TULL IN A TENT

[Nonfatman]

Sept 24, 2010 20:35:47 GMT -5 Beastie said:

tull in a tent ìs coming to an end now, i want to thank jeff, paul, pat,and quizz kid for all the help iv had from them. And thanks to all u tull fans out there for reading it. Life is a long song. Beastie

Hope you still hang around, Gary, as we've got some exciting things coming up, and we've opened up the James Duncan Q&A thread so feel free to submit a question or three for James!

Jeff

[Beastie]

il be here for ever more jeff, dönt worry ab
out that, i love it here. Gary

[Tullabye]

Sept 22, 2010 10:42:10 GMT -5 Tommie said:

OP: "Ian's singing is struggling but, hey, the man is in his 60's..."
People keep bringing up his age as a reason to excuse his "singing"

Up to the current moment, the following rockers are still performing at full throttle,and singing as well as they were 40 (read: Four-Ty) years ago:

Neil Young, 65 years old (at death's door 2 yrs ago w/ a brain aneurism)

Jack Bruce, 67 years old (liver cancer, liver transplant)-was actually declared dead as body rejected the new liver initially

David Crosby, 69 years old (morbidly obese, liver trans,etc.)

And ALL these artists, in addition to major health issues were big-time drug adddicts...esp
Bruce- heroin addict and Crosby- if u dont know his drug history, u been living in a cave

My Point? I Anderson, who declares himself in better shape now than even 15 years ago, stays in his hotel room with a good book, watches CNN, gets a good nite's sleep, famously
NEVER EVER EVER did DRUGS and is YOUNGER than the aforementioned can't sing for shit
while the others give peeps their money's worth (vocally) nite after nite

There are many others who are OLDER than him and led the typical drug-fueled lifestyle that Ian always denigrated who can still sing with beauty, strength and poise.

Stop whining. None of those guys have put in anywhere near the workload that Ian has. Besides he was dealt a bad hand in 84. His voice has nothing to do with his age or anything else you're referring to. He developed major throat problems and was never the same. But he has perservered and carried on doing hundreds of concerts a year all over the world. I respect all of those you mentioned but only Neil, although he's barely toured over the past few decades comes close to the amount of performances. None of their voices are as good as they once were but who cares. If you are so hung up on singing contest there's always American Idol.

[Tommiebaby]

haha good one

[kemagsw]

Gypsies Green Stadium, South Shields
Tyne and Wear, UK
Friday 17th September 2010

Setlist (approx 98 minutes)

01. Nothing Is Easy
02. Beggars Farm
03. A New Day Yesterday
04. Songs From The Wood
05. Thick As A Brick
06. Bourée
07. Hare In The Wine Cup
08. A Change Of Horses
09. Cross Eyed Mary
10. Dharma For One
11. Farm On The Freeway
12. Whistler (excerpt)
13. My God
14. Aqualung
15. Locomotive Breath

regards
kemagsw

[Beastie]

thanks kemagsw, i managed to get the set list, but my scanner is a bit on the old side and wont scan it, cheers mate

[coldflamer]

Sorry that I’m like a week late with my review for the South Shields gig…better late than never!! Well here it goes.

The gig was absolutely amazing, it was one of the best Tull concerts that I have ever been to. The support band, Bessie and the Zinc buckets, were great, they really got the audience going with their set. I didn’t really know what to expect from them because I’ve never seen a band that plays rockabilly before but they were actually really good.
Next up were Tull and they didn’t dissapoint! Ian’s voice seems to be getting better in my opinion. The setlist was a bit predictable but nevertheless all great songs. The highlight of the gig had to be Farm on the Freeway, Hare in the Winecup and A Change of Horses. I really like the new songs, not sure why Ian doesn’t include Tea with the Princess in Tull’s set anymore.

I was stood right at the front so had a great view of the band and the sound was really good too. The guys looked like they were really enjoying themselves which made the gig a whole lot better for the audience.

Overall the concert was awesome and I really enjoyed it, it was well worth travelling over 3 hours each way! ;D

Gary, I didn’t get a weather balloon either, one of them popped next to me at the front of the stage and two people grabbed both parts of it and left. Oh well I’d prefer to have the whole one than half of one!

[Beastie]

we must have been only feet away, i tried to get the other half, i agree with your three best songs on the night. I was amazed at the number of younger fans there, that had nt been dragged screaming by their parents, glad you had a great night amanda. Have you checked out our vids and photos on page two. Gary