Paul Weller 'happy and excited' as he announces he is expecting his eighth child
Rock star Paul Weller is expecting his eighth child this year.
The Jam star announced the "wonderful" news on his website, while his wife, Hannah Andrews, tweeted a picture of the couple with the message: "We are all very happy and excited to welcome another little Weller into the world."
The baby will be the 58-year-old's third with Andrews.
The pair married in 2010 and their twin sons Bowie and John Paul were born in 2012.
The You Do Something To Me singer is also father to Leah and Nathaniel from his marriage to former backing singer Dee C Lee.
He also has three other children, Jesamine, Stevie and Dylan, from previous relationships.
Weller recently announced his upcoming album A Kind Revolution, which will be out in May.
He will take the new music, which he said represents a "call for peace", on a UK tour within the next year.
Other stars still growing their families in their 60s and 70s:
Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger welcomed his eighth child, son Deveraux Octavian Basil, with partner Melanie Hamrick in December last year, at the age of 73
Film legend Charlie Chaplin was also 73 when he had his eighth child, Christopher, in 1962 with his fourth wife Oona O'Neill
Another father of eight, singer Rod Stewart became a dad again at 66 with the birth of his son Aiden - his second child with Penny Lancaster
Ronnie Wood, also of the Rolling Stones, celebrated his 69th birthday last year with the arrival of his twin girls Gracie Jane and Alice Rose, with wife Sally Humphreys
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was 72 when he had his youngest child, Chloe, with ex-wife Wendi Deng in 2003 - she was a flower girl at her dad's wedding to Jerry Hall last year
Star Wars creator George Lucas had his fourth child, daughter Everest, at the age of 69 in 2013
Robert De Niro was 68 when he and wife Grace Hightower welcomed Helen Grace to the world in 2011
Elton John and David Furnish welcomed their second son, Elijah, in 2013 when the singer was 66