Weller at the BBC

Weller at the BBC, a 4 CD hard-back book set of exclusive Weller BBC sessions and live concert tracks recorded between 1990 and 2008, will feature 74 digitally remastered tracks that span the length of Paul's solo career to date including a sprinkling of Jam and Style Council classics. It comes complete with a lavish 64 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes, new interviews with the man himself plus others, as well as a load of rare photos taken from the archive.

Full four disc track listing:

Sessions:
Disc 1

1. Fly On The Wall (Johnnie Walker - Live 5.9.92) 2. Pink On White Walls 3. Amongst Butterflies 4. Wild Wood (Saturday Sequence - Johnnie Walker - 2.10.93) 5. Hung Up 6. Out Of The Sinking (band version) 7. Clues 8. Whirlpool’s End(Lunchtime Show - Emma Freud - 26.10.94) 9. Out Of The Sinking (acoustic version) (Lunchtime Show - 1.11.1994) 10. Broken Stones (band version) 11. Time Passes 12. The Changing Man 13. I Walk On Gilded Splinters(Evening Session - 8.5.95) 14. Broken Stones (acoustic version) 15. You Do Something To Me(Simon Mayo - 12.9.95) 16. Brushed 17. Peacock Suit 18. Up In Suze’s Room 19. Friday Street 20. Mermaids 21. The Poacher(Evening Session Live - 10.6.97)

Disc 2

1. Driving Nowhere (Mark Goodier - 23.11.97) 2. Friday Street - (acoustic version) (Kaleidoscope - Live In The Studio 19.9. 97) 3. Science (Jo Wiley – 1997) 4. Wishing On A Star 5. Thinking Of You (The Drivetime Show With Johnnie Walker – 1.9.04) 6. Corrina, Corrina 7. Early Morning Rain 8. Foot Of The Mountain (Mark Lamarr For Jonathan Ross – 8.1.05) 9. To The Start Of Forever 10. Out Of The Sinking (Janice Long – 4.3.05) 11. Paper Smile 12. Come On Lets Go (The Drivetime Show With Stuart Maconie – 28.7.05) 13. Amongst Butterflies 14. Frightened 15. That's Entertainment (Mark Lamarr: Sold On Song – 11.2.06) 16. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) 17. Cold Moments 18. Push It Along 19. Pretty Flamingo (Mark Lamarr: God’s Jukebox – 5.7.08)

Disc 3

Town and Country 5/12/90 1. My Ever Changing Moods 2. A Man Of Great Promise 3. Kosmos 4. Speak Like A Child 5. Just Like Yesterday 6. Work To Do 7. Pity Poor Alfie Royal Albert Hall 13/10/92 8. What’s Goin’ On 9. Uh Huh Oh Yeh 10. Hercules 11. Bull Rush/Magic Bus 12. Above The 13. Everything Has A Price To Pay 14. Headstart For Happiness 15. Into Tomorrow Phoenix Festival 13/7/95 16. Porcelain Gods 17. Stanley Road 18. Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)

Disc 4

Phoenix Festival 13/7/95 1. Shadow Of The Sun 2. I Walk On Gilded Splinters Finsbury Park 9/6/96 3. Out Of The Sinking 4. Hung Up 5. Sunflower 6. Broken Stones 7. Fly On The Wall 8. Tales From The Riverbank Victoria Park 8/8/98 9. Peacock Suit 10. Heavy soul 11. Science Radio Theatre 9/11/98 12. I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You 13. Brand New Start 14. Wild Wood 15. Friday Street 16. The Changingman

Weller at the BBC gets its release on 3rd November and comes with a limited edition print exclusively available via Townsend Records. You can pre-order your copy here.

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Paul Weller: New single - All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)

Paul's new single 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' is officially out now and available in all decent record stores.

Available in CD and vinyl formats, the three-track CD features the radio edit of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)'; 'Push It Along' and 'Big Brass Buttons'.

The vinyl options come in the shape of two highly collectible special bags.

'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' radio edit b/w 'Push It Along' comes in a Green Island Records 7" bag. The second option features acoustic versions of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' b/w 'Pretty Flamingo' and comes in a Artworked 7" bag.

You can purchase all three formats for just £4.99 in an exclusive multi-buy deal from Townsend Records here. Click here to order your copies now.

As you may know, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream features on 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' B-side 'Big Brass Buttons' which is featured on the CD format. Primal Scream released their 9th studio album 'Beautiful Future' earlier in the year to critical acclaim.

The album featuring the radio hit 'Can't Go Back' is available to order now. Click here to pre-order your copies now.

If you've never seen the band live before, you can get your fix before the end of the year. The band will be headlining the NME Rock n Roll Riot tour 2008. Tickets are on general sale from now.

Elsewhere, down under to be precise

Paul's global trek continues as he finishes off his stint down under with final dates in Melbourne then it's off to LA for some downtime before kicking off his US tour which starts off at LA, moves on to San Francisco and then into Canada for the V Festival in Toronto. After that it's gigs on the East Coast and Chicago.

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Paul Weller: iTunes Festival and Single 2

iTunes EP

The live EP has now been released on the iTunes store.
It has six tracks: Peacock Suit, From The Floorboards Up, All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You), Out Of The Sinking, Invisible and Sea Spray.
You can download individual tracks or the whole EP for £4.49 with which you get a digital booklet.
Download your copy here.

Next Single

Paul's next single will be 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' backed by 'Push It Along'.
The single will be released on Monday 18th August and will be available on CD and two highly collectable 7" singles, tracklistings as follows:
CD
1 - All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - Radio Edit
2 - Push It Along
3 - Big Brass Buttons - featuring Bobby Gillespie

7" #1 - Green Island Records 7" bag
A - All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - Radio Edit B - Push It Along

7" #2 - Artworked 7" bag
A - All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) - Radio Edit B - Push It Along

As with the previous single all three formats are available exclusively from Townsend Records for just £4.99 as a multibuy special offer - click here to pre-order your copies now.

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Win Tickets To Paul Weller: XFM All Day Breakfast on 21st June

The Modfather will be playing Koko in Camden.

XFM are running a competition to win tickets, check out here.

Paul Weller will play as part of the All Day Breakfast to an audience made up of competition winners.

Best of luck!

Paul Weller: 22 Dreams - Out Monday

Following hot on the heels of this weeks release of 'Have You Made Up Your Mind'/'Echoes Round The Sun' we can now look to clear the decks for next Monday when '22 Dreams' is released.

The album draws heavily on the full breadth of Paul's 30 plus year career in music and the influences are diverse and spectacular from introspective acoustic moments to full out psychedelic blowouts. It's the work of a man who is determined to discard any self-imposed limiters as the five star awarding review from The Observer notes:

"The trad rocker's ninth solo album embraces everything from Krautrock to jazz..... it's brilliant" - The Observer.

In traditional terms, it's a double album with 21 tracks as follows:

Light Nights/22 Dreams/All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)/Have You Made Up Your Mind/Empty Ring/Invisible/Song For Alice/Cold Moments/Dark Pages of September Lead To The New Leaves of Spring/Black River/Why Walk When You Can Run/Push It Along/Dream Reprise/Echoes Round The Sun/One Bright Star/Lullaby Fur Kinder/Where'er Ye Go/God/111/Sea Spray/Night Lights

It comes in three different formats: a standard one disc CD;
DELUXE EDITION - a deluxe boxed edition with booklet and two CD's, the first featuring the standard album and the second, a selection of alternative takes, demo's etc on certain album tracks plus others;
VINYL VERSION - and for vinyl junkies, it comes packaged as a double album

You can currently hear the album in its entirety on http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/click/6292332-59470/www.nme.com/artists/paul-weller. You can also hear 30 second excerpts from each track whenever you visit http://www.paulweller.com/

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Paul Weller: TV and Radio Appearances

To coincide with the new single and album, Paul's out and about on the box and radio. First up will be a three track performance on this Friday's (23rd May) 'Later with Jools Holland', this will be followed up with an appearance on Jonathan Ross on Friday 6th June.

There's also a Channel Four Paul Weller special on 12th June at midnight called 'The Rehearsal Sessions' to note in the diary.

He will also be with Wossa the day after on Saturday 7th June when he will be guest on his Radio 2 show for an interview and session.

Continuing the theme of TV appearances, ITV will be recording a performance by Paul at the IndigO2 on 4th June for broadcasting on 19th June.

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Paul Weller new single: Have You Made Up Your Mind

The next big marker for us, Paul Weller fans, will be the release of the new single Have You Made Up Your Mind/Echoes Around The Sun this coming Monday 26th May. Both tracks are taken from Paul's forthcoming album 22 Dreams out a week later on 2nd June (you can hear snippets of each track on the website).

Source: Paul Weller and Island Records mailing

Tracks
1. Have You Made Up Your Mind – Album Version
2. Echoes Round The Sun – Radio Edit
3. Rise and Fall

1. A – Have You Made Up Your Mind – Album Version (special edition Dinked 7 inch)
2. B – Echoes Round The Sun – Radio Edit (special edition Dinked 7 inch)

1. A – Have You Made Up Your Mind – Album Version
2. B – Rip The Pages Up – Brendan Lynch Mix

Release Info
Paul Weller's brand new single Have You Made Up Your Mind is released over 3 formats, all including bonus material, and taken from his forthcoming studio album 22 Dreams.

Source: townsend-records.co.uk

Crisis Consequences

Beth Ditto, The Enemy, Pearl Lowe, Paul Weller, Supergrass, Graham Coxon, New Young Pony Club, Drew McConnell, Andy Rourke and Ed Harcourt join Crisis to fight homelessness.

Uniting the great and the good of indie rock, Crisis is pioneering a track/gig combo with a twist, all based around the game ‘consequences’.

The track will be released in April and is available for pre-order now. By buying it, you wil not only be listening to a piece of history, but you‘ll be helping a homeless person unlock their potential and rebuild their life.

Crisis Consequences is sponsored by Drinkaware. Many people become homeless as result of dependency on alcohol which has started in their early teens. By working together to make young people aware of the consequences of alcohol misuse, we hope to help prevent dependency and the possibility of homelessness in later life.

Source: http://www.crisisconsequences.com/
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Paul Weller: 22 Dreams - The tracklisting

Paul Weller: 22 Dreams

The tracklisting

Disc One:
Light Nights
22 Dreams
All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)
Have You Made Up Your Mind
Empty Ring
Invisible
Song For Alice
Cold Moments
The Dark Pages Of September Lead To The New Leaves Of Spring
Black River
Why Walk When You Can Run

Disc Two:
Push It Along
A Dream Reprise
Echoes Round The Sun
One Bright Star
Lullaby Für Kinder
Where'er Ye Go'
God
111
Sea Spray
Night Lights

Paul's new album 22 Dreams is released on the 2nd June.

Source: Paul Weller News Letter

Paul Weller turns 50 this May: A cutting from March issue of MOJO

Paul Weller turns 50 this May, and is to mark the occasion with his ninth solo record, and his first double-disc set, 22 Dreams. "I feel I live and die by my last album," he says from his Black Barn studio in Ripley, where he's putting the finishing touches to the follow-up to 2005's As Is Now. "And this one I can definitely live by. I feel rejuvenated by it."...

More information in the full article In MOJO

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Source: www.oceancolourscene.com

Paul Weller: 22 Dreams

22 Dreams is Paul Weller's 9th solo studio album. It is due for release in June 2008 after a Spring tour in May.

Paul has previously said that the LP will be a double album. Paul has also confirmed that Oasis stars Noel Gallagher & Gem Archer will feature on the album, as will ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.

Source: Wikipédia

Paul Weller: New UK tour

New album from the Modfather on the way too

Paul Weller has announced details of a new UK tour set to take place in May.

The ex-Jam frontman will play 12 UK live datesm starting in Halifax's Victoria Theatre venue on May 5 and finishing up in London's Hammersmith Apollo on April 21.

Weller will release his next studio album, '22 Dreams', in June.

Source: www.nme.com

More: HERE

Paul Weller's new album due in May

OCS Update - 18-01-2008

A belated Happy New Year to you all.

Our plans for the coming year include an Acoustic tour end of March time, which we plan to kick off in Ireland with 6 or 7 dates, then back to the UK. When we finalise the dates and venues we will announce them here. Once again, thanks for your fantastic response over the dates in December and on New Years Eve in Belfast.

Record releases this year, at this stage, we are not sure. We may record one of the shows from the acoustic tour and put that out straight after.

Steve will have a diary message for you soon, he has been busy with Paul Weller putting the finishing touches to PW’s album due May.

All the best
Chris Cradock

Source: http://www.oceancolourscene.com/news_story/262

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy & Paul Weller

Top musicians play rare acoustic gig for music therapy!

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy presents a one-off acoustic set at the Astoria on Sunday 30th September. Musicians and bands spanning the last 30 years will come together for this special performance. The first confirmed acts include The Charlatans' Tim Burgess, Paul Weller, Candie Payne, a rare appearance from Dee C Lee and Ocean Colour Scene. Tickets are on sale from Friday 10 August...

More: HERE

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy

The UKs leading independent provider of music therapy services. Each year we provide over 30,000 music therapy sessions to children and adults in need across the UK.

More: http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/

Paul Weller - Acoustic European Tour

Paul Weller & Steve Cradock head out an acoustic tour in September throughout Europe.

The full list of dates:

13-Sep Ghent, Belgium Handelsbeurs
14-Sep Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso
15-Sep Groningen, Holland Stadsschouwburg
16-Sep Frankfurt,Germany Mousonturm
18-Sep Cologne, Germany Theatre am Tanzbrunnen
19-Sep Hamburg, Germany Musikhalle
20-Sep Berlin, Germany Schiller Theatre
22-Sep Seville, Spain Cordoba Festival

Paul Weller and Keane - Gibson Guitar Town

The skyline of South Bank’s More London area has been transformed for a spectacular 10-week outdoor public art display with the addition of 30 hand-painted 10-foot free-standing replica Gibson Les Paul guitars. Over 100 accredited members of the press turned up to photograph music legends Rod Stewart, Paul Weller, and Keane as they signed their own hand painted Gibson Les Paul replica beside the iconic backdrop of the River Thames, Tower Bridge, The Tower of London, and City Hall. Gibson Guitartown London is the capital’s hottest free public exhibition, bringing the power of music together with art in aid of charity.

More: HERE

Video: Paul Weller and Keane - Gibson Guitar Town

Paul Weller - News

02.07.2007 - Graham Coxon Collaboration!
25.06.2007 - Paul Weller plays on new DOGS album!

More: Official Paul Weller Website

Graham Coxon and Paul Weller will perform new single "This Old Town" on Friday night with Jonathan Ross, on July 6th at 10:40 pm, BBC1. (Today)