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Post by TM on Mar 12, 2008 19:02:19 GMT
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Post by admin on Mar 12, 2008 20:51:04 GMT
Interesting......I wonder what his source was? I personally think although Ian Anderson has himself mentioned there was going to be an album this year in interviews and Anna Phoebe has said in her blogs she has done some recording with Ian for Tull I think it's getting unlikely. More European dates are still being added and summer is nearly here without any hint of anything happening from Tull album wise. But who knows? The UK tour seems to be selling very well though so maybe we are about to have a little Tull revival here that might prompt IA to strike while the iron is hot (or maybe it will just make him want to keep touring even more!)
If I were a betting man I'd put my money on one of the 40th Anniversary dates being filmed and released as a DVD and that will be next years touring sorted for something new to plug!
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Post by petersadler on Mar 21, 2008 17:09:38 GMT
Yep that probably sums things up....do you remember when every year meant a new album of classic Tull material.Oh for the glory days. Peter S.
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 31, 2008 8:10:26 GMT
What strikes me is with all the touring that they do how on earth would they find the time to produce new music. Can't imagine they pencil in, for the few weeks they are not touring, 'write new material' ! Unless Ian is writing lyrics on the napkin in the nearest curry shop !!
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Post by SilverHamer on Apr 4, 2008 20:01:35 GMT
IF there is a new album this summer, let us hope that it isn't another collection of re-makes. Personally, and sadly, I am of the opinion that we've seen the last "new" album from Tull already. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just have this feeling.
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Post by TullSkull on May 9, 2008 22:41:49 GMT
silverhamer I do Hope you are wrong, has been too long tho.. some "new" would be a Sweet Dream...
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 12, 2008 23:52:52 GMT
I'm starting to worry that 'Son of A Passion Play' will never see the light of day. maybe when Brick and APP hit big birthdays they'll get treatment to 'This Was This Year' and we return to the glory days of Tull...my first gig featured 6 songs, it lasted almost 3 and a half hours. (play,brick,mary,aqualing,windup, locomotive)
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Post by TullSkull on Sept 19, 2008 21:26:37 GMT
Bad News > Well Summer is over and here we are with no new album, again... Good News > At the show in 2007 he said a new album would be released in 2012 I thought it was a joke Can look forward to that.. Shut Up Skull........
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Post by sharkdaniel on Sept 25, 2008 13:26:16 GMT
my first gig featured 6 songs, it lasted almost 3 and a half hours. (play,brick,mary,aqualing,windup, locomotive) That sounds like the coolest gig ever How come we don´t have that sort of thing taped to watch and listen...... !!!! I´m always whining about this kind of stuff. Can´t help it Shark Daniel
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Post by steelmonkey on Sept 25, 2008 15:50:04 GMT
When you have the time machine set for that gig (1973) remember to bring a few bucks to invest in computer technology start-up stocks...you might wanna do the universe a favor and gently eliminate a certain 'Ronald Reagen', while you're there.
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Post by TullSkull on Sept 26, 2008 14:24:09 GMT
Just a 1000 shares of MSFT, CSCO should do it... )))))))
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 13, 2008 14:30:35 GMT
From About.com:
Ian Anderson is running a little behind. He has missed one interview and is profusely apologizing for being late for this one. But given Jethro Tull's live performance schedule, and the fact that the band does all of its own tour management and scheduling, it's quite understandable.
As we chat, Anderson, founder and leader of the band, is in the midst of last minute preparations for a series of 17 UK concerts in 18 days. After a few days rest, a late-May through late-July run of European dates precedes a month of US concerts in August.
The amazing part is that 2008 marks the band's 40th year of nearly non-stop performing. I looked. The word retirement doesn't appear in the Tull dictionary.
Even with the hectic schedule, Anderson thoughtfully considers his answers to my barrage of questions about Jethro Tull in the 21st century.
Their last album of new material was The Jethro Tull Christmas Album in 2003, so a good starting place would seem to be with the question of when we can expect another new Tull album.
Ian Anderson: Well, we had planned to be in the studio working on some new songs during January and February [2008] but [Tull guitarist] Martin Barre decided he'd rather have shoulder surgery instead, so that didn't happen. We’ve kept the schedule pretty clear in September and October [2008]. We did some recording last year [2007] and we have several things that are in various stages of completion, so it's not difficult to imagine having something in the can before too long. Most of us consider ourselves to be tour artists, so it's a little tricky pulling people together during those times when we aren't out on the road, either as Jethro Tull or engaged in various solo projects.
About Classic Rock: Speaking of solo projects, you do quite a few of those, and the music is often quite a departure from what we would think of as typical Tull music. Is there a different sort of creative kick that you get from going off and playing some quieter music?
Ian Anderson: I've always considered myself to be an "unplugged" guy surrounded by a bunch of noisy guys in a rock band. Sometimes, stepping outside the world of rock music and doing acoustic performances is like a form of recreation or retreat, if you will. Playing with symphony orchestras is especially enjoyable. After all, a symphony orchestra is just a big acoustic band, really.
About Classic Rock: You and Martin [Barre] have been performing together for 40 years now. How do you account for that rather remarkable fact?
Ian Anderson: Well, I think Martin’s wife likes to shop ... (laughs). Seriously, it's all we've ever done, professionally. I left art college to be a professional musician, and when I did, I considered it to be a job for life. I've got a nice watch – it isn't gold and nobody gave it to me for retiring – but I've never gotten my mind around the idea of not doing what we do.
About Classic Rock: Like a few million of my closest friends, the first Tull song I ever heard was "Thick As A Brick" and the line that really grabbed me was, ‘I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.’ As a musician, do you want to make me feel or make me think?
Ian Anderson: Well, of course we try to do both. We've always been a more cerebral band than most rock bands. That has made us fair game for accusations of bombast, or being overly clever, but that's been mostly from critics who are afraid of anything more artsy or thoughtful. I'd say we try to maintain a mixture of head and heart.
About Classic Rock: You said recently that it makes you a little nervous to have younger musicians tell you what an influence you've had on their music. Why is that?
Ian Anderson: There's an awful lot to live up to when you consider all of the musicians of the past fifty years and what they've contributed to the influences on young musicians. To find myself being feted by some young musician puts me in some pretty grand company and I'm not sure I'm worthy of being there. Sometimes the young can learn from the old, but the old can learn from the young, too. I think we can all learn from each other.
About Classic Rock: You speak often in interviews about environmental issues and concerns. Do you consider yourself an activist in that regard?
Ian Anderson: No, I'm not an activist. If asked, I comment on things like climate change, food production, and the biggest issue, which no politician wants to go anywhere near, of global population management. When my own children reach the age of 70, there will be 50% more people than there are today, and there will be poverty, hunger, drought. Even 15 years ago you weren't playing with such high stakes. As the population grows unchecked, so do the effects on the environment. I'm just concerned about the future for my children and their children. Interview date: April 28, 2008
Interesting comment about any new album.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 15, 2008 4:20:15 GMT
Hate to be a cynic....and don't doubt nor disrespect/disregard the info about martin's surgery and Doane's health last year...but really, If Ian was 'bursting out' with new material, he'd find a way to record it....under all the delays and schedule conflicts and brave talk of being a touring entity, I'm afraid there is no getting around a lengthy drought, or near drought, in the creative department of Tull's composer and lyricist ( why name names, huh?). These things don't stay stuck forever, however...whether it's writer's block or detached ennui, he's gonna burst out with something great, when he does....right?......uh right....?
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Post by admin on Oct 16, 2008 9:05:50 GMT
Nice little interviewette, good find. I can't help but think we are not going to see a new Tull album any time soon. It just seems to me that from the fans point of view classic rock these days is all about nostalgia and bands playing the hits, so I don't think it's a case of IA just being content to rest on his laurels and coin in the cash. I know this rightly sounds like rubbish here but outside of the dedicated core of Tull fans would there actually be much of a market for a new Jethro Tull album? I wonder how many copies of Roots, The Christmas Album or Dot Com they actually sold? I would imagine, even with todays technology making things easier and cheaper to record, actually getting everyone together for x amount of weeks to rehearse and record a proper band in the studio album is probably a very expensive task for the return they would get. That's not to say I like it, just I understand the way it is.
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