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Paul Weller , Victoria Hall, Stoke – 12th April 2024 Review - Andy Rax Coops After the best part of a half century as a recording artist, the force of nature that is Paul Weller is back on the road, this time promoting the forthcoming new album ‘66’, which is the age he is on the cusp of turning in May. For this evening’s show, the delightful Grade II listed Victoria Hall played host to the assembling middle age Modfather mob, ready to pay homage to the master changing man.  Providing support were Brighton based Barbara, led by Tydeman brothers John, the front man and Henry on keys. Taking on influences such as The Divine Comedy and ELO, the sharp suited five piece set about the Stoke crowd with their theatrical and quirky pop, including vocal harmonies aplenty. There were also playful attempts to invoke a crowd wave along during ‘Rainy Days In June’ to mixed success, while later in the set they moved into Randy Newman territory with the plinky plonky ‘Don’t Send Me M...

  Leomon to a Lime (lime to a lemon) would like to introduce to you the other half of our Blog, His Knowledge & talent is vital to our blog & we look forward to upcoming reviews. He loves his Vinyl and most Saturdays can be found on the following links, so if you have a varied taste in great music, click the link and take a listen, put in a request and challenge his collection to see if he can bring the sounds to you. enjoy the talent folks. Hiya, I'm Ralph Rouge and I'm a record player, and also sometimes known as Kipland Vega. I've been playing records for flipping ages, including at various dodgy bars and occasionally somewhere interesting such as at London Fashion Week and on BBC Radio 6. But mainly at dodgy bars. I do a live broadcast, on Saturdays from 3:30pm, tune in here: https://www.mixcloud.com/live/ralphrouge/ The below wobbly mixes are all recorded in one take live from vinyl - latest mix right here!:  https://www.mixcloud.com/ralphrouge/i-play-the-bass-...