Live Nation presents Paul Weller; George Houston opens
the Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109-7217 USA
8:00 PM, Monday, September 23, 2024

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[8:00 PM] {Greetings from George & introduction of 1st tune}

1. [8:01 PM] San Francisco
   [8:06 PM] {back announcement of 1st title; more SF talk; intro next tune}
2. [8:07 PM] Jesus Freaks
   [8:11 PM] {GH: “This is a nice little fun song that you can all dance along with and be so happy”}
3. [8:12 PM] Pain
   [8:15 PM] {GH toasts the crowd; asks for audience participation on the next one}
   [8:17 PM] {Woo-hoo practice}
4. [8:19 PM] Creature of the Night
   [8:22 PM] {more banter from GH; tease of Eric Burdon; GH is surprised that the crowd is not into Netflix; intro to his next tune}
5. [8:24 PM] Vehicular Suicide
   [8:27 PM] {Intro to the last song; GH swaps from guitar to keyboard}
6. [8:30 PM] In Aeternum Vive
   [8:35 PM] {final applause; see you at the merch table!}

• George Houston: guitar, keyboard, vox.

[8:54 PM] {lights down; walk-on music from the PA: Tomorrow Never Knows}

1. [8:57 PM] Cosmic Fringes
2. [9:00 PM] My Ever Changing Moods
   [9:04 PM] {PW: TYVM. Good Evenin'! How are you? It's been a long time‚ how are you all? Good. Nice to see you! It's been seven years since we passed through‚ and we're awful glad to be back here‚ and you've all turned out‚ it's wonderful. Thank you! SO tonight we've got a long set. We've got old songs‚ new songs‚ all sorts. So bear with us‚ some of your favorites might get played‚ or might not. Here's one off the new album}
3. [9:05 PM] Soul Wandering
   [9:08 PM] {PW dedicates the next song to the innocent victims of the Israeli war against the Palestinians}
4. [9:09 PM] That Pleasure
   [9:13 PM] {PW: Now we'd like to play you an old song; digression about the Fillmore and the Grateful Dead}
5. [9:13 PM] Headstart for Happiness
   [9:16 PM] {PW: Now we're gonna do a song from the 90's}
6. [9:17 PM] All the Pictures on the Wall
   [9:21 PM] {PW moves over to keyboard and introduces the next tune}
7. [9:22 PM] Stanley Road
   [9:26 PM] {PW introduces lead guitarist Steve Cradock‚ then talks about the Fat Pop album and the next tune}
8. [9:26 PM] Glad Times
   [9:30 PM] {PW offers a belated introduction to the next tune}
9. [9:30 PM] More
   [9:36 PM] {PW: TYSM; SC greets the crowd and introduces the next song}
10. [9:37 PM] Have You Ever Had It Blue
    [9:41 PM] {PW yack about recent albums; introduces the next tune}
11. [9:41 PM] Village
    [9:45 PM] {PW yacks a bit about his feelings about music}
12. [9:45 PM] Fat Pop
    [9:49 PM] {PW introduces Jake Fletcher; JF says hello & introduces the next tune}
13. [9:50 PM] Hung Up
    [9:52 PM] {PW introduces Jacko Peake; JP says hello & teases that the next tune is a 'right old banger' from the Style Council}
14. [9:53 PM] Shout to the Top!
    [9:58 PM] {PW invites the crowd to sing along on the next tune}
15. [9:58 PM] That's Entertainment
16. [10:02 PM] Broken Stones
    [10:06 PM] {PW: I love the audience you have been! Now we're gonna play two more new songs}
17. [10:06 PM] Rise Up Singing
    [10:09 PM] {PW swap back to keyboard here? Or prev tune?? PW props to Suggs for bringing in these lyrics (by Andrew Chalk)}
18. [10:10 PM] Nothing
    [10:14 PM] {PW introduces TVH; TVH greetings for the next song introduction}
19. [10:15 PM] Above the Clouds
    [10:19 PM] {PW comments about the Oasis reunion; “This is something that I co-wrote with Noel”}
20. [10:19 PM] Jumble Queen
21. [10:22 PM] Into Tomorrow
22. [10:29 PM] Out of the Sinking
23. [10:33 PM] Peacock Suit
    [10:36 PM] {PW: “Peace & Love! Goodnight!”}
    [10:37 PM] {band off while the crowd hoots & hollers for more}
    
    First Encore
    [10:39 PM] {mumbled comments from PW}
24. [10:40 PM] The Changingman »
25. [10:44 PM] Porcelain Gods
    [10:50 PM] {PW says SP would like a word; Greetings from SP and oblique introduction to the next tune (?Wild Wood is an old Irish folk song? really??); SP on acoustic guitar & vox}
26. [10:51 PM] Wild Wood
    [10:55 PM] {PW introduces the next tune over a bagpipe-like keyboard drone}
27. [10:55 PM] Rockets
    [10:59 PM] {PW: “Thanks a lot‚ Goodnight!”}
    [10:59 PM] {band off again}
    
    Second Encore
    [11:01 PM] {PW lauds the audience}
28. [11:02 PM] You Do Something to Me
    [11:05 PM] {PW introduces the band again; jokes about this next being a new national anthem for Great Britain}
29. [11:07 PM] Town Called Malice
    [11:10 PM] {final applause; all bow}
    [11:11 PM] {lights up! Band departs; show ends}

• Steve Cradock: guitar, harmonica;
• Jake Fletcher: bass, harmony vox;
• Ben Gordelier: drums, percussion;
• Jacko Peake: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, melodica;
• Steve Pilgrim: drums, acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
• Thomas Van Heel: keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vox;
• Paul Weller: guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica, drums, vox.

George Houston was a tolerable opener, and it was refreshing that the crowd was willing to listen to him rather than yapping amongst themselves. I was kinda flummoxed identifying the mildly sacrilegious second tune of his set, but he's subsequently released it as a single, Jesus Freaks \(Live at the Fillmore\). Thanks George!

I was first introduced to Paul Weller upon being gifted a cassette tape compilation of the Jam's In the City and Sound Affects albums in 1981. I dug it! But that was too late to catch them live: their last CA gig was in the spring of 1980. Style Council didn't really float my boat, so I lost track of Weller until he showed up Yep Roc! with the amazing As Is Now in 2005. Listening to that release watered the seed of desire that I ought to go see him, but his visits to NorCal haven't been particularly frequent, and for years and years, he'd announce tours that skipped us or landed on a date that conflicted with some other show. What with the pandemic and parade of regrets over those misses, when Weller announced a return to the Fillmore (first time in Norcal since 2017), I jumped on it. Let's rock!

Tonight's show was a heaping portion of hits. Although the setlist mostly pulled from Weller's last half-dozen solo albums, he also included several gems from his recordings with the Style Council and the Jam. Given that his 2024 tour statistics show a rotation of fifty-something tunes, I was kind of surprised to see that tonight's gig mirrored the previous night except for the penultimate tune of the night: we got 1995's pensive You Do Something to Me, while last night got Start! from that Sound Affects album I first heard so long ago. Heck! Missed it by that much!! Ah well, I'm glad with my choice to attend only one night (there were LOTS of out-of-town rail folks who were there both nights) – I would have felt really let down to hear the same show two nights in a row.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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