Tribute show by Simply Weller celebrating the music of Paul Weller, The Style Council and The Jam.
Simply Weller are playing The Facebar on Saturday 17 April 2027, a tribute night dedicated to the music of Paul Weller. It's a career-spanning set, and the band describes it as celebrating all aspects of Weller's fifty-year career in fine detail. That's a long stretch of music to cover, and the set does exactly that, working through the Modfather's greatest hits, classic album tracks and rarities, alongside the hit singles from his solo years, The Style Council and mod icons The Jam. It's a two-hour show, so there's plenty of room to pull from each era rather than just sticking to the most familiar songs.
If you've followed Weller's work, you know how much ground there is to cover. The Jam brought the mod revival to the forefront in the late seventies; The Style Council took things in a completely different, more sophisticated pop and soul direction in the eighties; and his solo career has seen him move through folk, rock and back again over the decades. This set pulls from all three, so you'll hear the early mod energy alongside the later, more stripped-back stuff. It's a good way to hear the different phases of his writing in one go, with the hits and the deeper album cuts sitting side by side.
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The Facebar is one of Reading's popular event venues, and the town's cultural scene is a rich and diverse one, with a strong literary tradition sitting alongside vibrant theatre, comedy and seasonal celebrations. This night fits right into that mix. The show starts at 20:30, and tickets are £9.90 via WeGotTickets.
