How ever he’s referred to – Former Jam Frontman, Style Council Worker or The Modfather – Paul Weller remains one of England’s most influential songwriters and he’s just announced a UK tour that’ll take place throughout November.

Dates include a three-night stint at Brixton Academy and the full listing is below.

6th - Crawley K2
8th - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
10th - Dublin RDS Arena
11th - Belfast Odyssey
13th - Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena
14th - Glasgow SECC
15th - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
17th - Liverpool Echo Arena
18th - Manchester Evening News Arena
20th - Cardiff International Arena
21st - Birmingham NEC
22nd - Nottingham Arena
24th, 25th & 26th - Brixton Academy

Tickets should be available from the usual places now.

With the Music Live weekend at the Birmingham fast approaching, the good news is there's going to be even more attractions for guitarists as well as an arena full of gear on show.

Guitarfest kicks off at 6pm after the opening day of Music Live finishes on Friday 7 November and will include appearances by the following musicians:

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Thunder
Vinnie Moore (UFO)
Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, ex-Whitesnake)
The Quireboys

In an interesting turn of events for Megadeth fans, Dave Mustaine is asking fans to pick his setlist for his performance on the Friday. Vote by e-mailing dave.mustaine@musiclive.co.uk with the title of your desired Megadeth in the subject box of the e-mail.

Tickets are £10 each (or £20 for a joint ticket for Music Live) and are available now by visiting www.GuitarFest.net or by calling 0121 359 5056. They will also be available on the door at 5.30pm