After Gilles Peterson played a couple of tracks from the new album last week on his BBC Radio 1 show (he’s a bit of a fan by all accounts), there’s a bit of a buzz about as the deluxe version features a bonus disc with remixes of the new tracks.

And it’s a right eclectic bunch of remixers, all personally chosen by Paul apparently. After the Keb Darge & Paul Weller Present Lost & Found - Real R’N’B & Soul compilation on BBE last year, you might have thought there would be some Northern/Mod/Soul type choice but he’s still gone for an interesting crew with the likes of Richard Hawley, The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Nick Zinner (who remixes Find The Tourch Burn The Plans under his Little Vampire moniker), Disco wunderkind Kid Zero, the back to form Tunng and psychedelic favs, Amorphous Androgynous (who were really on form at Bestival a few years back, see HERE).

Lovingly presented in a hardback book style case with new photos and sleevenotes written by Irvine Welsh, this is a must for all Weller fans young and old.

And just to keep up the madness, after instantly selling out five nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall in May, Weller will play a UK arena tour throughout November and December 2010 including a night at Wembley Arena plus he has also been confirmed to appear at this year’s V Festival in August - see details below.

As a slight aside, after Peterson did his first B2B with Thom Yorke, he was aiming to get Weller to do the next. Well as it’s going to be Erika Badu on his show next week, he’s missed out but on the strenght of this, Weller vs. Peterson would be a corker.

November 2010
Tue 23rd & Wed 24th Brighton Centre
Fri 26th Birmingham Arena
Sat 27th Cardiff International Arena
Sun 28th Bournemouth Int Centre
Tue 30th Sheffield Arena
December 2010
Wed 1st Newcastle Arena
Fri 3rd Manchester Arena
Sat 4th Glasgow SECC
Sun 5th Aberdeen ECC
Tue 7th Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Wed 8th Liverpool Arena
Fri 10th London Wembley Arena

Reviewed: Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation - Limited Deluxe Edition (Island) Release date: 19th April 2010
Tracklisting: CD1:
1. Moonshine
2. Wake Up The Nation
3. No Tears To Cry
4. Fast Car / Slow Traffic
5. Andromeda
6. In Amsterdam
7. She Speaks
8. Find The Torch, Burn The Plans
9. Aim High
10. Trees
11. Grasp And Still Connect
12. Whatever Next
13. WHATEVER NEXT
14. 7&3 Is The Strikers Name
15. Up The Dosage
16. Pieces Of A Dream
17. Two Fat Ladies
CD2.
1. Wake up The Nation (Zinc’s Crack House Remix)
2. Fast Car Slow Traffic (Erland & Carnival Carnivalization)
3. Grasp & Still Connect (The Bees Version)
4. She Speaks (Tunng Remix)
5. Andromeda (Richard Hawley Remix)
6. In Amsterdam (Noonday Underground Remix)
7. No Tears To Cry (Leo Zero Remix)
8. Find the Torch, Burn The Plans (Nick Zinner Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Remix)
9. Aim high / Pieces of a dream (The Amorphous Androgynous Remix ) Part 1: Aim High (Aim Higher)
10. Aim high / Pieces of a dream (The Amorphous Androgynous Remix ) Part 2: Pieces Of A Dream (A Dream In Pieces)
11. Aim high / Pieces of a dream (The Amorphous Androgynous Remix ) Part 3: Aim High (The Higher Aim)
12. Aim high / Pieces of a dream (The Amorphous Androgynous Remix ) Part 4: Aim High (Like Water Needs A Flower)
13. Pieces Of A Dream - Original version (Bonus Track)
14. Grasp & Still Connect - Original version (Bonus Track)

Links:
Tickets go on sale on Friday 26th March and are priced from £35.00 + booking fee (and £38.50 + booking fee London), show time is 7.30pm.
Online: www.theticketfactory.com/paulweller 24 HR Ticket Hotline: 0844 338 0000
Gilles Peterson :: 17th March 2010 :: Bonobo in conversation + Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz in Session at Maida Vale
Paul Weller - She Speaks (Island)
Paul Weller - Pieces Of A Dream (Island)
Oya Festival 2010 - M.I.A.’s first announced show of the year & Paul Weller’s debut appearance in Norway joining LCD Soundsystem and Robyn. Oya Festival is delighted to announce a raft of new additions to the line up for their August event. Additionally, a splendid array of Norwegian acts have also been added to the bill including: Motorpsycho, THE CUMSHOTS and Casiokids.
They join the previously announced line up: Pavement (US), Iggy & The Stooges (US), Tony Allen (NG), Big Boi (US), La Roux (UK), The XX (UK), Girls (US), Fools Gold (US), Raekwon (US), Cymbals Eat Guitars (US) , The Gaslight Anthem (US), Major Lazer (US/UK), Lindstrom & Christabelle (NO), Converge (US), Surfer Blood (US), Serena Maneesh (NO) Plus Norwegian acts: Altaar / CCTV / Lidolido / Navigators / John Olav Nilsen Og Gjengen / Obliteration / Djerv / Susanne Sundfr / Purified in Blood / The Megaphonic Thrift / Blood Command / Krkeslv / Pow Pow / Lucy Swann / Mhoo
10th-14th August 2010 Middelalderparken, Oslo Tickets: 5 DAY FESTIVAL PASS: 1940, - NOK + tax
Day tickets also available Ticket sale: www.billettservice.no Phone: +47 815 33 133