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Jethro Tull, Gypsies Green Stadium, South Shields
Published Date: 18 September 2010
By Paul Clifford
THE Great North Run weekend got off to a great start last night with a huge rock concert.
Jethro Tull, the legendary prog-rock band, played at Gypsies Green
Stadium in South Shields.
A massive marquee was set up in the athletics stadium for the band, which played a two-hour set to a rapturous audience.
First up though, were local rockabilly legends Bessie And The Zinc Buckets.
The band, fronted by Kev Charlton, got the 2,000-strong crowd going with a rousing set of rock and roll covers.
After 45 minutes of songs from Sun Records - the label Elvis Presley first recorded on - and other 1950s classics, the band gave way to the Tull.
The Gypsies Green marquee was packed for the prog-rock legends, and they weren't disappointed.
Over two hours, Jethro Tull, fronted by the rock world's most famous flautist Ian Anderson, wowed the crowd.
The band mined the deepest depths of their recording history, which goes back to 1967, by playing tracks from early albums Aqualung, This Was and Benefit.
Throughout the gig, frontman Anderson was front and centre, showing off his flute, harmonica and mandolin skills.
And on tracks like Aqualung, and the epic Thick As A Brick, guitarist Martin Barre made sure the crowd knew how good he is.
He looks unassuming, but the goateed guitarist could be seen as the heartbeat of the band.
He frequently took centre stage, and his riffs and solos were the platform for Anderson to take his flute flights of fancy.
Of course, the band is best-known for singer Anderson's flute work, and he didn't disappoint.
Throughout the set, which took tracks from the band's early days as well as more recent songs, the frontman was a livewire.
He broke into his trademark one-legged dance on more than one occasion, and was rightly applauded for it.
Anderson's energetic performance really sums up the band as whole - effervescent regardless of their years, and determined to put on a good show.
Jethro Tull warmed up a cold autumn night, not to mention their hundreds of South Tyneside fans.
Jethro Tull, Gypsies Green Stadium, South Shields
Published Date: 18 September 2010
By Paul Clifford
THE Great North Run weekend got off to a great start last night with a huge rock concert.
Jethro Tull, the legendary prog-rock band, played at Gypsies Green
Stadium in South Shields.
A massive marquee was set up in the athletics stadium for the band, which played a two-hour set to a rapturous audience.
First up though, were local rockabilly legends Bessie And The Zinc Buckets.
The band, fronted by Kev Charlton, got the 2,000-strong crowd going with a rousing set of rock and roll covers.
After 45 minutes of songs from Sun Records - the label Elvis Presley first recorded on - and other 1950s classics, the band gave way to the Tull.
The Gypsies Green marquee was packed for the prog-rock legends, and they weren't disappointed.
Over two hours, Jethro Tull, fronted by the rock world's most famous flautist Ian Anderson, wowed the crowd.
The band mined the deepest depths of their recording history, which goes back to 1967, by playing tracks from early albums Aqualung, This Was and Benefit.
Throughout the gig, frontman Anderson was front and centre, showing off his flute, harmonica and mandolin skills.
And on tracks like Aqualung, and the epic Thick As A Brick, guitarist Martin Barre made sure the crowd knew how good he is.
He looks unassuming, but the goateed guitarist could be seen as the heartbeat of the band.
He frequently took centre stage, and his riffs and solos were the platform for Anderson to take his flute flights of fancy.
Of course, the band is best-known for singer Anderson's flute work, and he didn't disappoint.
Throughout the set, which took tracks from the band's early days as well as more recent songs, the frontman was a livewire.
He broke into his trademark one-legged dance on more than one occasion, and was rightly applauded for it.
Anderson's energetic performance really sums up the band as whole - effervescent regardless of their years, and determined to put on a good show.
Jethro Tull warmed up a cold autumn night, not to mention their hundreds of South Tyneside fans.
