paul weller says happy birthday to macca with "birthday"

"they say it's your birthday..." it's the great sir paul mccartney's 70th birthday today. while you let that sink in (that's six years about he turned 64), head on over to amazon.com and download paul weller's version of the beatles' "birthday" for only 70 cents, the proceeds of which go to the brilliant war child charity. it's only available for today, so get a move on.

paul weller plays super special show at john varvatos bowery store, aka cbgb's

this is the world now. 35 years ago, the jam played at cbgb's. today that club is fancy-pants (with a rock 'n' roll edge, to be fair) designer john varvatos' bowery store. this month the jam's paul weller is coming back to these fair shores to play a couple of gigs in new york, but just before he does that, the modfather will be playing a special vip event at mr. varvatos' aforementioned store. naturally, you can't buy tickets to this show, you can only win them by checking out the details on the designer's facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/JohnVarvatos. 


that's all very well and good, obviously, but we would still fancy a gig a little close to home. any chance of an atlanta show this century, mr. weller?