Paul Weller has announced a series of gigs in spectacular woodland locations this summer as part of Forestry Commission Live Music 2009. This will be a long-awaited return for his fans, having last played some forest dates in 2004 to capacity crowds.

Described as both the ‘modfather of rock’ and ‘Britpop’s elder statesman’, Paul is ultimately acknowledged by the media, fellow musicians and the public as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of British popular music. Since his early days in The Jam, then Style Council and subsequently as a hugely successful solo artist, Paul continues to make pioneering music. Last year saw the release of the critically acclaimed number one album ‘22 Dreams’, his ninth solo album in a career spanning over three decades.

Paul Weller will be performing at:

• Thetford Forest, Near Brandon, Suffolk, Friday 5th June
  
• Delamere Forest, Delamere, Cheshire, Friday 12th June
  
• Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Near Edwinstowe, Notts, Friday 19th June
  
• Westonbirt Arboretum, Near Tetbury, Glos, Saturday 20th June
  
• Cannock Chase Forest, Near Rugeley, Staffs, Friday 26th June
  
• Dalby Forest, Near Pickering, N Yorks, Saturday 27th June
  

Tickets £33.00 (subject to booking fee) are available from 9.00am this Friday 16th January from the Forestry Commission Box Office tel 01842 814612, online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music or over the counter from the venue.

www.paulweller.com

www.forestry.gov.uk/music