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Post by admin on Jul 30, 2008 20:28:01 GMT
I can't remember where this was mentioned in another thread but it seems according to the latest edition of A New Day IA will indeed be playing some dates with Anoushka Shankar towards the end of the year. The bad news is the dates appear to be in India, UAE & Singapore only which means we'll have to keep fingers crossed that a local youtubes it!
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 10, 2008 1:54:05 GMT
remember when ian admitted he liked doing sheds and arenas in USA and germany so he could afford low pay gigs like Budapest and Turkey and points more exotic? Now we have to hope that the rich folks in megamoney Dubai pay enough for Tull to afford 40 years of stand Up and tours beyond!
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Post by admin on Sept 4, 2008 12:58:07 GMT
A few dates:
Nov 28 2008 8:00P TBD Bangalore Nov 29 2008 8:00P Shanmukhnanda Auditorium Mumbai Nov 30 2008 8:00P Hamsadhwani - Amphitheatre New Delhi Dec 1 2008 8:00P Hi Tech City Auditorium Hyderabad Dec 2 2008 8:00P TBD Kolkata Dec 5 2008 8:00P Dubai Aviation Club Tennis Stadium Dubai
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Post by admin on Sept 23, 2008 9:17:16 GMT
here's the revised, updated and hopefully correct dates....
Nov, 27 2008 Science City Auditorium - Kolkata - India Nov 29 2008 Shanmukhnanda Auditorium - Mumbai - India Nov 30 2008 Hamsadhwani - Amphitheatre - New Delhi - India Dec 2 2008 Shilpakala Vedika Auditorium, Hi Tech City Auditorium - Hyderabad - India December, 3 2008 Palace Grounds - Bangalore, - India Dec 5 2008 8:00P Dubai Aviation Club Tennis Stadium - Dubai - UAE
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 17, 2008 18:14:24 GMT
Interesting article fron the San Diego Union-Tribune which mentions the up-and-coming Anoushka Shankar gigs as being Tull ones, not IA solo which is what I thought they were.
Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull took on time and won By George Varga POP MUSIC CRITIC August 14, 2008
Hell has not frozen over – an increasingly unlikely prospect in these days of global warming – but something nearly as unlikely has happened.
That's right, Jethro Tull, the pioneering English prog-rock band that your parents or grandparents may have rocked out to in the late 1960s and early '70s, has suddenly become cool. Again.
At least it has for the members of such young buzz bands as Midlake and The Decemberists, whose members recently sang Tull's praises in Mojo, one of England's most savvy monthly music magazines.
Then there's Australian post-punk icon Nick Cave, who named one of his sons Jethro in honor of the group and sometimes plays Tull's 1971 classic, “Locomotive Breath,” during his pre-concert sound checks.
Moreover, the band that helped pioneer the use of the flute in rock 'n' roll is still active, decades after its commercial heyday and decades after it successfully fused jazz, blues, classical, folk and increasingly complex art-rock into chart-topping, album-long opuses, such as 1972's “Thick As a Brick.” And Tull's impact extends beyond classic-rock radio to the music of such disparate artists as South Africa's Johnny Clegg, England's Firebrand and California's recently reactived Blind Melon.
“There are people out there who seem to like us, such as R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe,” said singer-flutist Ian Anderson, who has led Tull since its inception. “The mainstream in music today just molds itself to a new haircut and pair of trousers. There's not a huge amount of ground being broken. You have to conform to stylistic constraints and demands from record companies, managers and concert promoters. They want you to do a certain thing, because they know what the best thing is to get a return on their investment.
“But, sometimes, you can buck the system and go your own way, without undue pressure from the powers that usually exert control. I would like to be remembered as as an example of that.”
Now embarked on its 40th anniversary tour, Tull performs tonight at Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort in Valley Center. Make that the latest edition of the band, since Anderson is the sole original member.
That his group is still active, after so many years and at least 28 lineup changes, is a surprise to some, Anderson included.
“When we started, I certainly didn't think we'd still be around 10 years later,” he said, speaking from his home office in the south of England.
“But I intended to be around longer because my heroes growing up were all guys of my father's age, people like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson. So it was my hope, if not confident belief, that I'd be around in at least a few decades to come. But I didn't think for a minute it would be with the guys in Jethro Tull, or that even the name Jethro Tull would stick around, because groups came and went back then.”
Anderson and his band do not have a new album out, although their 1968 debut, “This Was,” recently was reissued in expanded form to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its release.
Also out is a DVD of the band's performance at the legendary 1970 Isle of Wight festival in England. Coming up this fall is a Tull tour of India with Encinitas resident Anoushka Shankar sitting in on sitar. Anderson, who turned 61 last Sunday, is enthusiastic but pragmatic about the future.
“I think it's probably OK to continue a musical career into your 60s, if you keep rehearsing and playing,” he said.
“The reality is you have to practice more than ever before. You have to work harder than ever before to maintain a degree of mental and physical fitness. So far, so good.”
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Post by admin on Oct 20, 2008 8:08:24 GMT
So far so good indeed.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 30, 2008 19:45:09 GMT
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Post by admin on Nov 3, 2008 11:59:26 GMT
Another article, from Indianexpress.com.
Interesting stuff about these dates focusing on new material.....
Jethro Tull to jam with Anoushka on India tour Pallavi Jassi Posted: Oct 31, 2008 at 1121 hrs IST
New Delhi, October 31: : When Jethro Tull, which pioneered the use of flute in rock ’n’ roll, beat Metallica to win the Grammy for the Best Metal Performance in 1989, it became one of the biggest Grammy upsets of all times. The band, which has evolved from being a progressive rock act to an experimental group with elements of jazz, classical and folk sounds, is on its way to India, collaborating with the sitarist Anoushka Shankar for the first time. “We have never met and I have never worked with the band before,” says Shankar, of the band and its founder member Ian Anderson. “But we know each other’s music and have spent the last few months communicating and e-mailing ideas back and forth.
The 61-year-old Anderson, who called flute a heavy metal instrument, still leads Jethro Tull amid the changes in its line-up since the band’s inception four decades ago. Shankar, who recently completed her American tour with father Pandit Ravi Shankar, says, “Jethro Tull have been to India several times and each time they came someone got in touch with me to ask if I could be involved in a series of duet concerts. But the timing was always off, and I’d be booked for other shows right when they were touring India. Now I am thrilled to be able to work with such a legendary band.”
Anderson and Shankar will be performing five shows from November 27 onwards — in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad, followed by a trip to Dubai.
Although their focus is on the new material that is special to this tour, the set list includes a couple of pieces from Shankar’s solo albums as well as pieces that blend sitar in more acoustic-oriented Jethro Tull songs. “From our first communication, Anderson was so aware and caring about the logistics of playing these different music styles together. And, I found the lack of the modern casual attitude of just jamming at the last minute and winging it so refreshing,” smiles Shankar.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 18, 2008 9:42:34 GMT
Source www.masala.com/8387-jethro-tull-touring-with-anoushka-shankarNote the second to last paragraph about concerts for 2009 As the mercury dips in the capital, musical lovers here will find plenty to warm up to when popular British rock group Jethro Tull performs Nov 30 with sitar player Anoushka Shankar in a jugalbandi as part of a weeklong India tour.
Apart from the concert at Pragati Maidan Nov 30, the band will travel to Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad as part of the tour sponsored by 100 Piper's Pure Music.
Jethro Tull, formed in 1967-68, is known for its distinctive vocal style and the lead flute work of frontman Ian Anderson, who says he often includes Indian notes into his music.
"I am no stranger to India. I have visited the country at least five times, though this is the first time I am playing with Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughter," Anderson, who is also the band's spokesperson, told IANS over telephone from London.
The six-member band, which started off with playing blues-rock with an experimental flavour, later incorporated elements of western classical, folk and ethnic tunes, jazz and art rock in its repertoire.
Anderson, who has performed with Indian flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia, borrows from Indian music. He has written some special scores for the upcoming concert, which is a fusion of Celtic, popular western music and traditional classical music.
"I am looking forward to the concert because Anoushka is a rare woman in a world that is traditionally dominated by males. Indian classical musicians are mostly men. I would rather gaze fondly into Anoushka's eyes than into Chaurasia's eyes," Anderson said.
The musician said he was more comfortable performing with women than with men because he had a "feminine side to him".
Anderson is currently recording a pilot DVD with some of the tracks for the concert so that he can send it to Anoushka to tune in. "She needs to practise too before the concert," he said.
Anderson put together his first band in Blackpool in Britain in 1963 known as the Blades. In 1966, it developed into a seven-piece soul outfit called the John Evan Band- and later into Jethro Tull. The band's signature album "Aqualung" was released in 1971 - in which Anderson voiced strong opinion about music and society.
Why did Jethro Tull's lead musician take to the Indian flute? Anderson has an interesting anecdote to narrate his switch to flute from the guitar, which he had been playing since his teens.
"In 1966, I heard Eric Clapton play his guitar and I realised that he was far ahead of the rest of us. I had to do something different to stand out," he recalled.
Endowed with a natural flair for music, Anderson picked up the flute and learnt to play the instrument by listening to flautists. "I have been a flautist for the last 20 years," he said.
Anderson, an acoustic musician, is fond of composer A.R. Rehman. "I admire his skills. He uses technology to the maximum effect," he said.
[glow=red,2,300]The band has a busy itinerary in 2009. In the first half, it will be performing in open-air ampitheatres across eastern Europe and in the second, Anderson will rock solo. [/glow] The rocker has a message for the Indian GenNext musicians. "Stop copying MTV. Put away that video, pick up an instrument and do your own music."
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 18, 2008 9:58:09 GMT
And one more from newsx.com/story/35265Anoushka excited to perform with Jethro Tull Sun-Nov 16, 2008
New Delhi / Press Trust of India
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is excited over the prospect of performing with the "incredible" Jethro Tull front man Ian Anderson and hopes fans will appreciate their duet act in five Indian cities and Dubai later this month and December.
"Ian Anderson is a wonderful man and incredible musician, and I look forward to working with him in these concerts," Anoushka told PTI.
"I know he has so many avid fans around India who are looking forward to his return, and I hope they also appreciate the cross-cultural ties we plan to refer though the course of the music we play together," the daughter of maestro Ravi Shankar goes on to add.
They will begin their performance at Kolkata on November 27, followed by Mumbai (November 29), Delhi (November 30), Bangalore (December 2), Hyderabad (December 3) and Dubai (December 4).
[glow=red,2,300]The concerts will feature solo sets by each of them and then a joint performance featuring each of their own compositions and new music written specifically for the tour, says Anoushka's website.[/glow]
There will be pieces from Anoushka's solo albums as well as those that blend sitar in more acoustic-oriented Jethro Tull songs, it said.
According to an aide, earlier attempts of a joint performance with the band failed because of their tight schedule.
"Each time they (Jethro Tull) came, someone got in touch with Anoushka to ask if she could be involved in a series of duet concerts," the aide says.
But the timing was always off, and Anoushka would be booked for other shows when they (Jethro Tull) were touring India.
Widely recognised as the man who introduced the flute to rock music, Anderson remains the crowned exponent of the popular and rock genres of flute playing.
He plays ethnic flutes and whistles together with acoustic guitar and the mandolin family of instruments, providing the acoustic textures which are an integral part of most of the Jethro Tull repertoire.
Anderson formed Jethro Tull in 1968. They went on to become one of the most successful and enduring acts in British rock history, with landmark albums such as Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and Too Old To Rock-n-Roll, Too Young To Die.
Jethro Tull have sold about 60 million albums worldwide and performed over 2,500 concerts in 40 countries.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 1, 2008 9:51:29 GMT
Performance review of the first concert from the Indian press.
Jethro Tull, Anoushka dedicate concert to Mumbai terror victims New Delhi (IANS): Jethro Tull, one of the world's leading western music bands, and sitar exponent Anoushka Shankar dedicated their two-hour concert in the capital to the "security forces who lost their lives defending Mumbai against terrorists and to victims of the three-day siege".
Spokesperson for the band, lead vocalist and flutist Ian Anderson, appealed to the crowd Sunday night to observe a minute's silence in memory of the victims.
As more than 5,000 Jethro Tull and Anoushka fans remembered the dead at the packed Hamsadhwani stadium in Pragati Maidan, several eyes turned misty.
The concert that began with a solo recital by Anoushka, the daughter of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, acquired an element of pathos and sobriety because of the Mumbai terror attack - snapshots of which loomed large over the show.
Till minutes before the concert, people exchanged notes on Mumbai, recounted personal losses and regretted the fact that Jethro Tull and Anoushka were unable to perform in the "maximum city". The Mumbai concert, part of their five city tour, was called off Nov 29 because of the terror strikes.
"But we are planning to go back to Mumbai later this week for a benefit concert to help the victims," Anderson said.
The concert was divided into three acts. A solo performance by Anoushka was followed by Jethro Tull and a "tea with Anoushka jugalbandi session".
The high point was the Jethro Tull and Anoushka collaborative session, which saw a foot-tapping blend of rock, Western classical, Celtic and Indian classical music.
It featured fusion tracks, especially composed for the concert by Anderson, like "Tea with Anoushka" - a peppy lounge dance number and "Little grass folk" - a folksy-rock improvisation of German composer J.S. Bach's music written 300 years ago.
The track, from the band's farm series, used the banjo (Indian hand drums), block flutes, guitars, sitar and vocals.
"Celtic cradle", drawn from traditional Celtic music of north-west Europe - Anderson's homeland, evoked nostalgia of the centuries bygone with shades of Mesopotamian music.
"Breathing underwater", from the band's latest fusion album, blended traditional Western classical music with Indian classical.
The jugalbandi closed with "Mother goose" - one of the band's old numbers with a special composition for Anoushka. The hysterical audience screamed for more.
Anoushka earlier began her recital with a composition in Raag Jog - an evening raga and followed it up with Raag Panchamsegar - a classical raga created by her father Pandit Ravi Shankar.
The Shankar scion, clad in a lavender and blue churidar-kurta, held the audience, including her father, spell-bound with her performance.
Jethro Tull took the stage minutes after Anouska left it. With veterans Doane Perry and Martin Barre on drums and guitar respectively, and relative newcomers to the band David Goodier on the bass guitars and John O' Hara on the keyboards - the band led by Anderson cut an electrifying presence.
Anderson's virtuosity with the flute and his "maverick piper image" on the stage added glitz to the show.
The band played all the old 60s hits, including its 1969 signature number "Living in the past", "My sunday feeling" (1966), a Rashaan Roland Kirk's jazz improvisation, "Serenade to a cuckoo" and "Heavy horses" from the 1970s. The band is known for its farm songs, most of which were written after Anderson moved to the countryside to manage his own farms in the 1970s.
The band even belted out its progressive rock hit of the 1970, "Thick As a Brick", and an extended version of "Aqualung", a 1971 chart buster that almost became the band's anthem song.
A music-struck Delhi on a chilly late November night could not have asked for more.
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Post by admin on Dec 1, 2008 10:47:16 GMT
Cool, interesting stuff. Sounds like it was an emotional night. I hope one of these concerts is recorded by the band for posterity and released, maybe doing so as a benefit for the victims of the attacks would be worthy?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 1, 2008 10:50:49 GMT
Cool, interesting stuff. Sounds like it was an emotional night. I hope one of these concerts is recorded by the band for posterity and released, maybe doing so as a benefit for the victims of the attacks would be worthy? Nice thought - hadn't thought of that. At least there's two more compositions for the new album?
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Post by tullistray on Dec 1, 2008 14:10:19 GMT
Performance review of the first concert from the Indian press. Jethro Tull, Anoushka dedicate concert to Mumbai terror victims New Delhi (IANS): Jethro Tull, one of the world's leading western music bands, and sitar exponent Anoushka Shankar dedicated their two-hour concert in the capital to the "security forces who lost their lives defending Mumbai against terrorists and to victims of the three-day siege".
Spokesperson for the band, lead vocalist and flutist Ian Anderson, appealed to the crowd Sunday night to observe a minute's silence in memory of the victims.
As more than 5,000 Jethro Tull and Anoushka fans remembered the dead at the packed Hamsadhwani stadium in Pragati Maidan, several eyes turned misty.
The concert that began with a solo recital by Anoushka, the daughter of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, acquired an element of pathos and sobriety because of the Mumbai terror attack - snapshots of which loomed large over the show.
Till minutes before the concert, people exchanged notes on Mumbai, recounted personal losses and regretted the fact that Jethro Tull and Anoushka were unable to perform in the "maximum city". The Mumbai concert, part of their five city tour, was called off Nov 29 because of the terror strikes.
"But we are planning to go back to Mumbai later this week for a benefit concert to help the victims," Anderson said.
The concert was divided into three acts. A solo performance by Anoushka was followed by Jethro Tull and a "tea with Anoushka jugalbandi session".
The high point was the Jethro Tull and Anoushka collaborative session, which saw a foot-tapping blend of rock, Western classical, Celtic and Indian classical music.
It featured fusion tracks, especially composed for the concert by Anderson, like "Tea with Anoushka" - a peppy lounge dance number and "Little grass folk" - a folksy-rock improvisation of German composer J.S. Bach's music written 300 years ago.
The track, from the band's farm series, used the banjo (Indian hand drums), block flutes, guitars, sitar and vocals.
"Celtic cradle", drawn from traditional Celtic music of north-west Europe - Anderson's homeland, evoked nostalgia of the centuries bygone with shades of Mesopotamian music.
"Breathing underwater", from the band's latest fusion album, blended traditional Western classical music with Indian classical.
The jugalbandi closed with "Mother goose" - one of the band's old numbers with a special composition for Anoushka. The hysterical audience screamed for more.
Anoushka earlier began her recital with a composition in Raag Jog - an evening raga and followed it up with Raag Panchamsegar - a classical raga created by her father Pandit Ravi Shankar.
The Shankar scion, clad in a lavender and blue churidar-kurta, held the audience, including her father, spell-bound with her performance.
Jethro Tull took the stage minutes after Anouska left it. With veterans Doane Perry and Martin Barre on drums and guitar respectively, and relative newcomers to the band David Goodier on the bass guitars and John O' Hara on the keyboards - the band led by Anderson cut an electrifying presence.
Anderson's virtuosity with the flute and his "maverick piper image" on the stage added glitz to the show.
The band played all the old 60s hits, including its 1969 signature number "Living in the past", "My sunday feeling" (1966), a Rashaan Roland Kirk's jazz improvisation, "Serenade to a cuckoo" and "Heavy horses" from the 1970s. The band is known for its farm songs, most of which were written after Anderson moved to the countryside to manage his own farms in the 1970s.
The band even belted out its progressive rock hit of the 1970, "Thick As a Brick", and an extended version of "Aqualung", a 1971 chart buster that almost became the band's anthem song.
A music-struck Delhi on a chilly late November night could not have asked for more. Probably just a matter of translation, but get a kick out of this reference, farm music, cannot say it is inaccurate. The part noting that they are known for farm music I find less accurate, though I wish their late seventies output was better known. In fact, here in 2008 I would surmise they are "known" for one album, and really only 2 tracks off that album. Folks always love songs with references to snot and panties, always a party favorite.
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Post by admin on Dec 2, 2008 10:41:29 GMT
Latest update from Anoushka: Dear Friends, Thank you so much for the concern and wishes you've posted on my Myspace site in the wake of Mumbai's recent terror attacks. As you know we had to postpone our concert there on November 29th. I would now like to announce the new information about this date. Please join me and Jethro Tull at our Billion Hands Concert in Mumbai, at Shanmukhnanda Auditorium on the 5th of December. This concert is a benefit for victims of Mumbai's recent terror attacks, and is a reschedule of the concert we planned to do there on 29th November. Please join us in our concert against terror. For more information, go to www.abillionhands.comTo purchase tickets, please visit www.bookmyshow.com/concertsThank you for your support. Anoushka Shankar
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Post by admin on Dec 2, 2008 13:32:15 GMT
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Post by admin on Dec 11, 2008 10:59:18 GMT
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Post by jioffe on Jan 28, 2009 12:56:01 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 15, 2016 2:47:50 GMT
OMG!!! Love this Promo with Anoushka and TULL...Hubba, Hubba Anoushka Shankar and Jethro Tull Press Meet BOLLYWOOD Link
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 15, 2016 3:12:40 GMT
Hope this works now...
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