The deluxe reissue of The Jam’s final album, The Gift, is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut (December 2012, Take 187) – so for this week’s archive feature, we’ve stepped back to Uncut’s December 2008 (Take 139) issue, to spend a year by Paul Weller’s side, as he celebrates his 50th birthday. We are invited into the Guv’nor’s inner sanctum, to his star-studded birthday party, and into dressing rooms across Britain and America. And we learn that, like any good mod, Weller remains “more interested in the future than the past”. Words: Paul Moody
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Robert Plant was temporarily knocked to the floor when a fan invaded the stage during a recent gig in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scroll down to watch fan-filmed footage of the incident.
The stage invasion happened last Thursday [November 1] when Plant and his group The Sensational Space Shifters performed at Estadio Luna Park and had just finished performing Led Zeppelin's "Going To California". A man ran onto the stage and approached Plant but was tackled by security with the scuffle causing Plant to lose his balance and topple over.
Stephen Stills says spoken about the aborted Buffalo Springfield reunion, which was planned for 2012 but cancelled when Neil Young decided to work on new projects with his band Crazy Horse instead – including the new Psychedelic Pill album.
The Rolling Stones played another secret gig in Paris on October 29.
The Stones played 12 tracks at the 1,800 capacity venue le Théâtre Mogador, including "Tumbling Dice", "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" and "Honky Tonk Women". They also played new single "Doom And Gloom". Watch fan-filmed footage of them arriving at the venue below.
The gig follows the band's first performance in over five years last Thursday (October 25) at the tiny 600-capacity La Trabendo venue.
The Rolling Stones are to play a surprise gig in Paris tonight as a warm-up for their forthcoming dates in London and New Jersey.
The group made the announcement on Twitter, writing: "The Rolling Stones are playing a short warm-up gig tonight, Thursday 25th Oct, in Paris." Newspaper Le Parisien reports that the show will take place at Trabendo. A small, 700-seat theatre in the Parc de la Villette area of Paris.
Most important things first: apparently www.neilyoung.com will be streaming the whole of “Psychedelic Pill” today. Once you’ve had a listen, let me know what you think.
Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon is auctioning a guitar made from a whiskey barrel.
The custom axe is called The 1608 and was made by Vernon in conjunction with master luthier Gordy Bischoff. Crafted from white oak wood taken from Bushmills Irish Whiskey barrels, the guitar came about as a result of Bon Iver's advertising deal with the drinks brand.
The volume and tone control knobs are made of bottle caps and whiskey was added to the guitar humidor during the making process, so the instrument smells every so slightly booze-y.
