Paul Weller review – the Modfather battles the nostalgia industry
Leeds Arena The Jam and Style Council frontman works hard to warm an arena crowd wary of anything but the classics, but triumphs on his own termsIf Paul Weller played the arena game, he’d have massive luminous Mod targets and nostalgic pictures of his Style Council era behind him and share dewy-eyed reminiscences of his Jam days with Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. However, the man who split that band at the height of their popularity has always done things his way. His only concessions to...
Guardian Music — Leeds Arena The Jam and Style Council frontman works hard to warm an arena crowd wary of anything but the classics, but triumphs on his own termsIf Paul Weller played the... more info