Press Release Date: Monday 16 July 2018, 10:00am Contact: Phoebe Gardiner
[email protected] / 020 7921 0967 Images: Downloadable here Paul Weller announces exclusive shows with orchestra at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall Paul Weller. Credit Nicole Nodland Southbank Centre announces today (16 July) that Paul Weller makes his debut solo performance at the Royal Festival Hall with two exclusive live shows on 11 and 12 October where, for the first time, Paul and his band will be joined by an orchestra. Special guests will also appear on both nights. These two Royal Festival Hall debuts are the only indoor live performances of 2018 for the British music icon, who turned 60 this year. They support his upcoming new album True Meanings, due for release this September. The fourteenth Paul Weller solo album and twenty sixth studio album of his entire career, True Meanings is a record characterised by grand yet delicate orchestration, for which the world-class acoustics of the Royal Festival Hall provide the perfect setting. The performances feature tracks from the new album and from across his distinguished and decorated career. “Performing two nights in a venue as iconic as the Royal Festival Hall is a significant moment for me” says Paul Weller. “It’s going to be a special two shows performing tracks from the new album and adding some older tracks into the set, all backed with a brilliant orchestra.” One of the most revered music writers and performers of the past 30 years, Paul Weller achieved fame with the hugely popular and influential band The Jam.