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Post by chea on Nov 20, 2009 13:04:02 GMT
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Post by chea on Jan 12, 2010 8:03:09 GMT
Hi to All! J.T this year will be performing only one time in my country .The tickets are already available(and i got,of course ).The date will be in Mai in Genova.In the official website it is not sheduled,yet. I believe probably because we have had several show as J.T last year,but we haven't had got any Christmas Concerts.Hope this year Ian will shedule the opposite,because ONE CONCERT IN ITALY IN ONE YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH!! .
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Post by mikeyj on Feb 21, 2010 15:56:48 GMT
hi anybody else who posts on this site going to see tull at aberdeen music hall on march 28th 2010
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Post by chea on Mar 1, 2010 10:02:31 GMT
Hi to All. This is the week in which the new Jethro Tull Tour Begins. I'm very impatient and expectant.How lucky we are being a Fans to a Band still on the road...
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Post by spenny on Mar 1, 2010 14:17:22 GMT
Hi Mikeyj I will be at Aberdeen, Perth and Glasgow.
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Post by parkbench on Mar 1, 2010 22:29:41 GMT
here in the SF Bay Area we have a Starbucks for every 23 residents. There are at least 2 places downtown, where you can see two other Starbucks from the front door of the Starbucks you are leaving. Unlucky!
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Post by chea on Mar 2, 2010 8:45:24 GMT
Hi Mikeyj I will be at Aberdeen, Perth and Glasgow. Good Morning Spenny. Really great three dates so close between them!.I will be in Manchester this month and in Genova (Italy) in Mai.I believe somewhere else in the second part of the year. Just wait and see where The Band will be performing...
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kleynan
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Post by kleynan on Mar 6, 2010 9:58:15 GMT
Anyone attending the concert in Copenhagen, Denmark? I know ill be there! its going to be legendary...
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 9, 2010 8:28:19 GMT
Updates....
Atlanta, GA added for June 6th
Paks, Hungary added for July 4th
Canandaigua, NY added for 6/17
Jerusalem show changed to August 9th
USA show in Vienna, VA (6/8), announced
Four more dates for Germany between July 22-25 including Berlin and Zurich (May 16th), Tilburg, Netherlands (May 19th), Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (May 21st)
Two shows in Israel for August, May 14th show in Genova, Italy, and July 10th in Vikedal, Norway
Three German and two Greek shows announced for April, July
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 9, 2010 9:09:53 GMT
The Norwegian one looks interesting. It's the Vikedal Roots Festival i46.images obliterated by tinypic/2vkxa52.jpg[/IMG] www.myspace.com/rootsfestivalI'd want a bit of Broadsword there Got the Ian Drever band playing this year too. Ian Drever is Kris Drever of Lau's father. Love to see Lau and Tull on the same show! www.myspace.com/ivandreverband
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 13:01:46 GMT
www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=5271238&postcount=708Jethro Tull at the Hexagon By Linda Fort March 10, 2010 Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame is afraid of flying – and seems to take an obsessive interest in air crashes and their causes. He can wax lyrical on the misery of short haul flights in South America and Eastern Europe, air turbulence and the kind of passengers who cheer whenever something goes bump in the air. For this reason, while he is looking forward to the musical experience of a forthcoming trip to Tiblisi in Georgia, he will find getting there a nightmare. In fact, he has pretty much given up satisfying the demands of Jethro Tull fans in South America simply because of the horror of short haul flying in that area. He said: “I fly so often that it is getting to the point where, statistically, I am almost bound to be in a crash one day.” He wrote a song in 1975 called Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young to Die which was inspired by a plane journey. On other subjects, the singer and musician is more cheerful and a trip to The Hexagon in Reading on Friday holds no particular travel horrors. He said: “The great thing about concerts is to try out new material on audiences. I always like to play two or three new numbers.” He explained concerts generally consist of several new songs, the band’s chart hits – Living in the Past, Sweet Dreams and Witch’s Promise – and the songs which satisfy the Jethro Tull “nerds”. “They’re often quite obscure numbers that might be 30 years old which we haven’t played for years,” he explains. The band is generally described as “folk rock”, but Anderson – who plays flute, whistle, guitar and mandolin – is steeped in the acoustic tradition. He said: “Despite the rock appendage I have always played acoustic music and that is where my interests lie.” Anderson lives on a farm in south west England. There, he has a recording studio and pursues his hobbies which includes conserving 25 species of small wildcat and collecting clockwork watches and vintage Leica cameras. He remains committed to playing live music although he believes he could almost have come to the end of the line for recording albums. He said: “Albums are just no longer commercially viable. People don’t buy albums. In fact they don’t really listen to music any more in the way they used to. They use it as a backdrop – a way to shut out the world when they are driving or sitting on the train.
“They use is as a cloak to disguise, a cloak to protect them from what they find unendurable around them.”Still with around 30 albums behind them, a Grammy and sales totalling 60 million, Jethro Tull has done pretty well when music fans were still “living in the past.” Jethro Tull will also appear at the Wycombe Swan on Sunday. For details, call 01494 512000.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 10, 2010 19:43:03 GMT
He remains committed to playing live music although he believes he could almost have come to the end of the line for recording albums. He said: “Albums are just no longer commercially viable. People don’t buy albums. In fact they don’t really listen to music any more in the way they used to. They use it as a backdrop – a way to shut out the world when they are driving or sitting on the train. Open memo to Ian Anderson #2Ian
Yes people do still buy albums. Yes they do listen to them in a car or train but equally they listen to them to unwind and relax and to enjoy the music.
Why? Because they enjoy the music and want to hear your music and songs.
If you don't want to put out CDs, issue some new music via downloads from the Tull site with all profits going to charity. Issue them with downloadable sleeves etc and then we'll be happy.
I live in hope
Regards
Graham/Maddog
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 20:40:37 GMT
Flying colours today, are we? Going all 1960's colours on me. Too far out man.
People I know still do what they did, musically. ;D Like buying albums that hopefully have a concept or common thread. These musicians that are out of touch. (shakes head) Hey Ian we're all hiding out here, under wraps from music polls and prying eyes. (laughing a bit too fast) I will never pay for a download.
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 10, 2010 21:28:46 GMT
One word to the above two posts
Agree
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Post by mix on Mar 10, 2010 21:56:16 GMT
I think Ian is getting pretty potty in his old age. I don't know what planet he's on thinking people don't listen to music anymore. He sounds bitter to me. He needs to sort his bloody attitude out!
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Post by chea on Mar 12, 2010 12:29:41 GMT
Very offen i ask myself how much time :)Ian can spend in his farm in South West of England, considering engagements, travels, shows, ecc...
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Post by mix on Mar 12, 2010 13:09:50 GMT
The strange thing is, regardless of whether albums sell or not, you would think Ian would have a need to get it down in some form for himself. Like a painter must paint. I guess if Ian has lost that need within himself we can consider the end is here really.
As others have mentioned, if the real reason is low album sales Ian really should put out singles via his own website. He would make quite a considerable amount of money. Maybe its an ego thing, not being signed to a major record label like the old days. I've no idea what goes on in his head but he clearly lives in the past.
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 12, 2010 13:30:36 GMT
Very offen i ask myself how much time :)Ian can spend in his farm in South West of England, considering engagements, travels, shows, ecc... very little Chea - he must have a lot of staff I reckon we should have another Q&A ok thinking caps on - 200 ways to ask the same question Would we get an answer?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2010 12:59:42 GMT
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1596710?UserKey=Wandering minstrels take to the road again Martin Hutchinson talks to legendary Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson as the band prepare for their new tour Published: 25/03/2010 Ian Anderson, top, and with the rest of Jethro Tull, below More Pictures JETHRO Tull’s Ian Anderson has forthright views on today’s music industry: “Because of how the industry is, it’s tough for young musicians,” he said. “The outlets for retail physical output are fast disappearing because of downloads.” “I know they’re not illegal, but I think they’re immoral, as they reduce the amount of money that musicians make.” This may be one reason why bands tour constantly and release less new material. “That’s right,” he agreed, “Traditional theatres hold only about 500-700 people and sometimes it’s not even cost effective to tour.” Having said that, Ian and his band are currently on a 23-date tour around the country which began in Northampton on March 5 and finishes on April 1 in Sheffield. In among that, the band, whose hot albums include Thick as a Brick, Aqualung and Heavy Horses, will be appearing in Aberdeen on Sunday. “We’ve been gigging all over the world since we last toured the UK, not just as Tull, but also under my own name.” Ian, who founded the band in 1968, has hinted that the set-list will feature an assortment of the best of Tull with some rare gems thrown in. “Although we try to vary it, there are some songs that we have to do, such as Aqualung, Beret and Locomotive Breath,” he said. “Everything else is a moveable feast . . . and move it we do. “We may not even do Thick as a Brick this time.” “Yes,” he carried on, “there will be some less-well-known material on this tour. “How unknown it is depends on the degree to which the fans know the songs; there may be two or three new things.” Jethro Tull became one of the biggest bands of the 70s. The music was heavily influenced by a “rural” atmosphere, and Ian was instantly recognisable with his wild, unkempt hair and crazed eyes. For proof, just watch any of the old recordings of the band on The Old Grey Whistle Test doing Living In the Past or Minstrel in the Gallery (two of the band’s single hits). The band’s line-up has remained stable for some time now. Joining Ian on stage is original guitarist Martin Barre, Doane Perry, David Goodier and John O’Hara. Ian, well-known as the band’s vocalist with a penchant for playing the flute while standing on one leg, always tries to be environmentally friendly when touring, preferring to travel by train. “I do look forward to touring,” he said. “I enjoy travelling by train and tend to use it when we can as it’s a little bit more environmentally benign. “However, it can be a little fraught with risk, especially at weekends when they do all the works. “I also look forward to visiting places I’ve never been to before. “When I do my acoustic tours, I tend to go farther afield.” Harking back to his views on the music industry, he concluded by saying. “We are living in such a changed world, but I’m happy and honoured to have lived when there was an explosion of music.” Jethro Tull play Aberdeen’s Music Hall on Sunday. Tickets are £24.50 and £27.50 (plus booking fee) and are available from the box office on 01224 641122 and all the usual agencies. Read more: www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1596710?UserKey=#ixzz0jC0rJTjq
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2010 13:09:58 GMT
www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/music/No-living-in-the-past.6180621.jpNo living in the past for the forward-looking Jethro Tull Published Date: 25 March 2010 By Rachael Clegg Jethro Tull were not merely a bass, guitar drums rock band and Ian Anderson was no ordinary frontman. This was a group, after all, that named itself after an 18th-century agriculturalist. Musically, Tull presented an idiosyncratic take on rock and their flute-led signature style propelled them to rock superstardom - Tull shared the same ivory tower as The Rolling Stones, The Who, and even Led Zeppelin. And, as the first band to play at Shea Stadium since the Beatles, they ruled the US arena circuit. Today, Tull's musical ambition is still driving them. Next week the group play at Sheffield's City Hall as part of a UK tour. But Tull are well prepared: "In the run-up to the tour I take the time to get physically and mentally into shape to do a full concert. I practice on the flute and guitar and borrow my wife's running machine," says frontman and flautist Ian Anderson. The preparation is understandable: Anderson is renowned for his lively performances - often playing flute while standing on one leg. And after decades of arena tours, Jethro Tull are not unused to enormous crowds. Anderson reflects on the group's first forays into big rock shows: "I remember us opening for Led Zeppelin on our second US tour. It was a very good lesson in performing to larger crowds and the intensity of it all and learning to cope with that attention. "I think when you have those lessons you can learn them quickly, you can learn them begrudgingly or you can not learn them at all. I think I learnt them fairly quickly really because it just seemed like an act of self-preservation, to get past that point of becoming a little bit famous and not letting it change you too much. "Sometimes the record company would send a limo for us, which is the easiest way to attract attention, so we used to send the limo on ahead to the venues and we would follow in a couple of yellow cabs. Of course, the limos would get mobbed by fans and we would just drive past and get to where we were going. We had an anti-star philosophy." That was the late sixties but Anderson's anti-stardom philosophy is still evident today. He converses more like a university lecturer than a 63-year-old rock star. Even in the midst of superstardom, Anderson was driven by his intellectual work ethic, as he told Melody Maker in 1975: "I've not yet written the songs that I want to write. It comes down to the songs. I'm a believer in absolute value with songs. I would like to write a really substantial love song... something that really paints a strong picture." Today, 35 years since that interview, Tull's views on songwriting have not changed. "We are blessed with a rich language, yet many musicians use buzz words and fun statements. One think I try and do is write some sort of expressive lyrics that have never appeared in a song." Anderson certainly stretched the songwriting boundaries, addressing serious, universal social problems in addition to cryptic prog rock riddles, as in Tull's three-times platinum 1971 album Aqualung: "Aqualung addressed social issues that weren't going to go away - such as homelessness. Whether it's the street kids in Mumbai or the kids in Washington camped out a couple of miles down the road from the White House, it's still an issue." There were other issues that struck the young Anderson while touring America with Tull. "It was a harsh awakening because of the degree of violence, including violence at rock concerts - there were a lot of bad things that happened with local police and sometimes even state police. In Denver, at Red Rocks in 1972 there was a huge riot, with tear gas and people burning police cars - it was all pretty horrific stuff." And unlike other British rock bands who toured America leaving a trail of drugs, groupies and trashed hotel rooms, Anderson refrained from the sex and drugs: "I didn't like the idea of being chemically altered and I regarded my growing personality and psyche as something sacred and didn't want to fiddle around with it. I can only think of Frank Zappa and myself as the only people that are perhaps notoriously disconnected from the drugs culture." Indeed, he asked an interviewer to wait 15 minutes while he finished his boiled egg - not the typical rock and roll delicacy. But Anderson says: "I'm not morally opposed to drugs - but, given there is a 50 per cent chance that my last moments on earth will be spent while being shot up on morphine, I think I can wait until then. "There are things that you can try or not but it doesn't mean to disapprove. I haven't tried gay sex but I don't disapprove of it - I haven't got round to trying it and frankly the chances now are pretty remote. My wife probably wouldn't be very happy about it but equally neither would a young bronze tanned hunk, I am just a wrinkled old prune so I'm not much of a catch," he says, with the same dry humour that reporters noted as early as 1969. He sums up his rock and roll philosophy: "Get an early night with an Agatha Christie book." Jethro Tull play Sheffield City Hall next Thursday, April 1.
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Post by TullSkull on Mar 27, 2010 13:50:18 GMT
I think Ian is getting pretty potty in his old age. I don't know what planet he's on thinking people don't listen to music anymore. He sounds bitter to me. He needs to sort his bloody attitude out! He needs to get OFF the Tour Road and clear his head, can't make any new music if the brain juice is not flowing and I not sure that juice has flow in his head for the last 10 years... IAN!!! Get off the road..........
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Post by trainspotter on Apr 12, 2010 12:06:43 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on May 3, 2010 18:48:47 GMT
Just announced on the official site:
Jethro Tull in UK - 2010 SEPT 17 South Shields Gypsies Green Stadium (Part of the Great North Run)
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Post by bunkerfan on May 3, 2010 19:11:45 GMT
Just announced on the official site: Jethro Tull in UK - 2010 SEPT 17 South Shields Gypsies Green Stadium (Part of the Great North Run) Best get my running shoes out of storage ;D
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chea
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Post by chea on May 4, 2010 6:44:13 GMT
Hi to all. After many years spent following Jethro Tull touring in my country, Italy, i see they decided to include my home town, Monza in the 2010 World Tour. I went in many places in Italy and even abroad to see the shows and i must say i' m really expectant or better, affected because of that....J.T on my "home soil". I bought the tickets few weeks ago because there was a pre-sell, but today the website is update with the date confirmed: 12 July, here!! In a two weeks i' ll be watching them in Genova, always Italy, but the show so near my home got another taste.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 4, 2010 8:45:06 GMT
Hi to all. After many years spent following Jethro Tull touring in my country, Italy, i see they decided to include my home town, Monza in the 2010 World Tour. I went in many places in Italy and even abroad to see the shows and i must say i' m really expectant or better, affected because of that....J.T on my "home soil". I bought the tickets few weeks ago because there was a pre-sell, but today the website is update with the date confirmed: 12 July, here!! In a two weeks i' ll be watching them in Genova, always Italy, but the show so near my home got another taste. Good to hear that. Have some good concerts and don't forget to let us have a review, and some photos if possible ;D Cheers, Maddog
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Post by maddogfagin on May 4, 2010 8:55:00 GMT
Just announced on the official site: Jethro Tull in UK - 2010 SEPT 17 South Shields Gypsies Green Stadium (Part of the Great North Run) Best get my running shoes out of storage ;D
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Post by nonrabbit on May 4, 2010 9:52:47 GMT
Hi to all. After many years spent following Jethro Tull touring in my country, Italy, i see they decided to include my home town, Monza in the 2010 World Tour. I went in many places in Italy and even abroad to see the shows and i must say i' m really expectant or better, affected because of that....J.T on my "home soil". I bought the tickets few weeks ago because there was a pre-sell, but today the website is update with the date confirmed: 12 July, here!! In a two weeks i' ll be watching them in Genova, always Italy, but the show so near my home got another taste. Good to hear that. Have some good concerts and don't forget to let us have a review, and some photos if possible ;D Cheers, Maddog agree with that *thumbs up* Have a great time Chea ;D
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Post by chea on May 4, 2010 13:36:06 GMT
Good to hear that. Have some good concerts and don't forget to let us have a review, and some photos if possible ;D Cheers, Maddog Off course i will be reporting. We also have the tickets for the show at Zofingen, Switzerland in August. We will be near there for summer hollidays , so it will be easier to spend an evening with them...
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Post by bunkerfan on May 4, 2010 15:45:47 GMT
Does anyone have anymore info on the South Shields gig? There's nothing on the Jethro Tull website apart from the date and venue. Cheers
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