard.
  
  Paul - always a non-conformist himself - loves his son's individuality and is tickled by the storm caused by Natt saying he has worn make-up for the past five years.
  
  He said: "Natt is a right little socialite, an enigma, alternative. The thing I love most about him is he genuinely doesn't give a f*** what anyone thinks about anything he does. It's very admirable."
  
  Paul admits it is difficult for young bands and artists to get anywhere. That's why he goes out of his way to help those he likes, offering them support slots or just talking them up.
  
  He said: "It is more difficult than when I started.
  
  Apart from raw talent, it is perseverance. You fall on s*** times where you feel it's not happening and things are not working out but out of those bad times good things come.
  
  "It's tough but you have to stick with it. You need luck and talent and no matter what people say or what happens you have to work through it.
  
  "It's important for people like me to help young bands in any way we can, handing over the torch.
  
  It's the right thing to do. When I started there weren't many people who helped us.
  
  "The bands who were big then were mostly much older and they were all a selfish lot, even though they were massive. I will always help out any band. It's a positive thing, the community thing - music is our communion and we are all part of the same world."
  
  Weller's last album 22 Dreams won rave reviews and is rated by many as his finest work.
  
  The singer admits the album's success has reinvigorated him and shown him reinvention is possible, even at 50. There are times in your life where you start to think you have done it all.
  
  Making this record showed me it is possible to find a new way. We haven't started writing the next album yet but we are excited about it.
  
  "The way we approached 22 Dreams was different and spontaneous, very improvised.
  
  "We would like to continue with that and see where it leads us. The band are really fired up and the whole thing really charged me up too."
  
  Fans will not have to wait long to hear if Weller's next album will continue the blistering form of 22 Dreams.
  
  "We have December and January off so we will get in the studio and see what happens. I have no idea what to expect, I really haven't a clue.
  
  "I've deliberately not been thinking about it. I just want to go in there and see what we come up with on the spot."
  
  At a time when many musicians would think about resting on their laurels, enjoying their achievements and spending time with their kids, Weller is touring and writing as much as ever.
  
  "I love playing live, it is an absolute joy. It's just the travelling that does my head in.
  
  "Performing is sensational. Playing to a crowd is what I want, what I need to do but the travel will become physically impossible at some point. It's not getting any easier as I get older.
  
  "Sitting on a bus for hours every day is difficult, you get fatigued. Every band moans about this, not just the old blokes.
  
  "Being away from my family does not get any easier, especially with the little ones. They get used to it because it's what their dad does but I was away for eight weeks recently which was really hard on all of us.
  
  "My youngest boy doesn't really understand it yet but what can you do? It's part of what we do.
  
  "The flip side is when I am at home I am there for months on end so it balances out, I like to think. I honestly can't imagine coming to a point where I don't want to do it any more.
  
  "I'm not saying I will never feel that way at some point. At 20 or 25 I could not imagine making music at 50 but here I am. If I am not playing music or writing it I am listening to other people's stuff.
  
  "It is everything to me and I honestly wonder what I would do without it. Music is such an integral, natural part of me, my character and my life, I could not imagine living without it."
  

  
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• Paul Weller in Dubai ....not a review. -- A.K From Timeout Magazine, 14:33:15 11/04/08 Tue
  Paul Weller in Dubai
  Changing man
  
  Time Out couldn’t stop smiling when Paul Weller’s headline slot at this month’s Desert Rhythm Festival was announced. Then he agreed to be interviewed. Read on to discover why he’s the star of our winter preview.Before I begin, let’s start with a confession. Many years ago – 1983 to be precise – in a small UK town, I went to school every day with a badge stuck to my school jumper that said, ‘The Jam’. Looking back, it was an excellent choice for an eight-year-old to make. Their singer, Paul Weller, was the king of cool; a mod revivalist who looked great and sounded even better. Then there was the music – songs that captured the mood of a troubled nation; melodies you could fall in love to; choruses you’d hum on the school bus. There were many reasons to fall under Weller’s spell, and I did, big time. Even when he split the band at the height of their powers, reinvented himself with the Style Council and reneged – on the surface at least – with everything to which he’d previously adhered. Fast forward to the mid-’90s and the Modfather, as he was now known, was still with us – this time as the spiritual figurehead of the Britpop movement, crafting solo albums that counterbalanced his trademark fire-in-the-belly zeal with a new-found maturity. And now here we are in the present. Weller is still a star, I am still a fan (his new number-one album, 22 Dreams, has been on my iPod all week) and, judging by the energy crackling down a phone line from a rehearsal room outside London, that fire shows no signs of dimming.
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  'Well you’ve got pop stars and you’ve got f***in’ artists, man; and it depends what you want out of it all,’ says the man himself matter-of-factly, but not without a hint of pride. I’ve heard he can be a prickly interviewee, but today he’s on good form. Guarded, perhaps, when the conversation strays towards his private life, but happy to talk about anything else. ‘I’m after fulfilment, y’know?’ he continues. ‘Even after all these years I’m a firm believer that you’re only as good as your last record; you’ve got to always look forwards.’ So how, when so many of his peers have faded into obscurity or resorted to nostalgia tours, does he keep those creative juices flowing? Sheer bloody enthusiasm? ‘I think so man,’ he says in his trademark London accent, before chuckling throatily. ‘I mean, I can’t just say it’s ’cos I’m exceptionally talented can I?’ He could, and lots of people would agree with him, but longevity requires far more than raw talent. ‘I think it depends if you’re still a fan of the music,’ he says reflectively. ‘A lot of people in this business get cynical, but I’ve never been like that; I’m never, ever cynical about making music or the whole communion of playing it to people when it’s really happening – that’s a really fine thing that you can’t be cynical about.’ For Weller, then, this truly is a life-long love affair. ‘When I was nine or 10 I used to watch bands on TV and think: that’s f***ing amazing! I always wanted to do it; I just think it’s incredible how music encapsulates people’s feelings in such a short space of time.’ And if anyone knows about songs that capture not just the individual’s heart, but the zeitgeist, it should be Paul Weller. The canon of songs he amassed since his days with The Jam are the sort of anthems that take on a life of their own. The privilege of being the author of those songs is not lost on Weller. ‘It’s amazing really. When I play ‘Town Called Malice’ or ‘That’s Entertainment’ it’s like they’re not my songs any more; they’ve become public domain.’ Not that you’ll hear too many retrospective moments at a Paul Weller show. Until recently, he refused to indulge in any form of nostalgia, preferring to concentrate on the newer music. This stance has softened in recent years – these days you’ll likely hear a couple of the older songs – but, true to form, the concentration remains on the here and now. Which means touring the world to promote a new record. Sprawling double album 22 Dreams is easily the best thing Weller has done in years; a rich tapestry of sounds, textures and emotions combining the disparate elements of his career into a new, fresh sound. It was, he says, ‘a joy’ to make. ‘I couldn’t wait to get in the studio every single day,’ he enthuses. ‘We were doing something different all the time and it was so much fun. A lot of it was new for me, which was quite a feat after all these years.’ Judging by the overwhelming response to the release of 22 Dreams – his first UK number one in years – Weller is entering his fifth decade on the verge of a whole new chapter. But whether it marks the next deliberate stage of his career is something he’s less sure of. ‘I just see it as one man’s journey through life, really’ he muses. ‘With every record you learn something new. Musically, spiritually, as a person… in every way; everything has been leading to this moment. It’s just growing up and moving on.’ I wholeheartedly agree with these closing sentiments – that life is all about today and tomorrow – failing only to mention that somewhere in a drawer back home, saved for posterity, is a badge with the name on it of my all-time favourite band. Ever changing moodsIn case you hadn’t already noticed, Weller is a very stylish man. Most of the time.1970s:The Jam era – razor sharp songs, suits and haircuts.1980s:Style Council – experimental sounds and fringes.1990: The Britpop Modfather – possibly having a midlife crisis. 2000s: Age shall not weary those possessed of the Mod spirit.We Got RhythmDesert Rhythm Festival co-stars include carnival funsters Kassav’, reggae veterans The Wailers and rock-pop band ViX ‘n’ The Kix.And, we have two tickets to give away. Simply answer the following: What is the main theme of Desert Rhythm this year? a) Thanksgiving, with how-to-carve-your-turkey workshops b) Halloween, with costume competitions c) St Patrick’s Day. Enter at www.timeoutdubai.com/competitions before October 23.
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• the o2 areana. -- not impressed, 19:53:55 10/25/08 Sat
  Andy
  just read your piss poor comments on splinters about the o2 gig.5 nights at Brixton would be cool yeah,but who could afford that?£35 x 5....hmmmmmm,i for one would rather see him do the one night in a venue where ive never been,and im sure you havn't(dont knock it till youve tried it) Just because Noel says it's a souless place(how the fuck does he know?does seeing Led Zep there once give him the authority to say that?)
  Tell you what,fuck the o2,fuck the 5 nights at Brixton,lets do 45 nights at the 100 club.
  

  
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  • What iam saying is, i hate big arena shows...lifeless, soulless places all of them...i mean if your not anywere near the stage, you end up watching the video screens, well in that case stay at home and waych a dvd of him live...it amounts to the same thing....5 nights at Brixton gives people to get a better atmos and you don't have to go to all 5 nights....well iam knocking it and hopefully will never go to the O2...you can keep it mate...tell you what, put a CD case at the end of your garden and go and stand at the other end and get your whole to stand in front of you and see if you enjoy it....i doubt it very much... -- A.K, 10:11:52 10/26/08 Sun
  • that should of read whole family.... -- A.K, 10:16:15 10/26/08 Sun
  • have actually been to the o2 ? -- not impressed, 19:00:04 10/26/08 Sun
    • Venues -- Ossy, 15:50:19 10/28/08 Tue
  • Nice to hear from you Ossy...where have you been, have'nt seen you at gigs at all for an age? -- A.K, 17:08:35 10/28/08 Tue
    • Andy you forget i live up North !! And with the credit crunch im spending my cash on my Lammy,Quite miss old London town , i want to come down to see DJs band that would be cool -- Ossy, 14:40:28 11/03/08 Mon
  • O2 -- John ( Chelmsford), 12:17:19 11/04/08 Tue
  
  
• Id like to say a big thanks to SK,he knows why.I love him hes a star XXXXX -- Cazx, 10:15:41 08/27/08 Wed
  
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  • Is it coz Im just like PW but without the looks, talent or £££ (NT) -- SK?, 01:39:40 09/03/08 Wed
    • Yr sooooo much nicer SK lol (NT) -- cazx, 12:54:21 09/03/08 Wed
  • your fackin jokin aincha caz??? sk is the biggest prick ever. (NT) -- what a dick he is, 19:53:47 10/21/08 Tue
    • My Mum, Dad and all my Fans disagree with you. You're a total nobody that takes your whole identity form PW. You can all get fucked including AK that sucks up to you. (NT) -- SK, 04:35:07 10/22/08 Wed
      • Now calm down boys X (NT) -- cazx, 11:45:32 10/23/08 Thu
  • what makes you think im a 'boy' caz? girls hate the prick too. (NT) -- go lick a window, 01:43:25 10/25/08 Sat
    • ok then calm down boys and girls.I dont understand why people get so wound up by him (NT) -- cazx, 13:27:46 10/27/08 Mon
  
  
• Paul Weller LIVE AT LONDON'S O2 ARENA - MARCH 21st 2009 ( Don't shot the messager) -- A.K, 16:13:31 10/20/08 Mon
  
  Having sold out every one of his London shows in 2008, tickets for Paul Weller's first ever gig at London's O2 Arena go on general public sale on Friday 24th October!!
  
  However exclusively for Paulweller.com, there is a special presale.......!
  
  Tickets for you only will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 22nd October.
  
  The tickets are available from the 24 hour hotline 0870 735 5000 or online from www.bookingsdirect.com
  
  Paul will be joined by very special guests The Coral, in London's newest and brightest arena, it will be a show not to be missed.
  
  Tickets are priced at £37.50 and. Agency and credit card bookings subject to a booking fee. Max 6 tickets per household.
  

  
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  • before anyone ask's no this isnt a joke...personally i think this is the wrong sort of venue to see ANYONE in, let alone PW....discuss..P.S it holds 22,000 people...i should think he will struggle to fill it? -- A.K, 16:16:00 10/20/08 Mon
  
  
• Just setting off to Munich to see Weller,Well excited x -- Cazx, 21:39:01 10/08/08 Wed
  
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  • FAB FAB FAB time x (NT) -- cazx, 14:10:54 10/13/08 Mon
    • Don't worry about speaking to yourself, We have way to make zee others talk. (NT) -- Sour Kraut, 06:47:00 10/15/08 Wed
  • Was it better than Amsterdam? (NT) -- A.K, 16:24:43 10/15/08 Wed
    • Didnt do Amsterdam AK (NT) -- cazx, 11:39:42 10/17/08 Fri
    • Amsterdam was the low point of the Tour. (NT) -- A. Dyke, 05:34:45 10/18/08 Sat
  
  
• Weller: I Saw Noel Stage Attack! +Interview -- A.K, 18:26:53 10/14/08 Tue
  Assault In Toronto!
  Weller: I Saw Noel Stage Attack!
  
  PAUL WELLER is a man who's been in the right place at the right time throughout his career.
  
  And that was true when he saw OASIS on the night NOEL GALLAGHER was shoved over by a stage invader.
  
  He said: "I was standing right by the side of the stage and it was so quick I didn't even see it happen - but I saw the commotion afterwards."
  
  Noel was assaulted and pushed into a monitor by a crazed Canadian at the gig at V Festival in Toronto on September 7.
  
  But such was the speed of events that the full scale of what went on only became apparent afterwards.
  
  A shocked Paul confessed: "I didn't see the geezer come out - it was that quick! I didn't know what had happened until straight after."
  
  But despite the assault, Weller reckons that Oasis played one of the best shows of their lives that evening.
  
  He said: "They still played an incredible gig that night. That was one of the best times I've ever seen them. They were on fire. They were f***ing great."
  
  People have been agreeing that Oasis are back on form after a few years of treading water - and the same could be said about Weller.
  
  With latest album 22 Dreams, he's got the stamp of critical approval and a new audience of fans eager to hear his more experimental material.
  
  Paul said: "I worked with Noel Gallagher on this record but that wasn't what was planned - it just happened. I do like the new Oasis album. I like bits of it an awful lot. They've tried to take it on a bit. "
  
  On his own new songs, Paul said: "I wanted to make something different, just for my own sake. I wanted to play with the sound and try and take the music somewhere else. Just to make it interesting for myself, to see what's out there."
  
  He uses more abstract sounds and different arrangements on his ninth solo album, adding: "It's like part two now - I wanted to go somewhere else with this album and see what the outcome was."
  
  Paul - who found fame with THE JAM then STYLE COUNCIL, before pursuing a solo career entwined with the Britpop movement of the 90s - is back to his moody, manly, song-writing heyday.
  
  He confessed: "I do feel like I've got a second wind, definitely. With this new record but also with the new band. We're just firing again and there's a new enthusiasm and a new energy with the whole thing."
  
  "I can't say I lost the excitement but I was just somewhere else for a bit. It's gone to another level for me now. You have to hang onto that and run with that - I'm very conscious that there is that. It's a special time."
  
  And Paul is proud that young bands are proving so successful at following in his footsteps, especially Jam-aficionados THE ENEMY.
  
  He said: "Listen, that's one of the best compliments anyone can ever pay me as a musician or a writer. I genuinely like The Enemy and Tom's lyrics are a great.
  
  "It's just nice to have a band who are trying to say something about people's lives. For a new generation."
  
  Paul's own son NATT - from a previous relationship with Style Council singer DEE C LEE - is trying to find fame with his own brand of goth/electro pop.
  
  Weller Senior is currently out on the road touring the world and hits our shores for a UK tour beginning in Crawley on November 6.
  
  He said: "I love to play man, that's never a problem. Some places they aren't necessarily that familiar with the new stuff. But I think it's a testament to the quality of the new stuff that by the end of the song people are having it."
  
  And he's also getting nostalgic by releasing a four CD box set of radio sessions titled Paul Weller At The BBC.
  
  He said: "I wasn't averse to it when the idea came up, I actually quite like the idea. I've always liked those radio sessions. It always takes it to a different dimension when you play live.
  
  "You've only got one chance to get it right - flying by the seat of the pants, you can't go back and re-record it. "
  
  After completing the world tour in December, Paul plans to rest for a while - but not too long. He revealed he wants to get back into the studio as soon as possible.
  
  "I've got December, January and February off and I'll probably just go back in the studio and experiment really.
  
  "See what it leads to. I'm still fired up by this stuff. I'm just enjoying it, I'm happy doing it."
  

  
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  • It's as clear as this: I got good taste - Right? Oasis couldn't hold a candle to The PW Band that night. But respect to Noel for coming out 1st & finishing his set with 3 brocken ribs. -- SK (On The Spot), 06:41:18 10/15/08 Wed
  
  
• PW NEWS!! -- A.K, 13:34:26 10/07/08 Tue
  First up - it's time to announce the new single although you may be aware of this by now.
  
  The new single will be the popular 'Sea Spray' backed by '22 Dreams' and they'll be released on 3 November. As usual there'll be a range of formats available - which we will bring you more info on in a later newsletter - plus a special bundle deal with Townsend Records, click here to pre-order.
  
  November 3rd is going to somewhat of a Weller fest with the release of 'Weller at the BBC' which will come out on the same day in a range of formats including hardbook 4 x CD, a standard 2 x CD and 3 x Vinyl LP. You can pre-order through HMV who are offering a free MP3 recording of 'Changingman' recorded back in 1998 if you order now. To pre-order click here.
  
  Have a look at this trailer for the set.
  
  
  Win tickets to see Paul live in Madrid
  
  Paul has now kicked off his European tour and is now in Germany for a few dates, after that it's Austria, Italy and Spain. For those of you are making the trek and coming to these gigs, many thanks for your much appreciated loyalty and endless dedication!
  
  Talking of European dates, we have a competition to win a pair of tickets to see Paul play live in Madrid on 18th October. As well as winning two tickets, the winner will also have travel and accommodation included too. On entering the competition please make sure you are free to travel on 18th October and returning 19th October.
  
  We'll be looking to name the winner in next week's newsletter and will be asking them to keep a photo diary of their trip which will then be hosted on Flickr.
  

  
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• Win tickets to see Paul perform live at the BBC this Saturday -- A.K, 16:49:30 09/23/08 Tue
  Win tickets to see Paul perform live at the BBC this Saturday
  22nd Sep 2008
  Afternoon all,
  Fancy winning a couple of tickets to see Paul perform live at the BBC this Saturday, if so click here to register to enter the competition (please note the rules). The competition closes at 12 noon this Wednesday (25th).
  Best of luck!
  Go to http://www.paulweller.com/home.php
  

  
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  • turned into a bloody fiasco.. the competition went horribley wrong.. ended up with 200 tickets spare on the door. and then and audience of 122 people! bring back nikkie and her running of the website.. at least fans got in -- sid nic al!, 21:50:53 09/28/08 Sun
  • I read about that on Splinters...i entered myself...could of just driven down there by the sounds of it.....as you said bring back Nikki...most record company/fan websites are run by total arseholes anyway, with no interest of the artist they are supposed to be promot -- A.K, 16:09:03 09/29/08 Mon
  
  
• The Zombies 2009 tour -- A.K, 14:46:24 09/25/08 Thu
  
  The Zombies have just announced a 2009 UK tour.
  
  Following their rapturously-received sold-out shows at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this year (marking the 40th anniversary of their seminal album Odessey & Oracle), the baroque mod-psych poppers play the following venues in April:
  
  Glasgow ABC (April 21st)
  Bristol Colston Hall (April 23rd)
  Manchester Bridgewater Hall (April 24th)
  London Hammersmith Apollo (April 25th)
  
  Expect them to repeat the trick of playing Odessey & Oracle in its entirety, plus plenty of other tracks from their back catalogue, in addition to some of Colin Blunstone's recent solo output. Tickets for the dates go on sale tomorrow (Thursday September 25) at 9am, so head to Aloud or Ticketweb now to snap yours up.
  

  
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• 'Paul Weller at the BBC' -- A.K, 17:38:50 09/21/08 Sun
  'Paul Weller at the BBC' is a stunning seventy-four track, all digitally-remastered, four CD hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions and live concert tracks from 1990 – 2008, fully sanctioned by Weller and including his introduction to the liner notes.
  
  Discs one and two feature key session tracks from 1992 – 2008 and include forty unreleased versions, many with interview snippets and Paul's song introductions. Many of these sessions are show-casing material from new or forthcoming albums and are presented in band versions as well as solo, acoustic settings. There are some rare gems within these sessions, including an exhilarating rendition of Ronnie Lane's 1974 single 'The Poacher' from 1997. From 2006 are highlights of Radio 2's 'Sold On Song' show, where Paul, armed with acoustic guitar, provided a fascinating song-writing tutorial as he explained the process behind 'Amongst Butterflies', 'Frightened' and 'That's Entertainment', amongst others.
  
  From 2008 come stunning interpretations of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)', 'Cold Moments' and 'Push It Along' from the recent critically-acclaimed '22 Dreams' set.
  
  Discs three and four feature thirty-four of the best live concert tracks from six BBC-recorded shows from 1990–1998, including an early solo gig at the Town and Country club from December 1990 with previously-unreleased tracks 'Just Like Yesterday' (a Weller original) and The Isley Brothers' 'Work To Do'. Another unreleased song is Marvin Gaye's classic 'What's Going On' from the Royal Albert Hall October 1992.
  
  Also featured is the triumphant July 1995 headlining performance at the Phoenix Festival where he performs dazzling versions of live favourites, 'Porcelain Gods', 'Stanley Road', 'Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)' and 'Shadow Of The Sun'.
  
  The package includes a sixty-four page booklet with extensive new sleevenotes, brand new interviews with Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie, Tim Burgess, Steve White and others. The booklet also features scores of rare and unseen photos from the Lawrence Watson archive.
  
  CD One
  
  1. Fly On The Wall - Johnnie Walker - Live 5.9.92
  2. Pink On White Walls - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
  3. Amongst Butterflies - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
  4. Wild Wood - Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - Transmitted 2.10.93
  5. Hung Up - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
  6. Out Of The Sinking - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
  7. Clues - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
  8. Whirlpools' End - Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - Transmitted 26.10.94
  9. Out Of The Sinking - Lunchtime Show 01.11.94
  10. Broken Stones - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
  11. Time Passes - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
  12. The Changingman - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
  13. I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Evening Session - Transmitted 08.05.95
  14. Broken Stones - Simon Mayo - Transmitted 08.05.95
  15. You Do Something To Me - Simon Mayo - Transmitted 08.05.95
  16. Brushed - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  17. Peacock Suit - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  18. Up In Suzes' Room - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  19. Friday Street - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  20. Mermaids - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  21. The Poacher - Evening Session - Live 10.06.97
  
  CD Two
  
  1. Driving Nowhere - Mark Goodier - Transmitted 23.11.97
  2. Friday Street - Kaledoscope Live In The Studio 19.9.97
  3. Science - Jo Whiley Recorded 97
  4. Wishing On A Star - The Drivetime Show With Jonnie Walker Date 01.09.04
  5. Thinking Of You - The Drivetime Show With Jonnie Walker Date 01.09.04
  6. Corrina, Corrina - Mark Lamarr For Jonathan Ross 08.01.05
  7. Early Morning Rain - Mark Lamarr For Johnathan Ross 08.01.05
  8. Foot Of The Mountain - Mark Lamarr For Johnathan Ross 08.01.05
  9. To The Start Of Forever - Janice Long 04.03.05
  10. Out Of The Sinking - Janice Long 04.03.05
  11. Paper Smile - The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie
  12. Come On.Let's Go - The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie
  13. Amongst Butterflies - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
  14. Frightened - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
  15. That's Entertainment - Mark Lamarr - Sold On Song 11.02.06
  16. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.2008
  17. Cold Moments - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08
  18. Push It Along - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08
  19. Pretty Flamingo - Mark Lamarr - God's Jukebox 05.07.08
  
  CD Three
  
  1. My Ever Changing Moods - Town And Country - 05.12.90
  2. A Man Of Great Promise - Town And Country - 05.12.90
  3. Kosmos - Town And Country - 05.12.90
  4. Speak Like A Child - Town And Country 05.12.90
  5. Just Like Yesterday
  6. Work To Do - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  7. Pity Poor Alfie - Town And Country - 05.12.90
  8. What's Goin On - Royal Albert Hall
  9. Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!) - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  10. Hercules - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  11. Bull-Rush/Magic Bus - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  12. Above The Clouds - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  13. Everything Has A Price To Pay - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  14. Headstart For Happiness - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  15. Into Tomorrow - Royal Albert Hall - 13.10.92
  16. Porcelain Gods - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95
  17. Stanley Road - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95
  18. Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) - Phoenix Festival - 13.7.95
  
  CD Four
  
  1. Shadow Of The Sun - Phoenix Festival - 13.07.95
  2. I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Phoenix Festival - 13.07.95 (With Noel Gallagher)
  3. Out Of The Sinking - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96 (With Jools Holland)
  4. Hung Up - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
  5. Sunflower - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
  6. Broken Stones - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96 (With Jools Holland)
  7. Fly On The Wall - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
  8. Tales From The Riverbank - Finsbury Park - 09.06.96
  9. Peacock Suit - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
  10. Heavy Soul - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
  11. Science - Victoria Park - 08.08.98
  12. I Didn't Mean To Hurt You - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
  13. Brand New Start - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
  14. Wild Wood - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
  15. Friday Street - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98
  16. The Changingman - Radio Theatre - 09.11.98 (With Ian McLagan)
  
  
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• From The Jam (On tour now at a towm near you) -- SK (FYI), 22:35:45 09/12/08 Fri
  After taking advice from John Weller, they have officially changed their name to "From The Fucking Jam".
  

  
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• The Specials LIVE 08 Bestival....reformed -- A.K, 17:09:55 09/11/08 Thu
  http://www.youtube.com/user/mike1970c
  
  http://www.youtube.com/user/paulska67
  
  Some fantasic footage from a reformed Specials minus Jerry Dammers....lucky bastards, wish ied been there...rumour has it they are doing a few shows at nthe end of the year....will keep you posted.
  

  
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• Good Luck Jim... -- A.K, 16:50:54 09/11/08 Thu
  Jim P have a great gig tonight playing at the 100 CLUB with Long Tall Shorty supporting The Jamm....see you saturday at Secret Affair/Long Tall Shorty aftershow party....Best Of Luck!!
  

  
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• Where's The Jam? -- The Weaver, 20:40:31 09/03/08 Wed
  Noels Top 10 bands:
  
  1. The Beatles
  2. The Rolling Stones
  3. The Who
  4. Sex Pistols
  5. The Kinks
  6. The La's
  7. Pink Floyd
  8. The Bee Gees
  9. The Specials
  10 (Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
  
  Probably have The Jam, The Clash, The Small Faces and Toots and the Maytals and out with the La's, the Pistols, Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd.
  

  
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  • His minds with Man City at the minute,dream on Noel.Theres still only one team in Manchester x -- Cazx, 13:15:58 09/04/08 Thu
  • Take it you did mean Gallagher and not Edmonds lol -- cazx, 13:17:09 09/04/08 Thu
    • Is this why Weller pushed Noel off stage last nite and then went for Liam? -- SK, 23:14:47 09/08/08 Mon
      • That was just soooooo funny.Liam looked like he was shatting his pants he didnt put up much of a fight.Anyone who hasnt seen it its on you tube -- Cazx, 15:43:08 09/11/08 Thu
  
  
• Weller at the BBC -- Jim, 14:19:10 08/14/08 Thu
  'Weller at the BBC' is a stunning 74-track, all digitally-remastered, 4-CD hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions and live concert tracks from 1990 – 2008, fully sanctioned by Weller and including his introduction to the liner notes.
  
  • Includes alternative versions of 19 classic hit singles - Hung Up, Out Of The Sinking, Wild Wood, The Changing Man, You Do Something To Me, Uh Huh Oh Yeh, Peacock Suit, Brushed, Brand New Start, Wishing On A Star, Thinking Of You, Come On / Lets Go, Above The Clouds, Sunflower, Broken Stones, Speak Like A Child, My Ever Changing Moods, All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) and That's Entertainment.
  
  • Discs one and two feature key session tracks from 1992 – 2008. Includes 40 unreleased versions, many with interview snippets and Paul's song introductions. Many of these sessions are show-casing material from new or forthcoming albums and are presented in band versions as well as solo, acoustic settings.
  
  • There are some rare gems within these sessions including an exhilarating rendition of Ronnie Lane's 1974 single The Poacher from 1997. From 2006 are highlights of Radio 2's, Sold On Song, where Paul armed with acoustic guitar provided a fascinating song-writing tutorial as he explained the process behind Amongst Butterflies, Frightened and That's Entertainment amongst others.
  
  • From July this year are stunning interpretations of All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You), Cold Moments and Push It Along from the recent critically-acclaimed, no. 1 album 22 Dreams.
  
  • Discs three and four feature 34 of the best live concert tracks from six BBC-recorded shows from 1990 – 1998, including an early solo gig at the Town and Country club December 1990 with previously-unreleased tracks Just Like Yesterday (a Weller original) and The Isley Brothers' Work To Do. Another unreleased song is Marvin Gaye's classic What's Going On from Royal Albert Hall October 1992.
  
  • Also featured is the triumphant July 1995 headlining performance at the Phoenix Festival where he performs dazzling versions of live favourites - Porcelain Gods, Stanley Road, Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) & Shadow Of The Sun.
  
  • Includes a 64-page booklet with extensive new sleevenotes, brand new interviews with Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie, Tim Burgess, Steve White and others.
  
  • The booklet features scores of rare and unseen photos from the Lawrence Watson archive.
  
  TRACKLISTING
  
  Driving Nowhere
  Fly On The Wall
  My Ever Changing Moods
  Shadow Of The Sun
  A Man Of Great Promise
  Friday Street
  I Walk On Gilded Splinters
  ink On White Walls
  Amongst Butterflies
  Kosmos
  Out Of The Sinking
  Science
  Hung Up
  Speak Like A Child
  Wild Wood
  Wishing On A Star
  Hung Up
  Just Like Yesterday
  Sunflower
  Thinking Of You
  Broken Stones
  Corrina, Corrina
  Out Of The Sinking
  Work To Do
  Clues
  Early Morning Rain
  Fly On The Wall
  Pity Poor Alfie
  Foot Of The Mountain
  Tales From The Riverbank
  What's Going On
  Whirlpools' End
  Out Of The Sinking
  Peacock Suit
  To The Start Of Forever
  Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!)
  Broken Stones
  Heavy Soul
  Hercules
  Out Of The Sinking
  Bull-Rush / Magic Bus
  Paper Smile
  Science
  Time Passes
  Above The Clouds
  Come On/Let's Go
  I Didn't Mean To Hurt You
  The Changingman
  Amongst Butterflies
  Brand New Start
  Everything Has A Price To Pay
  I Walk On Gilded Splinters
  Broken Stones
  Frightened
  Headstart For Happiness
  Wild Wood
  Friday Street
  Into Tomorrow
  That's Entertainment
  You Do Something To Me
  All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
  Brushed
  Porcelain Gods
  The Changingman
  Cold Moments
  Peacock Suit
  Stanley Road
  Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)
  Push It Along
  Up In Suzes' Room
  Friday Street
  Pretty Flamingo
  Mermaids
  The Poacher
  

  
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  • F-Yeah!!! - Thanx for posting this, Jim!! -- MODjerry and the BBC associates, 16:31:01 08/14/08 Thu
  • when -- LM, 18:53:25 08/22/08 Fri
    • looking like begining of november -- robbie taylor, 21:27:13 08/25/08 Mon
  
  
• The Jamm for the last time at 100 Club -- LTS, 20:25:14 08/18/08 Mon
  Long Tall Shorty will be playing with The Jamm at 100 Club, London on 11th September. Im gonna play at 100 Club wooohoooo!!!!!
  

  
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  • WOW...get in there Jimmy boy!!...dream come true....sorry i can't be there...will see you on the saturday though -- A.K, 16:11:00 08/19/08 Tue
  
  
• Free Gig At MERC......The Rifles -- A.K, 16:00:09 08/13/08 Wed
  The Rifles are playing a free gig
  at the Merc shop in Carnaby St. next Friday 22nd at 6 PM....great LIVE band...get down there if you can.........
  

  
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• Come on you lot wake up lol So whos going to the Isle Of Wight? Really looking forward to this I love it there X -- Cazx, 07:08:02 08/13/08 Wed
  
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• Great Soul Man Isaac Hayes has died. -- A.K, 07:55:51 08/11/08 Mon
  US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes has died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 65. One of the greatest soul men, brought black music to the masses in the mid-sixties at his time with STAX Records. Won an oscar with The Theme From SHAFT in the earkly 70's...
  R.I.P
  

  
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• Tonight Mathew...iam going to be Paul Weller... -- A.K, 17:54:15 07/29/08 Tue
  On tonight, Paul will be appearing on the Culture Show on BBC2 at 10pm, talking about '22 Dreams', turning 50 etc. Make sure you tune in for that one.
  

  
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• Manchester mod weekender 25th 26th July x -- cazx, 12:37:46 07/24/08 Thu
  
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• LTS & RT3 Unzipped at The Fly -- LTS, 22:31:37 07/22/08 Tue
  
  

  
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• The Creation 100 Club... -- A.K, 16:42:50 07/21/08 Mon
  Anyone going to see The Creation at The 100 Club this thursday?....if you are hope to see you there....see you thursday Mr P.
  
  www.100club.com
  

  
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  • im going.fackin luv em -- Knackered Stallion, 16:34:37 07/22/08 Tue
  
  
• Im off to see Trio Valore tonight .Im excited X -- cazx, 15:09:00 07/16/08 Wed
  
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  • Had a lovely time the boys were great.Got some nice pics.Mani was there and I got a nice cuddle off him X (NT) -- cazx, 14:04:56 07/17/08 Thu
    • And Im seeing them again tomorrow in Manchester x (NT) -- cazx, 17:10:18 07/17/08 Thu
  
  
• New single -- A.K, 16:49:05 07/14/08 Mon
  ALL I WANNA DO / PUSH IT ALONG / BIG BRASS
  BUTTONS (feat. Bobby Gillespie)
  Released August 18th on Island Records.
  
  Riding high on the back of the success of his recent
  No 1 album “22 Dreams”, Paul Weller releases a new
  single - the double A side features tracks from the
  aforementioned album; ALL I WANNA DO / PUSH IT ALONG
  plus a previously unreleased track BIG BRASS BUTTONS
  co-written by and featuring Primal Scream’s Bobby
  Gillespie. (An instrumental version of the track
  appeared on the second CD of the Deluxe Edition of the
  album). In addition to the 3-track CD there will be 2
  limited edition 7” singles – one in the old-school
  pink Island Records bag featuring ALL I WANNA DO / BIG
  BRASS BUTTONS, the other a different art-worked bag
  featuring (still TBC).
  And of course, all tracks will be available to
  download from the usual sites.
  

  
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• It's As Clear As This! -- SK, 03:08:36 07/04/08 Fri
  Proper Song
  Attitude
  Moves
  Gear
  Everything
  .
  
  Proper Hair...
  Not a Jimmy Saville post Rod Stewart whatever Mullet
  Worth mare than 22
  22 Year Old PW agrees with me
  
  YOU'VE ALL LOST IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

  
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vILQhDGO8Xg (NT) -- SK, 03:10:37 07/04/08 Fri
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xo_owtOX4g (NT) -- SK, 03:14:02 07/04/08 Fri
  • jesus,you spout some shyte -- SK, 23:30:10 07/05/08 Sat
  • Well I know I've lost it, about 10 years ago now actually. (NT) -- The Gardener of Eden, 19:47:50 07/08/08 Tue
    • What makes you think you ever had it? Keep up the day job... (NT) -- SK (Weller's Tea Boy), 04:44:01 07/13/08 Sun
      • Because it used to keep my head warm, and I could see it and everything (NT) -- The Gardener of Eden, 12:39:21 07/13/08 Sun
  
  
• Time For Truth -- SK, 18:40:10 06/28/08 Sat
  We all live in a World where the truth means nothing...
  
  Which is why this is so f ing top
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrpTEAJ283k
  
  Better than FTJ who only play the "Hits"
  
  The best thing about FTJ is Bucker - He's the total Man
  
  You could only dream to be, so carry on up your own arse.
  

  
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  • Who the f**k is BUCKER? -- R.Buckler, 16:11:29 06/30/08 Mon
    • I meant Rich FUCKER -- SK, 21:41:34 07/01/08 Tue
  
  
• Drummer -- MODjerry, 20:59:48 06/20/08 Fri
  CONGRATS on your drumming, Jimi!
  
  Best wishes to you and LTS!
  

  
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  • Cheers Jezza, im trying to persuade Tony to do a tour of the west coast but im not having much luck, he hates flying!!! (NT) -- Jim, 19:56:57 06/22/08 Sun
  
  
• PAUL WELLER U.S. DATES!!! -- MODjerry, 23:35:18 06/13/08 Fri
  Taken from PAUL's US label, YEP ROC Website
  
  TU 09.02.08
  Wiltern Theatre
  Los Angeles CA
  
  WE 09.03.08
  Wiltern Theatre
  Los Angeles CA
  
  TH 09.04.08
  The Fillmore
  San Francisco CA
  
  TU 09.09.08
  Berklee Performance Center
  Boston MA
  
  WE 09.10.08
  Nokia Theatre
  New York NY
  
  TH 09.11.08
  Highline Ballroom
  New York NY
  
  SA 09.13.08
  9:30 Club
  Washington DC
  
  SU 09.14.08
  Trocadero
  Philadelphia PA
  
  TU 09.16.08
  House of Blues
  Chicago IL
  

  
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  • Gahh bollocks. Nothing anywhere near me. (NT) -- Frank (miffed) Wilson, 04:27:15 06/17/08 Tue
  
  
• 22 Dreams Review.. -- A.K, 12:14:00 06/04/08 Wed
  Ive listened to the album a good few times since monday morning and can safely say iam loving it...very bold move to put out a double album in this download age, where people's attention spans are very short..so here it goes..
  1 Light Nights...
  Really lovely acoustic somg, some great guitar from Mr Cradock and would of fitted well onto AIN.
  2 22 Dreams, Should of been the opening song, great song LIVE aswell, very punchy.
  3 All I Wanna Do..Another middle paced song, and also very good live..
  4 Have you made up your mind.. The single off the album so far and the better song of the two IMHO..great riff and good vocals
  5 Empty Ring my second fav off the album, Simon Dine's fingers all over this song with a great drum loop and gets a great vocal performance out of P.W...superb song..and yet another great LIVE song.
  6 Invisable.. One of the weakest songs on the album, he's done to many of these plodding piano based songs..bit like Frightened off Illlmuation...BTW the demo version on the 2nd disc (Special Edition) is the better version.
  7 Song For Alice...nice bit of filler/ into to my fave track
  8 Cold Monets...very SCouncil..which is no bad thing, could of come straight off "Confessions" album sounds like it could of also come off LOVE Forever Changes....can't stop playing this...
  9 The Dark Pages etc...another interlude
  10 BVlack River Dident like this when it was the B Side to the PW/Coxon single last year, but fits very well onto 22.
  11 Why Walk When You Can Run... Sounds like it should of been on AIN...sounds like a B Side to me...so so..
  12 Push It Along...Should be the next single...fookin great song and sounds better LIVE
  13 A Dream reprise...
  14 Echoes Round The Sun...Still not to sure about this song, sounds half finshed to me...could be agrower though..
  15 One Bright Star Dident like this at first, but defo a grower...PW doing a waltz..unthinkable....but it works!
  16 Lullaby Fur Kinder..Nice piece of music...but would be better with lyices...skipping this at the moment
  17 Where'er Ye Go...wasted oppo IMHO needs a chorus, could be a better song, needs work
  18 God....bloody awfull child like poem...
  19 111...just a series of noises..
  20 Sea Spray......The one song on the LP that i wake up humming...must be a good thing...great tune...more like these please PW...
  21 Night Lites...Well what can you say but????????
  
  Overall a great piece of music, glad he is stretching himself and his song writing...as for gathering new fans i doubt it very much...could do with taking a few tracks off it and making it a really solid 16 song album....keep on keeping on!!
  

  
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  • Fair play, AK ... but 'stretching himself'? ... can't go along with that. This is the work of a man very much in a comfort zone, assembling a team of mates to poorly produce (again!) an album of half ideas ... This is akin to Weller in the late 80's with the death rattle of TSC. He should stop faffing about with pan pipes, flutes and violins, and strap on a guitar and give us his heart and soul ... something we don't see enough of on this album IMHO ... -- The Loved, 22:33:55 06/04/08 Wed
  • I can see what your saying Lee, but i think those days are over mate...if he produces album of say the calibre of Neil young has over the last 10 year's i would see he's heading in the right direction.... -- A.K, 13:18:51 06/05/08 Thu
  • True, but then he shouldn't keep self-gesticulating that he's in his best form and this 'feels like my best ever record' ... but don't get me wrong ... I wasn't necessarily referring to 'rockers' ... earlier ballads and experiments like YDSTM, I Shoulda, Time & Temp, etc, had 'oomph' ... gutsy and bluesy ... that was imprinted on all his work ... it's his trademark ... all this mockney singing, trying to be folky and pan-pipe / fiddle nonsense ... I don't get where he's coming from ... the sound is utter pants again (why keep using Black Barn when it was only ever good enough for demos in previous years?!) ... and lyrically, this is his weakest album since Cost Of Loving -- The Loved, 08:21:03 06/06/08 Fri
  • Black Barn? Cos he does everything on the cheap now a days.IMHO.Im still listening to the album and havent made up my mind what I think.Cant be doing with the lyrics in Push it along -- cazx, 12:38:54 06/06/08 Fri
  • And Im sure "All I wanna do (is be with you)"was written just for me x -- cazx, 14:54:03 06/06/08 Fri
    • Yeah, definately. It started with "Tonight At Noon", "I Need You", "English Rose", "Fly", "See Saw", "Girl On The Phone", "Precious", "Happy Together", "The Bitterest Pill (He Ever Had To Swallow When You Got Married)", "Long Hot Summer", The Paris Match", "You're The Best Thing"... etc. etc. It's just a matter of time before he plucks up his courage to pop the question. (NT) -- SK, 04:53:24 06/09/08 Mon
      • SK, son ... how are yer? What part of the world you ambling in now?! ... so tell me geez ... woz yer thoughts on Weller's latest offering? (NT) -- The Loved, 10:48:29 06/09/08 Mon
        • My copy aint arrived yet, but Im in2 Lite Nites n Push It... and will be rehersing them for the next WWE (NT) -- SK, 01:46:13 06/11/08 Wed
      • I live in hope SK x (NT) -- cazx, 12:46:01 06/09/08 Mon
        • SK looks startlingly like Paul Weller, don't cha know Caz? ... It's eery in fact ... the last time I saw him, he had a Stamp Out The Beatles T-Shirt and looked just like Weller around 95 time ... He got asked twice for an autograph in the pub we were in ... He should think about doing look-a-likey work (NT) -- The Loved, 13:15:03 06/09/08 Mon
          • Ye but look alike isnt the real thing x But Im sure SK and I would get on like a house on fire X (NT) -- cazx, 13:44:47 06/10/08 Tue
            • Jokin aside, I agree wiv Caz, why settle for anythin less than Weller? I wouldnt! Thats y we av so much in common... (NT) -- SK, 01:51:20 06/11/08 Wed
              • Why settle for anything less than Weller? ... Perhaps coz he's a 50 year old, dad of 5 who's already 'taken', eh?! ... SK ... you wanna get learning Sea Spray ... that's the catchiest song he's written for ages ... overly simplistic and about nothing at all, but it would rock any Weller Weekend and become the most sung anthem of the event! ... (NT) -- The Loved, 16:41:36 06/13/08 Fri
                • He might be taken but he doesnt half put it about.Id rather just look x (NT) -- cazx, 11:31:13 06/15/08 Sun
  
  
• Hammersmith Review - 21st May 2008 -- The Weaver, 16:32:09 05/22/08 Thu
  After the excitement and initmacy of the first two nights in Oxford followed by the splendour of the Opera House in Bournemouth I did wonder how the Hammersmith Apollo would match up.
  
  Well, I wasn't let down and certainly made the right decision to record the Champions League final in favour of the first night in London.
  
  The acoustics of the Apollo lent themselves to the full band and electric set we've been enjoying on this tour.
  
  The main set was slightly short lasting just over 90 minutes albeit with a strange intermission half way through (what was that all about? Wave and bird sound effects?). The encore was longer with four tracks and we got the 2nd encore of All You Need Is Love.
  
  The multi-talents of the band continue to shine through. I wonder what Weller must have thought at the rehearsal studios when he realised within his new band he had a keys man who could play the guitar, a bassist who could play the cello and a drummer who could play the guitar and piano! And to top it all they can all sing! Cradock continues to shine and showed his versatility when it was 'suggested' that he should swap between the acousitc and electric half-way through Shadow of the Sun!
  
  The shows openers work really well (Blink, 22 Dream and Floorboards) and the acosutic set allows us to see all the talents (4 guitars playing Butterfly Collector, All on a Misty Morning sounds great too.) whilst we get a rousing finale of Eton Rifles and Whirlpools End.
  
  Old favourites including Changing Man, Porcelain Gods, Broken Stones, Wildwood and Out of the Sinking provide nice links between old and new. What a great double A-Side (Echoes and Have You Made Up Your Mind?) we're about to get whilst Push It Along should follow. My only criticsism of last night was having to wait for the encore for the usual dash to the gents during YDSTM! No special guests but I'd have to say on form like this, who needs them?
  

  
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  • AWESOME review, Sir Weave!!! Glad to hear you had a fantastic time, mate!!! Looking forward to later this year here in the states! -- MODjerry, 19:35:17 05/22/08 Thu
  • Nice one Weave...looks like the same set we got in Bristol last week....a few on Splinters were saying it was'nt as good as revious gis on the tour? -- A.K, 22:14:22 05/22/08 Thu
    • My gig was better than your gig..... (NT) -- Nah nah nah nah nah!, 22:49:18 05/22/08 Thu
  • I don't know about you, but I'm gig-less and I have tears in my eyes. ...Fackering American Idol shite is all we've got...HELP!!! -- MODjerry, 23:25:13 05/22/08 Thu
  • In terms of sound it was the best night for me. Oxford was small with first night nerves, Bournemouth I was side of stage on the balcony. Rear and centre at the Hammersmith Apollo just sounded tops! -- The Weaver, 14:51:43 05/23/08 Fri
    • I didnt know you was there mate.. you must have been standing right behind us.. (NT) -- Jim, 11:51:34 05/30/08 Fri
  • Are you going to Amsterdam again this year, Weaver? Booked up the American already! -- Internationalist, 19:56:35 06/02/08 Mon
    • Arse (NT) -- Old, 02:38:53 06/04/08 Wed
      • too slow of the mark were you? (NT) -- Internationalist, 11:32:31 06/05/08 Thu
  
  
• 22 Dreams -- The Loved, 10:47:03 06/04/08 Wed
  As a rule, I normally like to hear an album a good few times before passing judgement, but such is my disappointment with 22 Dreams after 1 playing, that I've gotta express it straight away, I'm sad to say.
  
  The concept of a double album (any album really, it's been so long overdue), consisting of a long-awaited written collaboration with Noel G and the good single, Have You Made Up Your Mind, made for a much anticipated trip to pick up my copy, filled with schoolboy excitement.
  
  Well, that collaboration with Noel G basically summed up the whole album ... flat. Let's be honest, you could cut off after 'Cold Moments', the last 2/3rd's of the album is just weak and weird, normally consisting of repeating the title of the song 30 times in a monotone voice, before making way for a flurry of strange instrumentation and effects.
  
  The best thing on the whole album is 'The Missing Dream' aka Dream #22 by Simon Armitage, which is just wonderful, and 'God' on the 2nd side is a clever poem, although Aziz's voice is completely wrong for it, im my opinion.
  
  If illumination and As Is Now were patchy albums, then this has the worst of both ... at least with those albums you had standout tracks in Bullet, Stars, Books, Come On, Blink, etc, but I can't think of one standout on this. The lead single is a good song, but a great song? ... I don't think so.
  
  If you was to make a personal, 20 track Best-of Weller solo compilation for your car, I'd be very suprised if anyone chose a track from this album to be on it.
  
  I'm sure a few tracks will grow on me, and in time, I'll instictively hit the skip button and play a cut down version of the album that I'll enjoy, but I'll always have the feeling that there should have been so much more from this ...
  

  
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• PAUL WELLER - 22 Dreams ...another interview, from todays Sun...Enjoy! -- A.K, 16:28:48 05/30/08 Fri
  PAUL WELLER - 22 Dreams
  
  Rating *****
  
  PAUL WELLER turned 50 on Sunday.
  
  
  When we meet, just a few days before his big day, the bags under his eyes suggest that the celebrations might have started early.
  
  
  Immaculately dressed, as ever, in a navy woollen jumper with his grown-out mod cut, he’s very different from the paunchy, balding figures most men of his age present.
  
  
  He tells me he rolled in from a gig in Leicester in the early hours. “You know what it’s like — we had to celebrate with a few beers after.”
  
  
  Whether he means a few or a few too many, what’s clear is that it’s been a long, long day. Hung over, he’s been rehearsing at the BBC’s Later . . . studios since morning.
  
  
  “We had to get here at 10 o’clock. What’s that all about?” he says in his gruff Woking accent.
  
  
  On Monday he releases his ninth solo album, 22 Dreams, a double CD containing the most varied music of his solo career.
  
  
  “I was determined to make a double album for my 50th — a present to myself. I thought it would be what people would least expect.”
  
  
  As with his career, when it comes to birthdays, Weller is down to earth.
  
  
  “I’m not having any big birthday party. I’m not doing anything to be honest. I’m not really a***d about it one way or the other. As for any surprise parties, they’ve all been f***ing warned about that!” he laughs.
  
  
  Turning 50, says Weller, means nothing. “I don’t feel any different to, say, 20 years ago though I’m sure I look different. But then if I stop and think about being 50 it is quite monumental.
  
  
  “I never thought I’d be alive at 50, never mind making music. When I was younger I couldn’t imagine beyond 25 — I thought life stopped.”
  
  
  But Weller admits his half-century has made him question his mortality.
  
  
  “It has made me appreciate things more, especially life. I appreciate my kids and I appreciate still making music — good music, in my opinion.”
  
  
  22 Dreams is Weller’s most diverse offering yet. Style-wise it covers the whole of his 30-plus-year career from his angry days of The Jam to the white soul music of The Style Council as well as elements of his highly successful solo career.
  
  
  From opening track, the folky and eastern vibes of Light Nights to the Krautrock instrumental 111, 22 Dreams includes some of Weller’s weirdest as well as most wonderful tracks. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You), Cold Moments and the sublime Have You Made Up Your Mind, are numbers high on his all-time solo list.
  
  
  He says: “We’ve touched on some of the styles before but not all of them. But I suppose it is the most eclectic album I’ve made.
  
  
  “I wanted to do something different. I didn’t want to make As Is Now part two.
  
  
  
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  “A few people have said it covers my career. It wasn’t intentional. Whether it happened on a subconscious level, I don’t know.
  
  
  “It just came out of the desire to move on without being too stylised or false.
  
  
  “There was an air of: F**k it, just go for it. Really push the boat out and don’t worry if people think you’ve gone mad.
  
  
  “Because I was working with new people — there were four of us producing — it wasn’t all on my shoulders. Everyone put in ideas and brought different things to the table.
  
  
  “It’s me and (Ocean Colour Scene guitarist) Steve Cradock playing most of it with a few guests, then Simon Dine from Noonday Underground and also Charles Rees, our engineer down at the studio. It was just everyone pitching ideas.
  
  
  “And I can remember getting to the end of the record and us all having a playback and everyone in the room loving it. Then we thought, ‘we’ve still got to go and play this to people and that will be the moment of truth’.”
  
  
  Weller says 22 Dreams doesn’t have any real meaning behind it but just fitted the record.
  
  Poetic
  “I thought 22 Dreams sounded like a poetic title. It’s a little journey — I don’t want to get too poncey about it — but it took us a whole year to make the record, so we saw the whole cycle of a year. There are elements of the seasons, the elements, thunderstorms, and bird sounds. That kind of stuff.”
  
  
  Talking about the album, he is visibly proud of his latest work — and the writer’s block that dogged him a few years back has gone.
  
  
  “I’ve lived long enough to know that the creative process comes and goes. Sometimes it flows and sometimes it doesn’t and you’ve just got to wait for it to happen again.”
  
  
  As if to mark a new chapter musically, Weller has a new band line-up with guitarist Steve Cradock, his long-time accomplice, the only remaining member.
  
  
  Weller explains: “(Drummer) Steve White didn’t fancy doing it. Not for any animosity or bad feeling, I just think he’s enjoying having a bit of time off, which is fair enough because we’ve played together for 17 years or something mad like that.
  
  
  “In a way it was good because it forced the issue to get a new band — Steve Pilgrim from Liverpool band The Stands plays the drums. Andy Lewis who I did a track with for record label Acid Jazz last year is playing bass for us now. Then there’s Andy Crofts, who was in The On Offs, playing keyboards.
  
  
  “And it’s been really good — for me, Steve Cradock and for the music. The music is fresh again and we’re enthusiastic about it.”
  
  
  Echoes Round The Sun is Weller’s first track written with Noel Gallagher — something fans have been waiting for since they performed Talk Tonight on TV show The White Room in 1995 and covered The Beatles’ Come Together as The Smokin’ Mojo Filters in the same year. “It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. We had got to the end of the record and I was saying to everyone that I needed one more rocking tune for the balance. I just spoke to Noel and said ‘Do you fancy writing for the album?’
  
  
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  “He sent me a very rough idea of the drums on Echoes and I did a little bit of work on it. Then we sent it back and forwards and then he and Gem (Archer) came down for an afternoon. We had the backing track done in about half an hour.”
  
  
  Surprisingly, Weller admits he could never start writing a song from scratch with his great friend, as both would feel uncomfortable.
  
  
  “It wouldn’t work for me and him sitting in a room with two acoustic guitars. I’d be too self-conscious. I’m not the sort of person who can do that. And I think he’s the same.
  
  
  “Although we’ve got a lot of common ground — we’ve both come from working-class backgrounds and both like The Beatles and The Sixties, there are loads of things about us which are totally different as well. It’s just mutual respect really.”
  
  
  Weller also enlisted ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon for cameo duties on track Black River and one-time Stone Roses guitarist Aziz Ibrahim on God, a spoken-word track that suggests The Modfather has found religion.
  
  
  “I’ve had the poem for ages. I’ve not been able to use it even though I liked the sentiment in it. Then Steve Cradock was saying we really needed a poem on this album. Aziz just came down on a social visit and we got him to do it. It’s an interesting one because he’s a very devout Muslim man — it’s an interesting twist.
  
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  “I don’t know about finding God. God finds you, I think. I don’t have any belief in any organised religion. I find that all very divisive.
  
  
  “I wouldn’t knock any organised religion. If it gives people faith and strength it’s a good thing. But if it divides people it’s the antithesis of what it’s supposed to be about.”
  
  
  And if God is the biggest surprise on 22 Dreams, then 111 is Weller’s most experimental.
  
  
  “Some tracks on this album are like springboards into the future for me. I I don’t know if I’d want to do a whole album of it but I’d like to enlarge on some of that stuff more.
  
  
  “I love the last four tracks on the album. There’s something spiritual about it, and really deep.”
  
  
  A poignant moment on the album is Why Walk When You Can Run, which was inspired by the youngest of Weller’s five kids, Mac.
  
  
  “I wrote that watching my three-year-old son last summer in Spain. That fearlessness they have when they’re that age, watching him just run into the sea. I saw it as a metaphor for how to live life. Don’t let people hold you back. Go for it.
  
  
  “My kids are by far my biggest inspiration today. Kids keep you young as you have to be optimistic and positive for them. You can’t sit around complaining, criticising and being cynical.
  
  
  “From a 20-year-old son to a three-year-old with all the slots in between, it’s brilliant, even though they’re knackering.
  
  
  “I still have my angry moments but I’m quite happy to change and adapt, as this album shows. I can still be fiery in my music when I want to or need to be.
  
  
  “My music still has and always will have that passion.”
  

  
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  • Great Concept But A Big Opportunity Missed.One Good Album In This And Too Much Dross !! -- The Beat Surrendered, 13:41:35 06/02/08 Mon
  
  
• Another Interview UNCUT Mag UK Edition....ENJOY!! -- A.K, 19:35:14 05/28/08 Wed
  t’s a commonly held belief that Paul Weller’s every waking hour is soundtracked by a steady stream of Small Faces EPs and old Traffic albums. The reality is rather more complicated. Ask Weller what music he’s been listening to in the years approaching his 50th birthday and he will recount a list of CD acquisitions that would shame the most eclectic buyer.
  
  You’ll hear him praising the pastoral English modernism of Vaughan Williams and William Walton, the lesser known works of Debussy and Ravel, the space-age jazz of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, the oddball medieval funk of hobo composer Moondog, the Rastafarian trance music of Cedric “Im” Brooks or the drone-laden avant rock of the first Velvet Underground album.
  
  This leftfield playlist is not, in fairness, something that one may reasonably conclude from a cursory listen to much of his solo output – until now. 22 Dreams takes some of those arcane influences and pushes them through a distinctly Weller-ish filter. This is not an album by the Modfather, or the high priest of dadrock. This is an album by the Paul Weller who has spent much of the last 30 years straying outside his comfort zone, and this is his White Album, a sprawling, epic and compelling song-cycle that channels a century of influences into one exhausting 21-track album.
  
  While 1997’s Heavy Soul may have flirted with zithers, harmoniums and sitars, Weller hasn’t released an album this adventurous in 20 years, when he signed the Style Council’s death warrant with Confessions Of A Pop Group. Widely ridiculed at the time (most memorably by Uncut’s Allan Jones in the Melody Maker, who compared Weller to “the slow kid in the class”), Confessions is, in retrospect, a curate’s egg that’s well worthy of reappraisal. Little effort was made at the time to satisfy the Weller loyalists who – horrified by the use of the Swingle Singers and the pastiches of Chick Corea, the Beach Boys and Erik Satie – quickly dumped the album in their nearest charity shop and deserted their idol for the best part of a decade. 22 Dreams, however, is rather more faithful to the Weller brand: tributes to Martin Denny, AMM and Alice Coltrane are mixed with more familiar Weller hallmarks – psych-rock nuggets, horn-heavy turbo punk and Nick Drake-ish folk-soul.
  
  Much of the credit for this sonic adventurousness goes to producer Simon Dine, Weller’s old Mod pal from the cinematic funk outfit Noonday Underground. Dine’s recent work as the producer and co-writer behind Candie Payne’s 2007 retro-soul album I Wish I Could Have Loved You More might suggest that he’s a Mark Ronson-style pastiche merchant, but here he pushes Weller into more leftfield territory, getting him to improvise over various loops, samples and drones. Sometimes the results are modernist miniatures such as “111” (a BBC Radiophonic Workshop-style mix of rumbling bass clarinet, Mellotron drones and ghostly Mini Moogs, apparently inspired by the aforementioned AMM), or “Song For Alice” (a tribute to John Coltrane’s late widow that’s an ocean of sweeping piano, tamboura drones, hand percussion and muted trumpet).
  
  On other tracks the experimental ideas sit alongside more familiar Weller-ish bombast: “Push It Along”, for instance, opens with a hypnotic marimba pattern that sounds like one of Carl Orff’s spooky Christmas carols before mutating into a copper-bottomed power-pop stomper. “It goes a bit atonal on the verse,” says Weller. “There’s a bit inspired by some Arabic poetry.”
  There are several other excellent collaborations here that are as good as anything he’s ever done. “Black River”, the b-side to his Graham Coxon collaboration “This Old Town”, is one of Weller’s finest four minutes, a woozy Nick Drake shuffle that mutates into a “Park Life”-style cockernee knees up.
  
  “Echoes Around The Sun”, Weller’s first co-write with Noel Gallagher, takes a dramatic two-note bassline that Gallagher couldn’t find a use for and turns it into an epic Bond theme, all backwards guitars and Bollywood strings. The title track, meanwhile, sees him team up with retro funksters Little Barrie to create one of his sharpest slices of horn-heavy pop-punk since the last days of The Jam.
  
  For someone who has seems to have spent most of the past 15 years embracing rockism, 22 Dreams also sees Weller revisiting the R&B that has been sadly lacking from much of his solo work. “Empty Ring” is one of those big, string-laden blue-eyed soul belters – like “Luck”, “Headstart For Happiness” or “Changing Of The Guard” – that you’d often find hidden away on Style Council b-sides, as is “Cold Moments”, with its Motown bassline and Curtis Mayfield chords. It segues into a “Dark Pages Of September Lead To The New Leaves Of Spring”, a summery interlude that pitches up somewhere between the Beach Boys, Rotary Connection and the Pearl & Dean theme, all wordless vocals and lush woodwind.
  
  Like the White Album, there are a couple of stinkers, though tellingly, they’re the most conservative efforts: the dreary “Why Walk When You Can Run” and “Invisible” (which sounds exactly like one of those piano ballad parodies that Hugh Laurie used to do on “A Bit Of Fry And Laurie”). Subtract these and you have something of a minor masterpiece – and easily Weller’s finest solo album to date.
  
  JOHN LEWIS
  

  
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• Listen to the NEW album here.....if you want that is..... -- A.K, 17:47:47 05/27/08 Tue
  http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/39617063
  

  
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  • I'd prefer to listen to a compliation of TSC B-Sides. -- Truth Be Told, 03:13:43 05/28/08 Wed
  
  
• Another little interview for the bbc....click on link. -- A.K, 08:59:55 05/23/08 Fri
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7398646.stm
  

  
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• The Tour Bus Interview... -- A.K, 22:08:17 05/22/08 Thu
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• PW Talking to Gary Crawley on June 2nd -- A.K, 16:16:09 05/22/08 Thu
  PW Talking to Gary Crawley on June 2nd
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/05/21/paul_weller_questions_feature.shtml
  
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• Bristol Last Night Review...18\05\08 -- A.K, 10:09:11 05/19/08 Mon
  Well what can is say...my first gig of the tour and a re-freshed setlist (About Fookin Time). The bristol crowd are always alot more subdued than most other places in the country more of a stand and listen, rather than jump up and down.
  Met up with Mr Piddington (Jim P) and went straight to the venue and stood outside waiting for the coach and met up with Brendon and Calum and a few others who i want mention here (There are some strange people about-Jim will vouch for that). A few pints were taken and in we went...look out for The Troubadours, if you like The Coral and The La's etc then this is the band for you!. 9pm came and on he came lookin like a smarter old steptoe!!...get your fookin hair cut....the setlist was very simaler to what's been played on the last few dates, band sounding fookin amazing, tight and with a lot more energy than the last few year's gigs...revitalize, he looks like he's re-found his passion in a band again...great new drummer and keyboadist and the mild mannered Mr Andy Lewis on bass...who if iam honest looks abit lost and uncomfortable on stage still next to the great man...iam sure it will come with a few more gig's. The new songs are sounding great Push It Along is a stand out and so is All i wanna do & 22 Dreams and the new single Have you made your mind up...just one of the best PW gifs in a long time...bring on Brixton and Amsterdam later on in the year!!....
  

  
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  • Glad you enjoyed it, Andy and that Jim made it to the West Country after our late night on Saturday in Bournemouth with Graham! Yes, its all come together very nicely. New line-up, fresh set and plenty of energy. Just what it needed. -- The Weaver, 18:21:54 05/19/08 Mon
  • NICE ONE!!! Wonderful news, mates! Sounds like it's going to be really good this year! Cheers AK and Jimi! -- MODjerry, 18:49:15 05/19/08 Mon
  • Spot on A.K , .I made it to Bournemouth on saturday great gig and great to meet up too ....big thanks to graham and jim for the invite , has ya shirt dried yet jim ?? . for those going to the upcoming gigs the new tunes are ace live !!!! -- pompey dave, 20:49:04 05/19/08 Mon
    • Good to have a drink with you too, Dave. -- The Weaver, 08:52:34 05/20/08 Tue
  • Sorry about my piss poor spelling..did'ent spell check it first... -- A.K, 07:52:55 05/20/08 Tue
  • We are used to your crap spelling by now AK. don't worry about it. Bournemouth, best gig ive seen in the last god knows how long, maybe ever!! apart from 17Black at 100 Club :-) great to see and spend time with AK, Simon and the ever gorgeous Emma, Pompey Dave,& Gman. i went Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and you know what.... im still excited about going again Friday. Eton RIFLES Eton RIFLES!!! (NT) -- Jimi, 15:31:17 05/22/08 Thu
  
  
• PW on Later on With....Friday 23rd May -- A.K, 10:58:06 05/22/08 Thu
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/ follow link..
  

  
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• 22 Dreams Preview.... -- A.K, 22:04:43 05/19/08 Mon
  For anyone out there who missed the snippets from the new album on the official site, you can listen to longer versions of all the tracks here
  
  
  
  http://www.7digital.com/artists/paul-weller/22-dreams/
  

  
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• Latest PW Tour Dates for this year...... -- A.K, 08:45:40 05/09/08 Fri
  This is the latest information. There are a few more dates to be confirmed.
  
  Ireland
  6th JULY - Cork - Live @ Marquee
  
  Serbia
  11th JULY - Nova Sad Exit Festival
  
  Belgium
  13th JULY - Cactus Festival
  
  Japan
  7th AUG - Tokyo - Shibuya AX club
  9th AUG - Tokyo - Summer Sonic Festival
  10th AUG - Osaka - Summer Sonic Festival
  
  Australia
  13th AUG - Perth - Challenge Stadium
  15th AUG - Adelaide - The Barton Theatre
  16th AUG - Melbourne - The Forum
  17th AUG - Melbourne - The Forum
  19th AUG - Sydney - Enmore Theatre
  20th AUG - Sydney - Enmore Theatre
  21st AUG - Sydney - Enmore Theatre
  23rd AUG - Brisbane - The Tivoli
  24th AUG - Brisbane - The Tivoli
  
  New Zealand
  26th AUG - Auckland - ASB Theatre
  27th AUG - Auckland - ASB Theatre
  
  USA & Canada
  These dates are in the first 2 weeks of September. I don't have the
  venue details yet but the cities being played are -
  San Francisco
  Toronto
  NYC (2 nights)
  Philadelphia
  Washington
  
  Belgium
  3rd OCT - Brussels - AB Club
  
  Holland
  4th OCT - Amsterdam - Paradiso
  
  Germany
  6th OCT - Cologne - E-Werk
  7th OCT - Berlin - Columbiahalle
  8th OCT - Hamburg - Docks
  10th OCT - Heidelberg - Stadthalle
  11th OCT - Munich - Tonhalle
  
  Switzerland
  12th OCT - Zurich - Volkhaus
  
  Italy
  14th OCT - Milan - Alcatraz
  15th OCT - Milan - Alcatraz
  
  Spain
  17th OCT - Barcelona - Razzmatazz
  18th OCT - Madrid La Riviera
  
  Dubai
  31st OCT - Desert Rhythm Festival
  

  
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  • ...C' mon L.A.!!! Hope we'll see a date there soon!!? -- MODjerry, 21:16:00 05/09/08 Fri
  • Andy when do tickets go on sale any ideas ? -- Ossy, 10:45:09 05/11/08 Sun
  • Ossy, as far as i know, they are on sale now...contact venues or look online. -- A.K, 11:59:27 05/11/08 Sun
    • Paradiso know nothing about it. (NT) -- Jim, 11:24:17 05/15/08 Thu
      • I cant find Txs anywhere for the European dates.Can someone let me know when and where they are on sale please X (NT) -- cazx, 12:34:44 05/18/08 Sun
  
  
• WELLER interview in Newstatesman magazine -- MODjerry, 22:16:11 05/15/08 Thu
  Check it here at:
  
  http://www.newstatesman.com/200805150029
  

  
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• Weller Weekend 08 -- A.K, 09:33:48 05/09/08 Fri
  Having contacted Mag, there is no Weller Weekend this year. Mag has had health problems and that has taken over importance this year as you can imagine. The Jamm are still playing at Surry University Building on Saturday May 24th if anyone is interested in going. Iam hoping that The Weller Weekend will be back bigger and better next year.
  Thanks for all of your support in the past. Get well Mag.
  
  Cheers
  A.K
  

  
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  • Our thoughts and well wishes go out to you, Mag. I hope you will be much better very soon. -- MODjerry, 21:14:38 05/09/08 Fri
  • yeh echo that Magster get well soon -- Ossy, 10:43:43 05/11/08 Sun
  
  
• PW on" Later With............ -- A.K, 12:06:37 05/10/08 Sat
  Paul Weller will be on 'Later...with Jools Holland' on Tuesday, 20th May on BBC2 at 10pm, with an extended recorded version of the show going out on Friday, 23rd May.
  

  
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• OFFICIAL PAUL WELLER WEBSITE back ONLINE! -- MODjerry, 01:24:00 05/10/08 Sat
  Check the 22 DREAMS song previews!
  
  www.paulweller.com
  

  
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• Brilliant new interview on PAUL WELLER in the TELEGRAPH!!! -- MODjerry, 20:01:21 05/08/08 Thu
  A very good read-best interview so far this year! CHECK IT OUT!
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/10/sm_paulweller10.xml&DCMP=ILC-traffdrv07053100
  

  
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• set list 02.05.08 Oxford............. -- A.K, 12:23:35 05/03/08 Sat
  Set List from Last night
  Blink
  22 Dreams
  Floorboards
  Porcelan gods
  Wild blue yonder
  Push it along
  All i wanna do
  Picking up sticks
  Wishing on a star ( piano)
  Have you made your mind up
  Peacock suit
  Black river
  Echoes round the sun
  Come on, let's go
  THE ETON RIFLES
  Whirlpool's end
  YDSTM
  Empty rings
  Leafy mysteries
  Changing man
  1 hour 25 mins long
  

  
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  • The ETON RIFLES??? Holy Moly! I guess doing that song as a guest w/ the Rifles has made it into his new set! Looking forward to hearing the new songs live! How do they sound??? -- MODjerry, 18:11:03 05/04/08 Sun
    • They sound great, Jerry! For me 22 Dreams, Push It Along and Have You made Your Mind Up stood out. Push it Along is a very catchy tune you find yourself singing along to very quickly. The Oxford shows were short but the set was fresh and tight in a good little venue. -- The Weaver, 09:33:31 05/07/08 Wed
  • Brilliant news, Weave - Hope you and family are well! -- MODjerry, 13:37:50 05/07/08 Wed
  
  
• Oi Oi -- Frank Wilson, 15:27:52 05/05/08 Mon
  Oi Jim...are you aware you've got Jonas Brothers ringtones available on your website? Sort it out you big pansy.
  

  
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• Weller Quashes “Jam Re-form” Rumours -- A.K, 11:09:18 04/29/08 Tue
  THERE’S ONE QUESTION you have to ask if you’re interviewing Paul Weller – even if it means getting a slap round the chops. When are you going to re-form the Jam, Paul?
  
  “That would never f***ing happen in a million years, mate. I’d have to be f***ing lying in that gutter covered in piss and starving with my children totally potless for me even to think about it… Every c**t is reforming, every f***er on the planet. It’s only the Roman Empire that’s left to reform now…”
  
  In a wide-ranging, expletive-packed interview in the current MOJO magazine, Weller puts this and other myths to rest. Did he really dance topless around a bonfire at Noel Gallagher’s house in the mid-’90s, shouting “Weller! Weller!”? (“I’m pretty sure I wasn’t there…”) And has he really found God? (“I don’t like the suggestion that I’ve had some kind of revelation”)
  
  Toughing revelations about his ex-boxer/cabbie Dad, who watched him spar once but banned him from the gym when he took a winding body blow (“he never wanted to see me hurt”) vie with his candid exploration of the writer’s block that made him consider packing music in after 2005’s As Is Now LP.
  
  Find out more – the full lowdown, in fact, on what makes Paul Weller tick – in the latest MOJO, out Wednesday, April 30.
  

  
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  • Picked this up today along with the free CD and an article on Prince Buster who I saw perform on Saturday in Bournemouth. Those going to the Opera House gig next month are in for a real treat - a great venue indeed. -- The Weaver, 12:35:22 04/29/08 Tue
  
  
• WELLER COVER/FEATURE in this months MOJO (June Issue) -- MODjerry, 06:48:40 04/29/08 Tue
  http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/
  

  
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• 22 DREAMS - A MOD TOUR DE FORCE! -- MODjerry, 20:04:27 04/25/08 Fri
  This is the press release from the YEP ROC website (Paul's U.S. label)-
  
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  Paul Weller's 22 Dreams- his first new album in three years- set for July 22 (U.S. date release).
  
  Noel Gallagher, Graham Coxon and others join Weller for twenty-one kaleidoscopic tracks of rock, soul, avant garde, electronica and more.
  
  One year in the making. Seventy Minutes in length. Twenty-one songs. 22 Dreams.
  
  After a three year recording hiatus - during which he played two historic concert series in NYC and LA devoting one evening each to his Jam, Style Council, and solo catalogs, and earned Lifetime Achievement honors at the 2007 Brit Awards, among other highlights - Paul Weller returns on July 22 with 22 Dreams, (Yep Roc) his ninth solo album and the most ambitious of his career.
  
  22 Dreams is not a return to form. It is not "Weller's best record since [fill in your favorite album here.]" It is a complete flowering of every musical impulse this artistic polymath has previously hinted at, and then some: rock, funk, soul, freak folk, free jazz, krautrock, classical, spoken word, electronica, and beyond.
  
  "I've never understood the need to put music into boxes" says Weller. "I could listen to Debussy one minute, then some avant-garde jazz album, then Curtis Mayfield the next. To me, it all comes from the same source."
  
  22 Dreams was co-produced by Weller and Simon Dine (Adventures in Stereo, Noonday Underground) and recorded at Weller's own Black Barn Studios in Surrey. Weller co-wrote the album's first single, "Echoes Round The Sun," with Oasis' Noel Gallagher. A shimmering blast of pure energy, the song is destined to join The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" and The Chemical Brothers' "Setting Sun" as an instant anthem of British rock. Other guests on the album include Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on the hazy soft shoe of "Black River," and modern day mod Little Barrie, who contributes frantic guitar work to the album's title track.
  
  22 Dreams concludes with a four-song suite, which flows seamlessly from stark spoken word of "God" - co-written with ex-Stone Rose Aziz Ibrahim - to the mellotron and moog experiment "111" ("I've never done anything as full tilt as this," says Weller), to the wistful acoustic stomp of "Sea Spray," before concluding with the six minute instrumental "Night Lights," another experimental track which deploys everything from tabla and tape loops to the sounds of an electrical storm which rained down, serendipitously, during the final sessions for the album.
  
  Paul Weller will tour the U.S. later this year. Stay tuned for more information.
  

  
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  • BRING ON the U.S. tour dates - looking forward to this one! -- MODjerry and the lonely American sandwiches, 20:07:55 04/25/08 Fri
  
  
• New Winter Tour Dates... -- A.K, 16:47:25 04/25/08 Fri
  Tickets on sale 2nd May 9am
  
  
  Thu 6 Nov Paul Weller K2 Crawley
  Crawley
  Sat 8 Nov Paul Weller Cliffs Pavilion
  Southend-on-Sea
  Thu 13 Nov Paul Weller Aberdeen Exhibition Centre (AECC) Press & Journal Arena
  Aberdeen
  Fri 14 Nov Paul Weller SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo)
  Glasgow
  Sat 15 Nov Paul Weller Metro Radio Arena
  Newcastle upon Tyne
  Mon 17 Nov Paul Weller Liverpool Echo Arena
  Liverpool
  Tue 18 Nov Paul Weller Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN Arena)
  Manchester
  Thu 20 Nov Paul Weller Cardiff International Arena (CIA)
  Cardiff
  Fri 21 Nov Paul Weller National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
  Birmingham
  Sat 22 Nov Paul Weller Trent FM Arena Nottingham (National Ice Centre)
  Nottingham
  Mon 24 Nov Paul Weller Carling Academy Brixton
  London
  

  
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