Past Venues and Concert Halls

[steelmonkey]

You are polite...I was betting on: ' What?'

[ash]

Feb 27, 2016 16:52:12 GMT steelmonkey said:

You are polite...I was betting on: ' What?'

Excuse me

[maddogfagin]

7 February 1981
Scandinavium
Göteborg, Sweden
Slipstream Intro, Black Sunday, Crossfire, Songs From The Wood, Hunting Girl, The Pine Marten's Jig, Dun Ringill, Fylingdale Flyer, Heavy Horses, Skating Away..., Instrumental (incl. flute solo), Trio, Keyboard Solo, Batteries Not Included, Uniform, Protect And Survive (incl. violin solo), Guitar Solo, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Dambusters March, Black Sunday (reprise)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[jackinthegreen]

Great thread folks........

[maddogfagin]

13 October 1984
Byrne Arena,
Meadowlands,
East Rutherford, NJ. USA
Audience: 20,000.
Under Wraps (intro), Locomotive Breath (inst. intro)/Hunting Girl, Under Wraps, Later That Same Evening, Nobody's Car, Thick As A Brick, Skating Away..., Clasp, Living In The Past (inst.), Serenade To A Cuckoo, Fat Man, Drum Solo, Fly By Night, Made In England, European Legacy, Apogee, Songs From The Wood, Minstrel In The Gallery, My Sunday Feeling, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll, Thick as a Brick (reprise)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izod_Center

[maddogfagin]

3 June 1988
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Laguna Hills, Ca. USA

Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll, Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[maddogfagin]

28 June 1986
Milton Keynes Bowl
Milton Keynes, UK

The Garden Party.
Tull were guests of Marillion, the headline act.
Also appearing: Gary Moore, Magnum, Mama's Boys
Gary Moore insisted on higher billing than Tull; Ian agreed so long as Tull were paid more than Moore (£50,000, vs. £35,000).
Audience: 40,000-50,000 (capacity: 60,000). Marillion claim Tull made more money than them.
Peter Vettese back on keyboards.
Locomotive Breath (intro), Hunting Girl, Living In The Past, Serenade To A Cuckoo, Fly By Night, Pussy Willow, Fat Man, Thick As A Brick, Jazz-rock Instrumental, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Thick As A Brick (reprise)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bowl
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[nonrabbit]

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and Pat McManus from local band Mamas Boys still going strong in a pub down by me.

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[steelmonkey]

Great thread for a million reasons...everywhere Tull has played, worthy of our attention, pictures under marquee pricelss and 'where are they now' : friends, warm up bands, promoters etc, also interesting.

[maddogfagin]

3 November 1984
Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Mi. USA

[steelmonkey]

Although riots at Detroit concerts are 'dog bites man' stories...in the more gentle Tull history books, it is noteworthy that there were Tull riots at Cobo hall, the big place they played in the 70's, multiple times...broken glass, arrests and far more Tull fans that seats/ places to stand.

[JTull 007]

Mar 3, 2016 16:26:11 GMT steelmonkey said:

Although riots at Detroit concerts are 'dog bites man' stories...in the more gentle Tull history books,
it is noteworthy that there were Tull riots at Cobo hall, the big place they played in the 70's,
multiple times...broken glass, arrests and far more Tull fans that seats/ places to stand.

I remember a radio interview when Ian said he would not do 'Free Concerts' because of stuff like this.
If you throw a party for 20,000 people and things get out of control, it makes everyone look bad...

[maddogfagin]

Mar 3, 2016 16:26:11 GMT steelmonkey said:

Although riots at Detroit concerts are 'dog bites man' stories...in the more gentle Tull history books, it is noteworthy that there were Tull riots at Cobo hall, the big place they played in the 70's, multiple times...broken glass, arrests and far more Tull fans that seats/ places to stand.

8 & 9 November 1972
Cobo Hall
Detroit, Mi. USA

Sold out, in a near-riot, within three hours of the box office opening.
19:30 start. Support: Gentle Giant.
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[This venue has undergone some considerable renovation over the years so these images may be more recent than 1972.]

[maddogfagin]

28 August 1982
Nostell Priory
Wakefield, UK

Paul Burgess on drums.

Tull were the headline act at the Theakston Festival, supported by Marillion, Lindisfarne, The Blues Band, Huang Chung.

Intro, Something's On The Move, Hunting Girl, Fallen On Hard Times, Broadsword, Pussy Willow, A Song For Jeffrey, Instrumental, Fat Man, Jack-In-The-Green, Clasp/Too Many Too, Watching Me Watching You, Instrumental, Beastie, The Swirling Pit, Weathercock/Fire At Midnight, Seal Driver, Sweet Dream, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., A New Day Yesterday, Aqualung, Minstrel In The Gallery, Locomotive Breath/Black Sunday (inst.), Cheerio

www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

Much more info, photos and towards the end of the page some images of "cyclops kitty":
www.ukrockfestivals.com/nostell-priory-1982.html

[maddogfagin]

13 June 1988
Blossom Music Center
Cuyahoga Falls, Oh. USA

Support: 'Fairport Friends'.
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll, Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_Music_Center

[maddogfagin]

8 August 1976
Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Mo. USA
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowhead_Stadium

[maddogfagin]

30 November 1999
Shepherds Bush Empire
London, UK
Steel Monkey, For A Thousand Mothers, Serenade To A Cuckoo (Cameras), Witches Promise, Spiral, Nothing Is Easy, Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square, Fat Man, AWOL, A New Day Yesterday (w. flute solo, incl. Kelpie, & guitar solo), Barre Instrumental, Dot Com, Boris Dancing, Hunting Girl (Phones), Hunt By Numbers, Flying Dutchman (intro)/My God, Passion Jig, Locomotive Breath, Aquadiddley/Aqualung/Living In The Past/Dogs In The Midwinter (inst.)/Dambusters March/Cheerio
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[JTull 007]

Mar 8, 2016 8:39:56 GMT maddogfagin said:

30 November 1999
Shepherds Bush Empire London, UK

       I would love to see a show here for sure!  All the atmosphere plus TULL is worth it.
       The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (formerly BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue
                 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, run by the Academy Music Group.
           The Shepherd's Bush Empire was built in 1903 for impresario Oswald Stoll,
                      designed by theatre architect Frank Matcham.        Wiki LINK 

[maddogfagin]

One for Master Bunkerfan and also part of the itinerary of the famed '89 road trip undertaken by Graham Smith (aka Sealion) and myself in a left hand drive green VW van.

20 September 1989
City Hall
Newcastle, UK

www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

[bunkerfan]

Mar 9, 2016 13:58:00 GMT maddogfagin said:

One for Master Bunkerfan and also part of the itinerary of the famed '89 road trip undertaken by Graham Smith (aka Sealion) and myself in a left hand drive green VW van.

20 September 1989
City Hall
Newcastle, UK

www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

I must have missed you by minutes.

Just further down the right hand side of the building I was with my mate acoustic1 and my brother listening to the band doing there sound check and all of a sudden Ian popped out the door with this other guy who was taking photo's of him. I had my camera and lens separate in my coat pocket ready to sneak it in and couldn't get it put together in time to grab a photo of the headmaster. Typical

Great concert.

[maddogfagin]

Mar 9, 2016 19:33:59 GMT bunkerfan said:

Mar 9, 2016 13:58:00 GMT maddogfagin said:

One for Master Bunkerfan and also part of the itinerary of the famed '89 road trip undertaken by Graham Smith (aka Sealion) and myself in a left hand drive green VW van.

20 September 1989
City Hall
Newcastle, UK

www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

I must have missed you by minutes.

Just further down the right hand side of the building I was with my mate acoustic1 and my brother listening to the band doing there sound check and all of a sudden Ian popped out the door with this other guy who was taking photo's of him. I had my camera and lens separate in my coat pocket ready to sneak it in and couldn't get it put together in time to grab a photo of the headmaster. Typical

Great concert.

My ticket # was Stalls row O, seat 19

[maddogfagin]

18 September 1989
Eden Court Theatre
Inverness, UK

Benefit concert before the tour.
The band joined the audience in the bar after the show. [see below]
Strange Avenues, Steel Monkey, Big Riff and Mando, Thick As A Brick, Rock Island, Requiem/Black Satin Dancer (Inst.), Cheap Day Return/Mother Goose/Jack-A-Lynn, Another Christmas Song, My God (incl. Bourée), The Swirling Pit, Raffle Draw, Undressed To Kill, The Whaler's Dues, Budapest, Farm On The Freeway, Sealion (Inst.), Kissing Willie, Nothing Is Easy, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, The Third Hoorah (inst.)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/

Photos from my own personal collection

[maddogfagin]

Mar 9, 2016 13:58:00 GMT maddogfagin said:

One for Master Bunkerfan and also part of the itinerary of the famed '89 road trip undertaken by Graham Smith (aka Sealion) and myself in a left hand drive green VW van.

The VW van somewhere south of Carlisle on our way to Inverness in '89

[maddogfagin]

21 September 1989
Playhouse
Edinburgh, UK

[maddogfagin]

Tickets for the '89 UK tour plus a couple of interesting "calling cards"





The Swan, the Hammersmith Odeon HQ for pre concert drinks

[steelmonkey]

The Swan that night in 89 was the closest I had ever felt to believing I had actually been sent to the right planet.
Later that same evening included the teeniest romance with a woman with whom I had previously had a snowball's chance in hell of ever kissing. My friend wisely attributed the momentary and never repeated success to 'Tull Glow'.

[maddogfagin]

25 September 1989
National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
Birmingham, UK

Strange Avenues, Steel Monkey, Big Riff And Mando, Thick As A Brick, Rock Island, Requiem/Black Satin Dancer (inst.), Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Jack-A-Lynn, Another Christmas Song, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Undressed To Kill, The Pine Marten's Jig/Drowsy Maggie, The Whaler's Dues, Budapest, Farm On The Freeway, SeaLion (inst.), Kissing Willie, Nothing Is Easy, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, The Third Hoorah (inst., incl. Dambusters March)
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/


The concert hall is amongst this load of buildings . . . honest

[steelmonkey]

They were hot that tour....like a young athelete off the bench...Martin Allcock brought very rock and roll energy to the stage...and great playing.

[maddogfagin]

The Hammersmith Odeon before it was taken over and renamed The Apollo

[maddogfagin]

Concert halls/Tull geography all rolled into one

30 April 2008
Carnegie Hall
Dunfermline
Scotland, UK

Venue capacity: 540 (sold out). No support or guest.
My Sunday Feeling, Living In The Past, One For John Gee, So Much Trouble, Nursie, A Song For Jeffrey, Serenade To A Cuckoo, Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, Beside Myself, A New Day Yesterday (incl. Kelpie), Bourée - [Interval] - For A Thousand Mothers, We Used To Know/With You There To Help Me, Dharma For One (incl. Count The Chickens), Heavy Horses, Farm On The Freeway, Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath

Also, according to www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/ there was a performance of "The Water's Edge" produced at this venue.

'The Water's Edge' ballet, by David Palmer, Ian Anderson & Martin Barre, was performed as part of a show celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Scottish Ballet, called 'Underground Rumours', which also featured Jon Anderson's 'Ursprung (The Source)' and Duke Ellington's 'Such Sweet Thunder'.

7-24/3/79 Theatre Royal Glasgow, UK
The Water's Edge
Note that though the following track titles, from the bootleg, were inspired by the synopsis in the official programme and the narrator, they are not official.
The Surface, Mary's Song, The Surface, Kelpie, The Surface, Selkies, The Surface, Siren Song, The Surface, Beneath The Surface, The Storm
David Palmer mentioned the piece was in seven movements- introduction, five pieces about the various creatures, and a final Storm
3-14/4/79 King's Theatre Edinburgh, UK
?/4/79 ? Hull, UK
?-?/5/79 His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen, UK
?-?/5/79 Eden Court Theatre Inverness, UK
20-1/5/79 Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, UK
21-2/8/79, Sadler's Wells London, UK
& 1/9/79
19:30 performances; also 14:30 on 1 Sept.
?/?/79 ? London, UK
With piano accompaniment only.
Feb. '81
'The Water's Edge' was performed at various venues across Scotland as part of the Scottish Ballet's annual 'Ballet For Scotland' tour. The other pieces performed were Malcom Arnold's 'In The Mist' and Tchiakovsky's 'The Nutcracker'. The programme at Tullpress is from Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline. www.tullpress.com/sbfeb81.htm

26-8/11/87
3-5/12/87 Studio Theatre Glasgow, UK
Two performances on 5/12.



Finally, the address of the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline is East Port, Dunfermline KY12 7JA which is the same road that the boiler company that IA's Father was connected with was situated.