The Villa Marina will be jumping to greatest hits from The Jam at next year’s TT festival.
Founder member of the legendary group Bruce Foxton will be playing his trademark basslines on May 28 with his band From The Jam.
The gig is part of From The Jam’s ‘The Public Gets What The Public Wants’ tour, and will include hits like Start!, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, Going Underground, Eton Rifles, Town Called Malice and The Modern World.
Mark Armstrong of TalisMann Promotions said: ‘Many people commented at the Paul Weller gigs last year that they would like to have heard more of The Jam material.
‘Jonno Gollow of Jonno Promotions and I did a bit of investigation and found that the original bass player, Bruce Foxton, who also penned and sang the lead on a number of the original hits, had put together “From The Jam” specifically to meet this demand.
‘Jonno and I had coincidentally been looking to work together on a major gig, and this was the obvious choice.’
He thanked the Steam Packet Company and Sure for coming on board as sponsors.
From The Jam has gained a reputation for recapturing the incendiary live atmosphere which sealed the reputation of The Jam in the 70s and 80s.
Jonno said the event had been planned with TT fans in mind: ‘We guarantee From The Jam will not go on stage until after roads have opened at the end of first practice.’