Heres the list of press and promo thats going on for the album. Some interesting stuff including a film from Julien Temple!!! And an appearance on the new Jools Holland!
PLAYLISTS:
XFM – Daytime playlist (Wake Up The Nation)
Kerrang – B list (Wake Up The Nation)
Absolute – B List (No Tears To Cry)
Q – Playlist (Wake Up The Nation)
6 Music – B List (Wake Up The Nation)
Music Choice – Wake Up The Nation – added to the playlist
BBC Radio Scotland – Daytime list (Wake Up The Nation)
Future Radio – B list (Wake Up The Nation)
SIBC – B list (Wake Up The Nation)
Olympic Radio – C list (Wake Up The Nation)
Nation Radio – Evening list (Wake Up The Nation)
Arrow FM – B list (No Tears To Cry)
Bright 106.4FM – B list (No Tears To Cry)
Sovereign FM – B list (No Tears To Cry)
Splash FM – B list (No Tears To Cry)
OTHERS / RECORDS OF THE WEEK:
Radio 2 – Special event: In Concert to be recorded on Thursday 15th April at the Radio Theatre to tx on 19th April.
Radio 2 – Acoustic session/interview – Jonathan Ross show scheduled to record on 9th April to tx on 10th April.
XFM – Wake Up The Nation was both Richard Skinner & Dave Berry’s Record Of The Week
XFM – interview with Dave Berry (Feb)
6 Music – Interview with Shaun Keavney (Feb)
NME Awards – Interviews went out on 6 Music, XFM, Absolute, Radio 1, BBC Switch. Kerrang! Radio – Kerrang – Paul is doing a Kerrang! Live event on Thurs 25th March. This will involve playing 5-6 songs (full electric) to approx 60 winners.
In Demand Scotland – Paul is doing an interview and acoustic session for the networked show on Tues 6th April. He will be doing ‚No Tears To Cry‘, an old song and a cover.
In Demand England – Paul is doing an interview and acoustic session for the networked show on Wed 7th April. He will be doing ‚No Tears To Cry‘, an old song and a cover.
XFM Manchester – Paul is going into the station on Wed 7th April to pre-record an interview for the Breakfast show.
Press
OUT NOW:
NME – Feature – Feb
NME – cover – Awards Issue – Feb
Q, Mojo, NME, Uncut – in the studio release news pieces
STILL TO RUN:
MOJO – cover – 28th March
Independent On Saturday – cover – 25th April
Observer Review – poss Cover – 11th April
Sunday Telegraph – 7 Magazine – supplement cover – 11th April
Daily Telegraph – feature – street date TBC
The Sun – Something for the weekend – cover – 16th April
Word – Feature – 11th April
Sunday Times – Relative Values – feature – 26th April
Clash Magazine – feature – late April
Q – Cash For Questions – feature – May
NME – cover – late April
News Of The World – Feature – date tbc
Daily Mirror – Feature – date tbc
Plus lead album reviews in Mojo, Q & Uncut – all will be excellent review
TV
Channel 4 – NME Awards – two tracks – Eton Rifles & Start – 26th Feb
Channel 4 – T4 – Interview from NME Awards – 27th Feb
Channel 4 – T4 NME Awards show – Wake Up The Nation & clip of Town Called Malice – 27th Feb
Channel 4 – Video exclusive – Wake Up The Nation – 3rd March
BBC 2 – Later With Jools Holland – Live Show – 2 tracks – 13th April
BBC 2 – Later With Jools Holland – 3 tracks -16th April
Channel 4 – Julien Temple Film ‚Find The Torch‘ – midnight – after Shameless – 28th April
Virgin Media – Live from The Garage in Islington. This event will be filmed for Virgin TV. There will be a full Paul Weller take over for the month of April. The gig will be broadcast around fathers day in June.
VIDEO:
Added to Q TV playlist
MTV Classic – spot plays
PLUS:
NME Awards Coverage – interviews went out on Channel 5 news, ITN On, PA, Reuters, GMTV, MTV, Sky News.
Online
Key Highlights:
NME.com – take over around the cover
Sun online – take over
Q – Paul picks track of the day for one week – leading up to album release + poss take over
The Line Of Best Fit – Interview
AOL – sessions and interviews
BBC Music – Album review
+ mixes have been serviced to blogs
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