Two thirds of the Jam (bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler) reunited last year without Paul Whatshisname as From The Jam. The idea of the Jam without their frontman and lead songwriter sounded like a dubious proposition, but their shows in Europe were enough of a success that they're taking their act across the pond in early 2008.
It will be Foxton and Buckler's first shows in North America since the final Jam tour in 1983. I'm not sure how successful the shows over here will be, but I'm thinking of checking them out. Apparently their new lead singer Russell Hastings sings exactly like Weller used to sing, and the band sounds better now than they did then. At least that's what their press releases say, and the tracks on myspace do sound pretty good.
Tickets for their SF show at the GAMH are $25 each, which is almost as much as that other guy charges for his shows, but at least they aren't charging twice as much for having twice as many original members.
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Bruce Foxton may have played a Rick, but it's not his name (not yet).
Fixed.. I was cribbing directly from the press release, and must've had the name Rick on my mind.
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