MOD legend Paul Weller is playing an intimate show at next weekend’s Great Escape Festival.

The former Jam frontman has been invited to the celebration of new music by website Amazon, which organised last year’s secret show by The Kaiser Chiefs at Concorde 2.

Weller said he was looking forward to performing some of his new songs.

“I like the fact that The Great Escape showcases new and fresh music across all venues in Brighton as a festival,” said Weller, who is releasing new album Saturns Pattern on Monday, May 18.

He added: “It’s always good to perform in smaller venues and I’m looking forward to playing some new tracks.”

As yet the venue for Weller’s performance on Saturday, May 16, has not been revealed.

A spokesman for Amazon said the show had been timed not to clash with any other big names at this year’s festival, which features Alabama Shakes, The Cribs, Django Django and Kate Tempest in its 400-strong line-up.

Weller is already booked to play the 5,000-capacity Brighton Centre in King’s Road, on Friday, November 20 – the same venue which hosted his last ever show with The Jam.

The Great Escape Festival, which is holding its tenth event in Brighton this year, has now sold out.

However, wristband holders will be able to obtain free tickets for Weller’s show on a first-come, first-served basis by registering their details at greatescapefestival.com/amazon-artist-lounge-live-secret-show/.

Weller’s show will be filmed and broadcast to Amazon Prime members on Prime Instant Video.

During the three-day festival, which runs from Thursday, May 14, to Saturday, May 16, Amazon Student is curating the Brighthelm Centre, in Queen’s Road, hosting 18 artists including Shannon Saunders, Kadebostany and Admiral Fallow.

Following his time with The Jam, Weller branched out to a more soulful style with The Style Council, before establishing himself as a successful solo artist in 1991.

Background

AS frontman of The Jam, Paul Weller was at the forefront of the 1970s Mod revival.

But over the last 40 years he has dabbled in a variety of musical genres – with The Style Council alone he moved from cappuccino soul in 1983 to house on the band's fourth album Modernism: A New Decade – recorded in 1989 but unreleased until 1998.

Weller's mid-1990s classic rock albums Wild Wood and Stanley Road received popular and critical acclaim.

But 2008’s eclectic double album 22 Dreams heralded a new era, taking in jazz, Krautrock and psychedelia influences which continued on Mercury Music Prize-nominated Wake Up The Nation and 2012's Sonik Kicks.