Paul's set was cut short due to a fire on the festival grounds.
Three songs from the set can be viewed
HERE!
Peacock Suit
Out Of The Sinking
22 Dreams
HERE!
Peacock Suit
Out Of The Sinking
22 Dreams
Fresh back from a short tour of the US and Japan, Paul Weller talks about the 30th anniversary of The Jam's sixth and final studio album, The Gift, and where he's at right now. Repost From The Huffington Post By: Jason Holmes Paul Weller bounds into his chair, an electronic cigarette gripped in his hand. We're in the BBC's Studio Three in Maida Vale. Visibly calm owing to post-tour exhaustion and a morning trip to the gym, Weller is here to be interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes series. "Back in those days, bands put out an album a year, you toured with it for a year, then you went back in the studio and repeated the process. Looking back, I was glad I experienced that pressure. It helped me refine my craft and find myself as a writer. It kept me on my toes," says Weller, Gibson acoustic on knee. "It wasn't a treadmill, it was just what bands did back then. I never questioned it." Lest the passing decades dim...
OMG that's amazing, seeing the flames and the smoke just, like, RIGHT THERE. yikes!! way to set the house ablaze, weller!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't just the fire, he had hurricane force winds to contend with also! Kings of Leon and all the other bands scheduled to perform canceled their shows, Paul was the last to play.
ReplyDeleteWeller came on stage and performed with his usual gusto. The fire blazed in the distance but who cared when the mod father was in full swing - superb as usual with Craddock and the boys all having a great time!!!
ReplyDeleteThe winds were pretty scary though - the rigging dancing along with the crowd obviously terrifying the promoters. Paul was taken off at end of Eton Rifles, we all waited for him to return - unfortunately not to be! Disappointing but necessary (I think). Next day rumors were rife that Noel Gallagher was waiting in the wings to do a set with Paul - what an utter bummer, how good would that have been?
Anyway, roll on November and Preston Guild Hall gig - happy days!!!