Face Of Cheam

Ventured down to the Crawley for the first night of Mr Wellers uk tour. The K2 leisure centre’s first ever gig. Basically it was a large basketball court with a stage at the end. Frustratingly you could not take drinks in meaning the two beers I had purchased just minutes before he came on had to be necked in record time. This was the first time I had seen Mr Weller since Finsbury Park over ten years ago. He hasn’t changed that much though he has started to explore his past a bit more and included a storming version of the Jam classic Eton Rifles. The Stanley Road album also provided a lot of the set with Porcelin Gods, Changing Man, the gorgeous You Do Something To Me and in the encore Broken Stones and set closer Whirlpools End with apocalyptic footage of September 11th and other wars on the screen behind. I haven’t got his 22 Dreams album but the stuff fhe played seemed quite good. Thankfully he only played one from Heliocentric and ignored the Heavy Soul album completely. Ignoring the smoking ban completely he did a ‘house’ version of Wild Wood and early on did a great version of Shout To The Top the Style Council song. Two hours and you can’t complain that I am now back in the modfather’s brethen!