![]() ![]() ‘have you throw a few shapes in front of it’ I offer ! As you know it’d be a cold day in hell when you see Paul showing shapes, … he doesn’t have to ! Always cool in front of the camera, … I think he pays attention as he wants the photographer to ‘get on with it’ ! I think part of our enduring encounters when we meet up is that I can nail what I’m after quite fast.’ He was there at Floral Hall bang on time … I was mis-knocking up a dodgy background when he arrives, … “What you going to do with that Tommy “ he asks …. Paul Weller has never been late for a session with me in all our thirty five years of snapping. ‘Paul, like many of our great British musicians that take their job seriously. Paul Weller at Floral Hall Covent Garden 1984 It took a few more encounters with him to realise he is very serious about his art/craft as a musician and songwriter.’Ģ. He just seemed to loose LEADER ! His sometimes often mistakenly gruff exterior is merely a sign of someone that takes what he does very seriously. Straight off the bat there was no mistaking that Paul was the team leader. This was my second encounter with The Jam in a few months shooting for two different music papers. ‘They were making ‘All Mod Cons’ Round the corner at RAK studios. The Jam in the churchyard at St Johns Wood Church 1978. It is not often that a photographer has such a long working relationship with such an iconic figure and as result, we are sure all Paul Weller fans will enjoy this wonderful book.ġ. We are all delighted with the final result. The book is arranged in 3 chapters introduced by an essay from music journalist Simon Goddard covering in chronological order The Jam, Style Council and Solo years.Įvery photograph has been carefully scanned and re-touched to produce the images in their glorious best and every element of this Deluxe book will be produced to the highest specification.įor us, it has been a pleasure working with Tom over several months to bring this project to the fans. Paul Weller has penned the introduction to the book and says ”I love working with Tommy I can’t believe just how many sessions we have done together and over 5 decades….enjoy the work of a great photographer and man” With many never before seen images, this is a unique body of work that shows the brilliant talent of Tom via a fantastic visual journey from the Jam, through the Style Council and the Solo years. Tom Sheehan has photographed some of the biggest names in music and with AIM HIGH he is releasing for the very first time a comprehensive collection of his photographic work with Paul Weller. AIM HIGH Paul Weller in photographs from 1978-2015 is a beautiful Deluxe and Super Deluxe book with 240 pages charting the photographic history of the UK music legend. This upcoming book tells the story of the photographs and we have four shits exclusively sent to us to show youĪIM HIGH Paul Weller in photographs 1978 – 2015įlood Gallery Publishing is proud to announce a new book featuring the work of celebrated music photographer Tom Sheehan. His work with Paul Weller and The Jam is iconic and it took someone who as a real character like Tom to get the best out of the band. Tickets for his Metro Radio Arena gig go on sale at 9am on Monday, April 3 and are available from Eventim, from the booking hotline number 08 or in person from the Metro Radio Arena Box Office.Tom Sheehan is one of the premier UK rock photographers and one of the great post punk photographers – with a catalogue of image that defines so many of his subjects/victims he is one of the photographers that made sense of those times and freeze framed the very perceptions of many of these musicians. His 2018 tour will be in support of new album A Kind of Revolution which is released on May 12. ![]() KT Tunstall confirmed for South Tyneside Festival concerts as new ticket system is unveiled. ![]() Rock royalty Paul was last on Tyneside in 2015 on his Saturn’s Pattern tour and before that he rocked the outdoor stage at the Mouth of the Tyne festival.Īs well as featuring on iconic Jam hits like Town Called Malice and That’s Entertainment, Paul is also responsible for some mighty fine solo offerings including Changing Man, You Do Something To Me and Broken Stones. ![]() What he also does very well is entertain his fans and he’ll be doing precisely that when he heads out on a new tour next year which will see him call in at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena on February 28 next year. He is regarded as the Modfather and 40 years on from legendary The Jam album In The City, Paul Weller is hitting the road again for a tour that will include a date in Newcastle next year.įor most artists such a landmark would be greeted with extensive retrospective celebrations: lavish reissues and all that jazz but Paul Weller is not like most artists, instead releasing a new studio album, because releasing new albums is what he does best. ![]()
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