Paul Weller Passes Out in Prague!
12/30/2008
Down on the killing floor for real!
By Fred Mills
The Modfather was in hot water again the other night. A couple of months ago Paul Weller lit up a cigarette while onstage at London's The Cliffs Pavilion, resulting in an "official warning" for the venue, which is subject to a smoking ban (and enforced by the Southend Borough Council). Now we learn that Weller was picked up and questioned by police in Prague after "apparently being found drunk in the street."
Weller and a female friend, Hannah Andrews, had put in a binge session Saturday night at the city's Little Whale Pub while on vacation. Britain's The Sun reports that Weller and Andrews had been "knocking back shots of vodka" for a couple of hours, with Weller additionally insisting on singing "Killing Floor" with the pub's guitarist, Brad Huff, who described it as "really terrible. I told him he couldn't sing. He was just kind of howling. His girlfriend was aggressive and kept blowing me raspberries. She fell off her bar stool and passed out on the floor."
The pair later staggered out into the street and at one point were found laying down, presumably passed out (pictured).
The UK tabloid additionally posted video footage of Weller singing (listed as "drunken jam" on their site) and Weller and Andrews falling off their stools ("sozzled modfather").
In other, semi-unrelated news, Weller is part of a new campaign aimed at saving traditional British pubs... not hard to figure out why!
