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March 30, 2007

Paul Weller's Spit Spat With Sting

The Brit tabloids are eating this one up this morning: Daily Mirror reports that The Modfather was spotted guzzling beer, "determined to have a good time" at Royal Albert Hall this week, when he came across a framed photo of Sting's performance in 2000 at the posh venue.

The 48-year-old spied the offending photo as he took his seat during the interval at Russell Brand's Teenage Cancer Trust gig on Wednesday night.

He marched straight to it, coughed up as much phlegm as he could muster and planted it plum in the middle of The Police frontman's head.

And as he walked away, Weller then snarled: "F***ing t***!"

Apparently, this isn't the first time The Jam man has spewed at Gordon, once telling a mag that Sting's “Not my cup of tea at all. Fucking rubbish. No edge, no attitude, no nothing.” He's also on the record with slams at Bob Geldof and Freddie Mercury. ("He said he wanted to bring ballet to the working classes. What a c**t.") Seems like Paul's always wiping something from his mouth, eh?

 

Well, Weller will be performing at tonight's Versus charity gig in Manchester. Wonder if he'll deem that possible Stone Roses reunion gob worthy.

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Hey, you forgot the "Style Council" tag

Posted by: Waldo at 03/30/07 10:26 AM | Reply
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He's totally right about Stig but the loogie seems a bit unsanitary

Posted by: bobfrombob at 03/30/07 10:40 AM | Reply
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What did Weller yell? Fucking tits? Cause I thought I was the only one that said that...

Posted by: omg at 03/30/07 11:45 AM | Reply
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Twat

Posted by: Peter P at 03/30/07 12:03 PM | Reply
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fucking twat?

Posted by: goldend at 03/30/07 12:08 PM | Reply
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We Americans just can't do drunken, self-righteous vitriol with this kind of style. It's 80% because we're not allowed to say "c**t."

Posted by: the management at 03/30/07 1:18 PM | Reply
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i'm down with weller..but he's wrong on freddie.

Posted by: charlie swan at 03/30/07 1:37 PM | Reply
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Team Weller!

Posted by: ccu at 03/30/07 4:04 PM | Reply
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Hey i'm no Sting fan either. But fuck Weller. What a fucking idiot prick.

Posted by: Elliot at 03/30/07 11:23 PM | Reply
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That's the best he's got? Spitting at a poster? Wow...nice "headline grab" Jenny. The sad thing is the fact that this actually gets coverage.

Maybe next time he can rip up a picture of the Pope.

Loser.

Posted by: CDR at 03/31/07 10:18 AM | Reply
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He'd better watch out. Sting might give him a tantric ass-kicking or something else equally un-menacing.

Posted by: Da g-trane at 05/25/07 8:06 AM | Reply
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americans just dont have a clue bout music!!
Weller is the modfather.. i didnt even think you have heard of him there such is your musical igornance

Posted by: robert at 01/09/08 5:37 PM | Reply
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