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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 19, 2018 5:43:45 GMT
Wow, fantastic photographs Ashley Could you let me know the camera and lens you used plus any technical data on those ultra sharp images. Thanks . Camera is a Sony A6000. The lens is a Sony Zeiss 16-70 f4 zoom which I love and is so sharp. I got it secondhand from Camera jungle. Not a cheap lens I can tell but I got a 25 year award from my company and that was a present to myself I take all my photos in RAW mode and I process them in Adobe Lightroom, which give loads of control. I lean't to use Lightroom from Anthony Morganti on Youtube link. He makes it really simple, which is good for me If you go to flickr group all the tech data is under each photo. Thanks ash. Now I know why those photographs are so good
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 19, 2018 6:50:42 GMT
www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/jethro-tull-royal-albert-hall-review-prog-rocks-dottiest-frontman/Jethro Tull at Royal Albert Hall, review - prog rock's dottiest frontman is still a true originalCREDIT: NICK HARRISONBy James Hall 18 APRIL 2018 • 4:18PM Every musical genre has a signature pose that defines it. Early rock ‘n’ roll will always be summed up by Elvis Presley’s crooked knees in Jailhouse Rock. Disco will be remembered for John Travolta pointing skywards in his white suit. And ‘prog rock’ will forever be associated with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson standing on one leg while playing the flute, his lustrous locks floating about him. If the pose sounds eccentric, then so – frankly – was prog rock. The genre introduced complex chord changes and jazz and classical elements to late Sixties rock. Lyrics often dealt in myth and legend. Wind instruments abounded. And Jethro Tull were kings of the scene, despite myriad line-up changes. They sold 60m albums, had number ones on both side of the Atlantic and, in more recent decades, even beat Metallica to a Grammy. Playing the Royal Albert Hall as part of a 70-date world tour to mark their 50th anniversary, the group provided a largely successful example of how to ‘do’ nostalgia in a modern concert setting. Exceptional archive footage was mixed with superb musicianship and engaging story-telling from Anderson. As singer, flautist and the band’s only original member, the night was effectively his. But unfortunately Anderson was also the reason behind the show’s biggest flaw. His voice. It was at times so weak and strained that it threatened to undo all else. Which was shame, as Anderson has incredible presence. He appeared on stage during opener My Sunday Feeling, flute raised, and he twisted and leapt like a pixie interrupted in a wooded glade. Anderson is 71 in August. He was soon pulling The Pose. Initially, it was impossible not to be reminded of two other offbeat flute players from popular culture: David Walliams’ Ray McCooney in Little Britain and jazz flute fan Ron Burgundy in Anchorman. But these comedy figures were soon forgotten. By Living in the Past, from 1969, I realised that I was witnessing a true original. His locks may be gone and his voice may be going, but there was something pure and unbreakable about Anderson’s dotty magnetism. The show’s main conceit came from ‘surprise virtual guests’ making video introductions to the songs. Guests included some of the 32 former Jethro Tull members such as Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath and original guitarist Mick Abrahams, who left to form the wonderfully-named Blodwyn Pig. Celebrity fans such as Slash, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris also provided links. While this technology was hardly in the realms of the Tupac hologram at Coachella, say, it gave a bulging back catalogue fresh life. Thick as a Brick was almost baroque in its proggy complexity. But, once again, tracks like the pastoral Songs From the Wood – which celebrated man’s attraction to nature 40 years before Justin Timberlake did the same with this year’s Man of the Woods – were let down by Anderson’s vocals. It’s just a thought, but could he not draft someone in to sing the bits he can’t? He ceded the high bits of storming main set closer Aqualung to an actor on the video screens and it worked a treat. With dozens of Jethro Tull alumni to date, what difference would another member make?
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 19, 2018 16:04:02 GMT
VIVA TULL VIVA IAN ANDERSON
(bring back Ryan?)
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 20, 2018 14:31:22 GMT
jethrotull.com/JETHRO TULL 50TH ANNIVERSARY UK TOUR ROUNDUP Many thanks to the band and crew for their hard work and, of course, to all the fans for supporting us on the UK tour in April. It is a joy for me to re-engage with some of the early material rarely played over recent years. And a big reminder of the iconic British venues which we have visited so many times over the last 50 years. Well – at least 40-something of them! Continuation of article HERE + some rather fine photos taken at Manchester Apollo by Nick Harrison. "We hope to visit a few more cities in the UK to perform the 50 years show in the early months of 2019 so keep an eye open for news on this website. In the meantime we have three special Christmas cathedral concerts this year in Chester on the 1st December, Birmingham on the 17th Dec and Hereford on the 18th. All ticket money income in aid of the cathedral funds for maintenance, building works and improvements. Do come along for a joyous introduction to the festive and religious occasion of traditional Christmas, be ye of faith, little faith or none at all."
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 20, 2018 16:09:16 GMT
Mr. Anderson sounds happy.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 21, 2018 6:17:43 GMT
www.sound-report.com/vijesti/jethro-tull-dolazi-u-zagrebJethro Tull arrives in Zagreb?04/20/2018. 11:29 Fifty years old, these great celebrities could celebrate with the Zagreb audience. We have received a photo booklet from Jethro Tull on the current tour. Among Zagreb's cities, there was also a list. Their concert scheduled on October 13, and other details as official confirmation of the organizers with the exact location and ticket prices are still not known. We [ being www.sound-report.com] will bring more official information soon.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 23, 2018 12:30:59 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 24, 2018 6:05:27 GMT
exclaim.ca/Get Tickets to Jack White, Slayer, Lauryn Hill for Just $20 with Live Nation's National Concert Week By Brock Thiessen Published Apr 23, 2018 Following the newly announced Festival Passport, Live Nation is launching National Concert Week, giving music fans a chance to catch a pile of concerts for just $20 a pop. National Concert Week will run from April 30 to May 8. Among the 150 plus shows are concerts by the likes of Jack White, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Weezer, the Flaming Lips, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Blue Rodeo, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Broken Social Scene, Beck, Arkells, Bryan Adams and many more. More details HERE. . . . . . . . [ Jethro Tull are on the list, together with Nana Mouskouri - now that's one for the pub quiz]
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 26, 2018 10:41:45 GMT
markosgigarchive.blog/Marko's Music BlogMusic blog, Live concert reviews, Music Memorabilia (ticket stubs, flyers, posters), 100 greatest album covers Jethro Tull Live Review – Royal Albert Hall 18 April 2018ON APRIL 18, 2018 BY MARKOSGIGARCHIVEIN GIG REVIEW A bit of history to start – over the years there have been 36 band members with Ian (now 70) the sole remaining member of the original 1968 line-up. Their first gig was 2nd Feb 1968 at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street. Prog rock royalty, playing at the Royal Albert Hall – ‘last night of the proms’ anyone? So here we are on the 50th Anniversary tour. Stage left keyboards and bass, stage right drums and lead guitar, yes you guessed it Ian in the middle! The backdrop was the biggest damn video screen I’ve seen (covering the full stage) – take note other artists! The gig started promptly at 19:30 with a mock TV screen showing clips of world and music events from 1968. Tull in their youth were undoubtedly a hairy and crazy eyed bunch if ever there was one. Think bad backcomb dragged through hedge backward look with beard housing various hedgerow creatures. It was a two-set affair 19:30 – 21:45pm (with a 15 minute interval). The band comprised – David Goodier (bass), John O’Hara (keyboards), Florian Opahle (guitar), Scott Hammond (drums) and surprise virtual guests courtesy of the video screen. But the star is Anderson, a consummate professional with towering stage presence. All eyes are drawn to him like magnets. I must go on about the video screen it was bloody great. Easy to view from all angles and heights and constantly in use with great videos depicting the songs; Tull performing in front of screen footage of their younger hairier selves playing the same songs (Ian syncing the lyrics to the background vocals – obviously been practicing that until perfect!); guest vocalists singing part of songs and various R’n’R celebs popping by to say Hi and introduce their favourite songs. Really, they have thought this through to perfection – none of these fancy graphics just floating around the screen. It all really added to the spectacle, stunning – well done chaps! A nice touch and very 21st century as opposed to the 18th – best check out who Jethro Tull really was (blame their agent for the name)! Ian was on top form with his amusing anecdotes, song introductions, flute/guitar playing and general prancing about only in the way he can on stage. His energy, stage presence and wacky sense of humour is just perfect for a well-spoken country gentleman. His only let down is his own distinctive voice as many of the lyrics are lost and not every note is clearly audible, which wasn’t helped by the voice mix being below that of the other instruments. But you can’t complain at 70 it’s not going to be the same as many years before. Even he knows not to try to reach certain notes, and for the tricky ones he uses guest singers on the video screen. We start off right at the beginning with 5 songs from 1968 including the first 4 songs from the ‘This Was’ LP. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond popped up on the big screen to say hello and introduce ‘A Song for Jeffrey’. Then Ian goes into ‘Dharma For One’, previously a Clive Bunker mega drum solo, that had a much briefer workout from Scott Hammond thank god (from someone that had to sit through a Ian Paice one recently!). Then the oft-told tale of how manager Terry Ellis asked him to write a hit single to keep the home fires burning back in Blighty whilst on their American tour. So off he goes to his hotel room thinking sod this I’ll write something totally uncommercial in 5/4 time. As Ian said “well bugger me senseless with a red hot poker” when it went to no. 3 in the UK charts – yes folks ‘Living in the Past’. He also recalls when Tull became unlikely targets of middle America bible-bashers, who took a dim view of My God. “It wasn’t intended to give offence,” he insists, “maybe I wrote it wrong”. Joe Bonamassa introduced ‘A New Day Yesterday’; Tony Iommi ‘Bourree’; Steve Harris ‘A Passion Play’; Joe Elliott ‘Ring Out, Solstice Bells’; John Evans ‘Heavy Horses’ and Slash ‘Aqualung’. Conspicuous by their absence the colourful Dee (formerly David) Palmer, and second longest-serving member Martin Barre. Now being a total bore I did an Excel Pivot table and these are the results 75% of songs were from their first 6 years. The first set spanning only 3 years. The band has an extensive back catalogue but Ian obviously thinks their best stuff was clearly done early on. Set 2 starts with an abridged version of Thick as a Brick (i.e. the best bits). At 70, he is still sprightly and can still stand on one leg and play the flute like no other! The set gets heavier (and in my humble opinion much better) as it progresses, with ‘Heavy Horses’, ‘Farm on the Freeway’ and ‘Aqualung’ where young sprog Florian Opahle can show of his guitar solos. Finally, the encore, the screen shows old American and UK steam trains thundering down tracks and yes you guessed it ‘Locomotive Breath’. Some more images etc., HERE
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 27, 2018 1:43:13 GMT
Ian Anderson returns to Russia with his band Jethro Tull The most legendary flute of rock music LINK 1 LINK 2 will be played on April 27, 2018 in Crocus City Hall
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 27, 2018 6:26:13 GMT
balkanrock.com/jethro-tull-u-beogradu-zagrebu-i-skoplju/Jethro Tull in Belgrade, Zagreb and SkopjeThe famous British progressive folk-rock band Jethro Tull has embarked on the "50th Anniversary Tour 2018" , marking his great jubilee, announcing a new thrill in these areas. According to the Avalon production, concerts in our region have been announced: 13.10. Zagreb (the place will be published later) 14.10. Belgrade, Serbia (Sava center) 16.10. Skopje, Macedonia (SRC Kale) 17.10. Sofia, Bulgaria Ticket prices are not yet known. Although only Ian Anderson is left of the original post , most of this is enough, because this singer, flutist and performer on numerous instruments is the soul of the composition, his designer and the main author. After several years of breaks and, in fact, the shutdowns of Jethro Tulla, Anderson re-launched the band in 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the work - and announced their new album, originally for this, but more likely for the coming year.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 27, 2018 6:33:13 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 27, 2018 12:45:55 GMT
tass.ru/kultura/5163470Jethro Tull to celebrate anniversary with concerts in three Russian citiesCulture April 27, 12:36 UTC + 3 Performances will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg and YekaterinburgRock band Jethro Tull© AP Photo / Aijaz Rahi MOSCOW, April 27. / TASS /. British rock band Jethro Tull will perform on Friday in Moscow, April 28 in Yekaterinburg and April 29 in St. Petersburg as part of a tour to the 50th anniversary of the band. This was announced at a press conference in TASS, the founder of the group, flutist Ian Anderson. "Fifty years only on paper seem long, today they will live 50 years in one day - at the expense of the preparation, the concert itself," Anderson noted, emphasizing that there is no concept of time in music at all. "" Orchestras do not consider how many years the music of Tchaikovsky ". The set list of Russian concerts will not differ from the fact that Jethro Tull is playing throughout the current round. "The set list was compiled specifically for this anniversary tour, so the program does not change on the itinerary, it's a conceptual show that is already close to a theatrical production," Anderson said. The musician admitted that Russia, which the group first visited in the early 1990s, strongly influenced it. "I was delighted, it made a much more impressive impression on me than, for example, trips to the US In general, trips to Russia, Latin America and Germany of those years were very inspiring," he said. "Besides, the Russians were the first in space, many discoveries, this is a special spirit, a spirit of adventure. " Anderson also recalled his collaboration with the leader of the Russian rock band Aquarium, Boris Grebenshchikov, while recording his album Sol. "Boris is a very bright figure in Russian music, he was a change, he was for accepting Western culture." It seems that his group "Aquarium" was influenced by progressive Western rock bands, "he said. About Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was established in 1967. The group is named after Jethro Tall, an English agronomical scientist who lived at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries and was famous for the invention of an improved model of a plow-seeder. It is a remarkable fact that in the construction of this device the principle of the musical instrument of the organ was used. Team leader Ian Anderson became the first rock musician to regularly use a flute. The greatest popularity of the band fell on the 1970s, when five Jethro Tull albums received a platinum status, 11 - gold. In total, over 60 million copies of the group's albums were sold in the world.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 27, 2018 14:50:03 GMT
Ian Anderson's press conference in Moscow, TASS, 27.04.2018
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 27, 2018 18:09:48 GMT
Ian Anderson's press conference in Moscow, TASS, 27.04.2018 Poor Ian looks like piggy in the middle Pity about the poor sound quality Nice music for Ian's entrance
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 27, 2018 20:54:33 GMT
They got a lot of places...exotic places I would love to visit...and see Tull. But RUSSIA! That's what hurts me the most to think I will never experience...the glory and drama and intensity of Russia... and Tull.
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 28, 2018 2:38:28 GMT
From Russia with TULL @ Yekateringburg KKT Ksomos LINK
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 28, 2018 2:50:55 GMT
They got a lot of places...exotic places I would love to visit...and see Tull. But RUSSIA! That's what hurts me the most to think I will never experience... the glory and drama and intensity of Russia... and Tull.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 28, 2018 6:19:13 GMT
Ian Anderson's press conference in Moscow, TASS, 27.04.2018 Poor Ian looks like piggy in the middle Pity about the poor sound quality Nice music for Ian's entrance A much shorter version of the press conference with IA speaking to camera. tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/247545/ tass.com/society/1002167 Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on band’s anniversary: 50 years in rock-roll is ‘no big deal’Society & Culture April 27, 15:31 UTC+3 The British band will perform concerts in three Russian cities MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. British prog-rock band Jethro Tull will play concerts in three Russian cities as part of the group’s 50th anniversary world tour. On Friday, April 27, the band will rock the stage of the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. Speaking at a press conference at the TASS news agency ahead of the concert, Ian Anderson was ironic about the band’s date anniversary. "Fiftieth anniversary is not a big deal. Another Western rock band is celebrating its 50th anniversary…We’ve got Jethro Tull, Yes, King Crimson, Deep Purple (the bands that also turn 50 this year - TASS). It is not so uncommon," the veteran rocker noted. Anderson said that doing this tour was not his first intention. "I am not a nostalgia person. My original thought was that I would not do anything special in 2018. But then I changed my mind," he said. The musician explained that by marking this date with worldwide concerts he pays his respect to the band’s fans and also to all the musicians that had been part of Jethro Tull over the years. "There are 36 musicians that were part of the group over 50 years. That changed my mind and I decided to postpone the new album," Anderson said adding that he had started working on the new material last year. "A new album we have actually to wait until September 2019. I am halfway through it. I will be back to it fresh later this year," he said. When asked if it will be released as Ian Anderson’s album or an album of Jethro Tull the musician said: "That is the last thing I think about. I think I probably have the title of the new album but in terms of discussing it with record company I am not ready to talk about that now." Later this year, the band is going to release a career spanning collection of songs titled "50 for 50". The three CDs will contain 50 songs, which are Ian Anderson’s personal choice. "Fifty songs are my choice but it was a very close match to suggestions that came from the record company," he noted. He added that when working on this compilation he tried to pick up songs that "cover different styles, tempos and keys" and that flow together in an interesting way. About Jethro Tull Formed in 1968, the band took its name after Jethro Tull, the 18th century agriculturist. Initially playing blues rock the band later developed its own style incorporating elements of hard-rock, jazz, classical music and folk in their songs. Jethro Tull sold more than 60 mln copies of their albums becoming one of the most commercially successful rock bands in the world. The band’s leader, composer and vocalist Ian Anderson is the most famous flutist in rock and pop music. Following their Moscow tour, Jethro Tull will perform in two more Russian cities - in Yekaterinburg on April 28 and in St. Petersburg on April 29.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 28, 2018 8:53:03 GMT
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Post by bassackwards on Apr 29, 2018 1:02:37 GMT
Wow! Quite a change in Ian’s voice over the last few weeks.Seems much more tolerable and it seems like he was consciously avoiding even more of the high notes.. Good move. Also I think he had a cold recently which he seems to be over. Seems to be enjoying being able to sing better. Thanks so much for posting
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Post by JTull 007 on Apr 29, 2018 1:51:58 GMT
Last night in Russia ... Let's ROCK !!! Jethro Tull Jubilee Tour Dk Lensoveta St. Petersburg LINK
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 30, 2018 10:36:08 GMT
'Aqualung from St. Petersburg Thanks to Valentin Nikitin for uploading Thanks to Jim it now starts at the beginning
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Post by bunkerfan on May 1, 2018 18:51:45 GMT
The Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary rolls on in Ekaterinburg Thanks to Alex Stagman for uploading
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Post by steelmonkey on May 2, 2018 19:12:11 GMT
And thank you for choosing Aeroflot...the only choice.
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Post by JTull 007 on May 3, 2018 1:58:35 GMT
Ian Anderson gave a press conference before the Moscow show "Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary" LINK 71 images
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Post by JTull 007 on May 9, 2018 2:22:08 GMT
From Russia with TULL Video by gudok2010 Image by Tina Bolotnaya
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Post by JTull 007 on May 18, 2018 1:47:24 GMT
Ian Anderson presents Jethro Tull 10.12.2018 Wiener Stadthalle, Hall F Vienna (Wein) Austria LINK 1 LINK 2
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Post by JTull 007 on May 19, 2018 17:38:49 GMT
Birmingham Cathedral @bhamcathedral Apr 3 LINK #competitiontime We’ve got two front row tickets to give away! jethrotull are coming to Birmingham Cathedral this December. Simply Like Our Page, Share and Tag #jethroinbrum to be entered automatically bit.ly/2G8MF2r #jethrotull50years #cathedrallife #jethrotull
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Post by JTull 007 on May 20, 2018 14:06:38 GMT
Remy & Francesc getting ready for Tuesday in Barcelona
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