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...
Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept 24 at 12 noon EDT. Just got this from the Apollo box office. Was already heading up from North Carolina for Sunday's show, so I'm completely jazzed about the Apollo date being added!
ReplyDeleteI'm jazzed as well. Getting the news made my day. The show is more special at the Apollo Theatre given its history. See you there, Doug~
ReplyDeleteWeller and The Apollo a marriage made in heaven. NY's best venue, best staff and top drawer sound quality. For Weller to be part of the Apollo's history, well, it's just right isn't it?
ReplyDeleteSure Paul and the band will be well up for this show.
erland and the carnival!? Really?! that/s amazing
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