Paul Weller announces Forest Live gigs for 2023

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17 Jan 2023, 10:07

Paul Weller is set to thrill fans by playing more Forest Live gigs this year, performing in Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Suffolk in June.

Tickets go on sale for the summer concert series presented by Forestry England from 9am on 20th January, which are set to take place on Thursday, 8th June at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, Friday, 9th June at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire and Saturday, 17th June at Thetford Forest, Suffolk.

Weller said in a statement: “I am very happy to be playing the Forest Live gigs again as they are always such great shows with such a great audience! See you there.”

The Modfather is joining previously-announced acts Tom Grennan on 15th June, Anne Marie on 16th June and Jack Savoretti on 18th June and Madness, who are taking on a run of shows in June and July 2023, kicking off in Cannock Chase Forest on 8th June. They will also play at Cheshire’s Delamere Forest on 15th June, as part of the Forest Live concert series. 

The annual British music festival is organised by the Forestry Commission, a British non-ministerial government department with ticket sale profits going toward the nation’s forests sustainably.

Held in forest locations across the country, including Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, Delamere Forest, Cheshire and High Lodge, Thetford Forest, and Suffolk, this will be Weller's 26th appearance since his Forest Live debut in 2004, all to sold-out crowds.

Tickets for the Westonbirt show go on sale this Friday (January 20) with tickets priced at £52.50 plus a £6.25 booking fee for each ticket.

You can get yours from here.

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