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Paul weller boston4/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Listen to the best of The Jam on Apple Music and Spotify. “I’m so excited that we will be taking This Is The Modern World to Brighton year with the biggest collection of Jam memorabilia on show, just a stone’s throw from the last ever live gig at the Brighton Centre, forty years ago in 1982.” Go to the Visit Brighton event page for more information. “If you’re just a music fan it’s just a noisy fun exhibition. “If you’re a Paul Weller fan there’s every single thing you can possibly imagine, if you’re not a fan it’s still interesting as far as social history goes,” says Nicky. The collection has expanded in the years since, thanks to generous contributions from fans and collectors worldwide. Each room will display memorabilia from every year of the band’s career, including an exhaustive vinyl collection, Paul’s Whaaam! guitar, mod clothing and customised Jam scooters.ĭesign will be informed by artwork from the band’s albums and will feature original graphics from celebrated artist Anthony Burrill and exclusive images from the archive of photographer Martyn Goddard.Įlements of the exhibition were shown on a smaller scale at Somerset House in London in 2015 and the Cunard Building in Liverpool in 2016. Anyone interested, please do get in touch with pictures of what you would like to include in the exhibition – will be able to wander through a replica of a London Underground tube station to see the band’s formative years in the Stanley Road Room, featuring Weller’s own school books and archive family photographs. “We want the fans to be involved in this exhibition,” says Nicky Weller, “and to include their memories and special items from The Jam days and will be curating a new area of the exhibition to showcase these. ![]() Items on display, documenting an era of underground youth culture as it fed into the band’s vast mainstream success, will include handwritten lyrics, original stage outfits, personal photographs, rare footage, unreleased music videos, early scrapbooks, letters, postcards, posters, fanzines, and instruments from both The Jam and The Style Council. Music Education, Northwestern State University. MaPalais De Glace, Paris, FRA (Paris Punk Festival)ĪpHastings Pier Ballroom, Hastings, ENG (Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, The Jam.Material for the event has been shared from the personal archives of Weller, his family and fans worldwide, former Jam bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler, and the Weller family, as well as Mick Talbot and Steve White from the band formed by the frontman after he ended The Jam, The Style Council. He has also directed the band and orchestra for First Act, Boston. MaUniversity of Kent Keynes College, Canterbury, ENG NovemUpstairs At Ronnie Scotts, London, ENG The Modfather rode in on the New Wave with the Jam, moved on to blue-eyed soul with the Style Council and is now a top selling solo artist. October ?, 1976 Outdoors in Soho Market, London, ENG SeptemUpstairs At Ronnie Scotts, London, ENG MaSheerwater Community Centre, Woking, ENGĪutumn 1976 Canley Teacher Training College, Canley, ENG JanuStouton Working Men's Club, Stouton, ENGįebruWoking Working Men's Club, Woking, ENGįebruSheerwater Community Centre, Woking, ENG JanuWoking Working Men's Club, Woking, ENG NovemSheerwater Community Centre, Woking, ENGĭecemWoking Working Men's Club, Woking, ENG NovemGaiety Bar, Blackdown, Aldershot, ENG NovemWoking Working Men's Club, Woking, ENG OctoGreyhound, Croydon, ENG (supporting Thin Lizzy) Thirty-plus years, nine solo albums, and at least one legendary band into his career, British singer-songwriter Paul Weller remains a striking musical enigma. OctoGaiety Bar, Blackdown, Aldershot, ENG SeptemBritish Legion Club, Leatherhead, ENG SeptemBritish Army Cannon Club, Aldershot, ENG JSheerwater Youth Club, Woking, ENG (Sheerwater Fete)ĪugWoking Working Men's Club, Woking, ENG May 3-4, 1974 Michael's Club, Woking, ENG During the Depression he was involved in various public art. ? ?, 1973 Kingsfield Social Club, Woking, ENG (The Jam won a Talent contest playing "Reelin' an' Rockin'")Īpril 26-27, 1974 Michael's Club, Woking, ENG Biography: He was born in Boston and trained at the National Academy of Design, New York. Mid 1973 Sheerwater Youth Club, Woking, ENG (The Jam's first ever gig)
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