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...
Get your hands on two tickets to see Paul Weller at Wembly Arena on December 10th.
ReplyDeleteNot only will you get to see one of the biggest legends of this century perform, but you will also bag a brand spanking new Gibson guitar signed by the man himself!
Listen to the one and only 'Modfather' as he performs his greatest tracks such as 'Broken Studios', 'You Do Something To Me' and 'Wild Wood' along with new material from his latest album ‘Wake Up The Nation'.
So if you fancy winning possibly the coolest prize around, now is your chance!
Event details: Wembly Arena London, December 10th
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Get your hands on two tickets to see Paul Weller at Wembly Arena on December 10th.
ReplyDeleteNot only will you get to see one of the biggest legends of this century perform, but you will also bag a brand spanking new Gibson guitar signed by the man himself!
Listen to the one and only 'Modfather' as he performs his greatest tracks such as 'Broken Studios', 'You Do Something To Me' and 'Wild Wood' along with new material from his latest album ‘Wake Up The Nation'.
So if you fancy winning possibly the coolest prize around, now is your chance!
Event details: Wembly Arena London, December 10th
Click here to enter: http://bit.ly/hTbFKR
Or visit http://www.misswinit.com for more info and entry!
Unfortunately, you can barely hear Paul speak, as Pinfield's team was a bunch of pinheads mixing the interview.
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