Paul Weller 22/11/08

I have always been a big Paul Weller fan since listening to and seeing the Jam. He had a rep as an angry young thing but he is a damn fine guitarist unlike some of the other people to emerge from the punk phenomenon. This gig was a disappointment and quite different to the previous time I had seen him at the same venue - the Trent Arena in Nottingham. There wasn't the usual focus on guitar playing and the audience was in sing-a-long mood. He did some tracks from "22 Dreams" such as the eponymous title track and he did some good tracks from "Stanley Road" such as "Broken Stones" and "You Do Something to Me" and he did some Jam classics - which is what I think the audience was after. Paul Weller needs to be seem in an intimate venue but it ain't gonna happen.....