“Bless you,” he says, but pauses to think about it. And he’s pleased with the roundabout compliment. And Weller, phoning last week from his home in London, readily laughs at the possibility of some hideous, face-melting Dorian Gray oil painting scaring the household mice in his attic somewhere. His once-dark signature shag haircut may have turned a becoming silver a few years back, but-as clarified in new interview footage of him in Lee Cogswell’s informative 2020 documentary on The Style Council, Long Hot Summers-he still looks fairly untouched by the withering hands of time. After all the showbiz wear and tear he’s survived since launching his legendary mod-retro outfit The Jam in the mid-’70s, before streamlining his tastes into a jazzier, more soulful Style Council from ’83 to ’89 and then flying solo afterwards with a volley of diverse solo sets leading up to his new ear-candy-effervescent Fat Pop, out today (May 14), the man affectionately known as The Modfather hasn’t changed too much since his punk-era genesis. But-if you’re a believer in all things eerie, inexplicable and otherworldly, or at least the classic Oscar Wilde novella of the same name-it seems quite possible that Paul Weller might have a creepy Dorian Gray portrait hidden somewhere on his British estate, its image rapidly aging while his, at nearly 63, stays inordinately young. Tickets for night two at Wembley Stadium are available via Ticketmaster.We have no actual proof of this, you understand, and it’s therefore merely random speculation, an unproven theory with no solid facts to back it up. I don’t want there to be four people and a dog.”īlur haven't toured together since their run in support of their comeback LP 'The Magic Whip' in 2015, though Damon reunited with his three bandmates at his Africa Express show in his hometown of Leytonstone in 2019. “I sincerely hope we are a band that can fill a stadium like that. He added: “It’s one of these iconic places that are secretly up on your bucket list, even though you pretend they’re not. “We’re a band that’s done almost everything it’s possible to do … what an iconic place, what an iconic venue. “So it went right up to the wire, but it’s very hard to turn something like that down. All of these things are in very, very short supply. He said: “Turns out it’s incredibly difficult to arrange something like this, you know, the technical resources, the staff, the places to play. Lead guitarist Graham recently described playing Wembley for the first time as a dream come true. They will also play Beauregard Festival in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Normandy on July 6, however, the pair of Wembley shows are their only UK dates of 2023. The 'Song 2' group - comprising Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree - are performing together for the first time in seven years. The Modfather, 2 tone ska revival band The Selecter and Snooker Champion/DJ Steve Davis will join the reunited Britpop legends at the London gig on July 9.Ī second date was added at the 90,000-capacity venue after the first night, on July 8, swiftly sold out. Paul Weller is supporting Blur at their second Wembley Stadium show.
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