22nd September 2009

Jethro Tull Announce 2010 UK Tour

Jethro Tull will hit the road in the UK in March for a 23 date tour. These shows will feature an assortment of ‘Best of Tull’ repertoire with some rare gems thrown in for good measure. Support to be announced.

Ian says about this tour “Of all the music recorded by Jethro Tull over the years, there are several songs which have rarely, if ever, been performed in public. We look forward to introducing some of this material to the setlist in 2010 along with some of the tried and trusty favourites. Martin Barre and I, along with long-standing drummer Doane Perry and old friends David Goodier and John O'Hara will bring variety and depth to the concerts with the aid of a few forgotten musical instruments currently being dug out of the rusty skip and dusted down for action. (I know I put that Sousaphone somewhere safe....)”

Full details are:-

Tickets go on sale on Monday 7th September and are available from venue box offices or online from venue websites and via www.jethrotull.com - all subject to booking fee. All shows start at 7.30pm.

Jethro Tull have sold over 60 million albums and have performed over 2,700 shows in more than 50 countries in the last 41 years.

8th April 2009

Jethro Tull’s IAN ANDERSON
In Concert

As the self-professed “unplugged guy with a bunch of noisy friends” Jethro Tull’s legendary frontman, Ian Anderson commands much respect as an acoustic musician amongst his peers. The only original member of Jethro Tull, Ian remains synonymous with the brand identity.

Now, after 40 years of leading Tull, playing in 52 countries on the way, Ian Anderson brings his new tour to the UK in September for both old and new fans alike.

Although Jethro Tull are usually found sharing the same delicatessen shelf as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, The Rolling Stones and the other worthy stalwarts of the British “Rock Invasion” of the seventies. It is all too often forgotten that a large part of the Tull repertoire is, in fact, acoustic music, whether whole songs or sections of the blockbusters such as Thick As A Brick and Aqualung.

With a band consisting of German guitar virtuoso Florian Opahle, pianist and accordionist John O’Hara, bassist David Goodier, Drummer Mark Mondsir and special guests, Ian will play Tull acoustic classics as well as other specially re-arranged Tull rock material and, in addition, some new material specially written for these tours.

Drawing on Folk, Classical, Rock and Jazz music styles, Ian blends elements of many world music cultures to delight his fans.

Throw away the ear-plugs, sit back, relax and savour Anderson’s musical smorgasbord.

Full tour details for September 2009 are:-

Tickets go onsale on Thursday 9th April and are available from venue box offices or online from venue websites and maybe subject to a booking fee. There is no support. Doors open at 6.30pm at all venues.

In the past 41 years, Jethro Tull have sold over 60 million albums, notched up 3 top-ten singles and have performed over 2,500 shows in more than 50 countries.

18th March 2009

JETHRO TULL’S IAN ANDERSON
TO
PERFORM AT “FLUTEWISE LIVE”

Ian Anderson is known throughout the world of rock as the flute and voice behind the legendary Jethro Tull and is widely recognized as the man who introduced the flute to rock music. On May 3rd, he will perform at London’s Barbican Centre, which promises to be the highlight of “Flutewise Live!”.

Ian’s concert is aimed not only at the young flute players/students but also at the Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull fans, who may appreciate a concert with more emphasis on the flute side of his work and the opportunity to hear some other examples of flute styles from the acclaimed guests who will join Ian on stage.

Ian describes the performance, “Of course, the music will mainly be from the Jethro Tull repertoire but will feature more of the acoustic and esoteric pieces rather than only the Rock songs, although many familiar Tull songs will be included, just to shock the parents and music teachers! A government health warning still comes with my flute-playing. At least, I hope so!”

Flutewise Live is a whole day of activities aimed at anyone interested in flute playing and includes workshops, master classes, play along activities, ensemble playing, performance opportunities and displays.

Ian will be joined by 3 eminent flautists:-

Ian Clarke is acknowledged as one of the leading player/composers in the flute world and is a Professor of Flute at Guildhall School of Music & Drama (www.ianclarke.net)

Abigail Burrows was born in 1982 and took up the flute aged seven at her local music centre.  She was awarded a scholarship to The Purcell School of Music aged 8 and in 2000 continued her studies at The Royal College of Music. A successful soloist and keen ensemble player, Abbie is and extremely active supporter of Flutewise.

Teymour Housego grew up in New Delhi where he learnt the bansuri (Indian bamboo flute). He is also an accomplished Western flautist and studied jazz in Paris. He is currently working on a multicultural bamboo flute project involving flautists from India, the Middle East, Japan and Africa.

All tickets subject to booking fee. Book online at www.barbican.org.uk. Student discount available - 15% off all ticket prices - please bring proof of age (16 or under) or proof of full time education required.