Paul Weller live at the Sydney Opera House
Paul Weller revisits Australia for his fourth tour down under and sells out the Sydney Opera House over three consecutive nights during the height of Sydney’s summer. Fan-site photos show Weller basking in the hot sun and gazing out onto Sydney Harbour. I went to Paul Weller’s second “middle” show on Sunday 29 th Jan, and one of his first utterances as his band took the stage was “last night was a great fucking night, I hope we can match that”. Summing up from the electricity and excitement generated by the band and audience he certainly did, and on the next night too if all accounts are to be believed. Weller and his band of mod-looking musicians played a blinding set that lasted for well over two hours, drawing from songs from his fine latest release ‘ A Kind Revolution’ along with a number of old Jam and Style Council songs and his well-known solo songs from his mid-nineties solo period, and beyond. That’s forty years worth of consistently great...