Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2010 10:48:49 GMT -5
Ian Anderson shows 2011I have it on very good authority that you ought to keep a look out on the official board towards the end of the week as we about to get details of a September 2011 Ian Anderson UK tour. It will be around 13 shows with Ian plus Florian and John. Very intimate with rare songs. I also hear that there will be news of some Australian shows in April as well. and......very possibly ......
|
|
|
Post by TM on Nov 22, 2010 11:37:04 GMT -5
Lucky bastards!
|
|
|
Post by Nonfatman on Nov 22, 2010 13:43:16 GMT -5
That's great news for all of our UK members and especially our Australian members! A lot of folks from Australia are going to be very, very happy about this because many of them wondered if they would ever get this opportunity again!
Jeff
|
|
|
Post by Nonfatman on Nov 22, 2010 15:11:46 GMT -5
Here's the most recent interview, from today's edition of 'Spoton LI' online magazine, where Ian mentions that Jethro Tull will be touring Australia, Russia (!) and the west coast of the U.S. and Canada next year. Looks like the West Coast shows will be in June. So it appears that the U.K. shows are the only ones that will be Ian's solo band, and all the rest will be Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull’s Ian Andersonby Mick DuRussel For decades, he has been the minstrel of rock and roll while leading his band Jethro Tull with his masterful flute playing, articulate song writing and powerful vocals. Ian Anderson is still going strong after 4o years with Jethro Tull, still touring and thrilling audiences of all ages. Today, Ian is in the midst of a solo tour that comes to Westbury on Wednesday, November 24th. Recently, I had a nice conversation with Ian while on a break between gigs… MICK: How is the tour going? IAN: We are more than half through a year’s worth of touring at the moment having just started the second leg. Playing some nice little theaters including some places we haven’t played before. It’s a mixture of some familiar sights and a few new experiences. MICK: I’ve heard that you wrote some new songs for this tour. Is this something you normally do when you go on tour? IAN: I think it’s pretty common going back to the very beginning of Jethro Tull, to do some new material on stage…of course not every concert and every tour. Quite frequently we try out some new material on stage live before we record it in the studio which is a useful and challenging experience, certainly for the musicians. Particularly at a Jethro Tull show there are expectations of a certain kind of music. It’s always risky for the artist but to me it’s important as it takes me back to the beginnings of performing live in front of an audience. Think about it in the context of the first time we came to play in America and pretty much everything we played was unfamiliar to the audience. It puts us back in that less comfortable zone where we actually have to win people over. MICK: How is this solo tour different from a Jethro Tull tour? IAN: All of my solo tours, whether it be acoustic shows, orchestral shows, string quartet shows, Christmas shows, are different in one crucial way which is they give me the opportunity to go a little deeper into the Jethro Tull catalog to explore some less known pieces of music. I also do some of the better known pieces of music with perhaps different arrangements and a different slant on the music. Seventy percent of it is Jethro Tull repertoire and the balance is made up of some solo album tracks, three or four new songs, a couple of classic pieces of music…a mixture with most of the emphasis on the Jethro Tull catalog. Some of it, more obscure songs you wouldn’t hear on classic rock radio every day. MICK: You still enjoy touring? IAN: It’s what I set out to do when I left school. It’s my job and my passion so I do enjoy it. MICK: Is Westbury the last stop on this tour? IAN: Yes it is! MICK: Will there be any new Jethro Tull albums in the near future? IAN: Nothing has been scheduled, no. MICK: How many flutes do you own? IAN: I guess around ten. There’s probably four or five flutes I won that I wouldn’t take out of the house being that they are more valuable and handmade. I would not risk taking them on tour because of the great likelihood of damage, theft, loss and there’s a certain degree of stress from temperature. The ones I take on tour are essentially ones that I can probably replace in any major city. I’m not going to take a handmade, gold flute on tour! Nor would I send one into space! I have a flute currently waiting on the international space station for a flute player astronaut to play when she gets there next month. That is not an expensive flute because I might not see it again. I’m told it will come back to me! NASA doesn’t like to lose astronauts and flutes! MICK: You have a very unique style of playing the flute while standing on one leg. When did you start playing that way? IAN: In late February, 1968. I used to play harmonica while standing on one leg so when I began playing the flute in the early months of 1968, I played it standing on one leg also. It was something that media noticed about Jethro Tull in the early days. It got talked up a bit more than perhaps it deserves. It’s sort of a trademark that stuck from the early days. MICK: In 1989, Jethro Tull won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. What are your thoughts on that? They say it was one of the biggest upsets in Grammy history. IAN: It was a peer group award from 6000 voting members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. They have different categories and that particular year, there was a new category for Best Hard Rock/ Metal Act. For some reason, our record company put us in. We were nominated among other bands in that category and that in itself was strange and unlikely. When it came to people casting their votes, the 6000 voting members probably thought Jethro Tull has been around a long time and they haven’t won a Grammy so let’s give them a pat on the head! Metallica was the favorite to win and when we won, it created a little fiery amongst the audience and the pundits at the time. It wasn’t something to get carried away about. Nice to have but it doesn’t impact upon me hugely the fact that I have a Grammy or don’t have a Grammy. Or even if Jethro Tull is or isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or any of things kind of measuring sticks of palpable success. It’s nice to have that kind of symbol of success but it’s doesn’t rate anywhere remotely rewarding as standing in front of an audience and feeling their pleasurable response. That’s the thing that most musicians would put at the top of their list of accolades. MICK: What are some of your favorite venues? IAN: A number of them that are particularly ancient places that I’ve played…amphitheaters around the world that are maybe a few thousand years old. Those are quite memorable places. Of course, when you’re outdoors in these amphitheaters, they tend to have easy acoustics to work with. They are ancient and relevant of history and culture, an easier thing to get excited about than playing in some concrete sports hall. That’s my least favorite, playing in some multi-purpose concrete buildings not designed for music. MICK: Who do you enjoy listening to? IAN: Mainly folk music from different parts of the world. I’ve always been an acoustic musician and listened to acoustic music. It’s always been my main interest whether it was jazz or blues, western folk music or classical music. I’ve always found acoustic music rewarding and exciting to play as a musician. Having long been associated with a band that’s considered at least on the periphery of rock music with electric instruments, it’s not my natural preference. On this tour, it’s half and half between electric music and acoustic music. MICK: What do you enjoy doing in your spare time other than music? IAN: I don’t have a lot of spare time but when I do, it’s just very simple domestic pleasures. I like to take my cats for a walk. MICK: Do you have a favorite Jethro Tull song? IAN: It tends to vary from time to time. Perhaps the songs “Budapest”, “Songs from the Wood”, “Aqualung”, “Locomotive Breath” are four that generally sit on top of my list. MICK: Which of today’s artists do you like? IAN: Anyone whose name I can remember which reduces it to approximately zero. I’ve never been a listener of contemporary pop and rock music. It’s not something I’ve ever done much of. You could probably play me something and I wouldn’t know if it was from yesterday or five years ago. I can only comment on things that are more folk oriented. Among today’s relatively new folk artists I like Seth Lakeman, the English guitar player/ violinist /singer/ song writer. I’ve played with him a couple of times. MICK: Do you have any fond memories of performing here on Long Island? IAN: I have lots of memories. I wouldn’t say they were all particularly fond because many of them did have to do with playing in arenas or places not so conducive to easy music. We’ve also played in a few theaters like Westbury from time to time. Those are the more memorable and enjoyable ones. I’m a theater guy and I like something that has a theatrical feel with dressing rooms backstage. It has the conventional layout of the concert hall or the theater. It’s always been my preference. When I first started playing in theaters in 1969, I finally felt that I had arrived in a place that felt like home. I didn’t like playing in clubs with the noise, the smell of beer, sweat, not something that i enjoy at all. MICK: You are a survivor of Deep Vein Thrombosis. What exactly is that? IAN: It’s a blood clot usually caused by inactivity following physical accidents. It’s something that can strike people like athletes, skiers, football players, folks that have lower limb injuries. Especially for those who travel for a period of time because a blood clot can form in a vein in the leg and build up to a dangerous level. It can break loose and travel to the heart or brain and it can kill you. I tore my ACL anterior cruciate ligament in 1996 in South America when I was on tour. I was flying every day following that physical injury and somewhere along the line I got the blood clot. It wasn’t diagnosed until I got to Australia some weeks later. It got a little tense for a week or two. MICK: Do you still own salmon farms? IAN: No I don’t. That was about ten years ago I gradually got out of the farming and processing business at a time when it reached a level, to me personally, rather beyond the cottage industry that it began as. I felt that I had to make a decision between staying with a major commitment in time, energy and finances to something that would reduce my stoke to play music when I get older. So I made a decision to sell, lease, merge my companies with some regret but it was actually a lucky break. In the last three years, the economy has suffered greatly and one of the major companies that I sold to actually closed its doors last summer. I was very sad to see it fold. I was very lucky to get out of it when I did. MICK: What are your long range plans? IAN: Well they’re not fishing or golf! I’m probably the “die with my boots on” kind of guy. I’d like to continue to be a formidable musician but not at the scale or intensity that I do at the moment. I think it would be nice to carry on doing stuff as long as possible two or three days a week rather than six. MICK: Will there be a Jethro Tull tour anytime soon? IAN: Not this year because we finished doing Jethro Tull in September. We were on the road from end of February until September and now I’m doing solo tours the rest of the year. Next year, Jethro Tull will be touring Russia, Australia and the USA in June on the West Coast and through Canada since we were on the East Coast in June of this year.spotonli.com/2010/11/jethro-tulls-ian-anderson/Jeff
|
|
|
Post by Nonfatman on Nov 22, 2010 16:32:15 GMT -5
Word is that Tull will also be coming east next summer, and playing all the usual venues, Jones Beach, PNC, etc. This comes from our friend Barry, and I have no reason to doubt him.
Jeff
|
|
Stormmonkey
One of the Youngest of the Family
Posts: 90
|
Post by Stormmonkey on Nov 23, 2010 9:47:45 GMT -5
Great photo above - that theatre looks very impressive. Does anyone know which theatre it was taken in?
|
|
|
Post by TM on Nov 23, 2010 10:31:19 GMT -5
Word is that Tull will also be coming east next summer, and playing all the usual venues, Jones Beach, PNC, etc. This comes from our friend Barry, and I have no reason to doubt him. Jeff Thanks for the article Jeff. That's great news!
|
|
|
Post by TM on Nov 23, 2010 10:32:12 GMT -5
Great photo above - that theatre looks very impressive. Does anyone know which theatre it was taken in? Agreed, I was wondering the same thing. Maybe Pat can find out?
|
|
|
Post by My God on Nov 23, 2010 14:38:22 GMT -5
Man I hope so. We need a new disc and tour. Make the scene at cousin Jack's, Leave him to put the bottles back.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2010 13:22:58 GMT -5
Great photo and interview, and great news about coming east next summer if it turns out to be so. Looks like maybe Ian is starting to grow it his naturally white beard? If that continues, I think that's great news too.
|
|
|
Post by Geoff CB on Nov 27, 2010 9:15:22 GMT -5
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2010 12:54:22 GMT -5
Great photo above - that theatre looks very impressive. Does anyone know which theatre it was taken in? Agreed, I was wondering the same thing. Maybe Pat can find out? Back from a few days off and on the case already
|
|
|
Post by My God on Nov 27, 2010 12:54:51 GMT -5
Hopefully there will be a new disc as well. A small cigar.
|
|
|
Post by Nonfatman on Nov 27, 2010 17:09:04 GMT -5
I knew you would be thrilled about that, Geoff, because it's been so long since Tull were there. Toby also must be very excited. What's it been, about 15 years since Tull were last there? Now if only The Oils would get back together.....my second favorite band after Tull. I miss those guys a lot. Jeff
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2010 6:42:36 GMT -5
Great photo above - that theatre looks very impressive. Does anyone know which theatre it was taken in? An impressive theatre indeed but not one you can expect Ian or Tull to be seen in, at least not in the form it appears in the backdrop to the photograph anyway. I'm told that it is all done with the magic that is the internet and some very expert application of photoshop. It does present a rather impressive picture though.
|
|
|
Post by Geoff CB on Nov 29, 2010 9:27:37 GMT -5
I knew you would be thrilled about that, Geoff, because it's been so long since Tull were there. Toby also must be very excited. What's it been, about 15 years since Tull were last there? Now if only The Oils would get back together.....my second favorite band after Tull. I miss those guys a lot. Jeff I saw a preview of the final of a show called the Librarians. I don't think it's that great, but the bloke on it tries to resurrect his Midnight Oil tribute band "Oils Ain't Oils". What caught my eye is that Peter Garrett makes a cameo appearance on it tomorrow night. www.abc.net.au/iview/?series=3034670#Geoff
|
|
|
Post by Geoff CB on Nov 29, 2010 9:34:38 GMT -5
"I knew you would be thrilled about that, Geoff, because it's been so long since Tull were there. Toby also must be very excited. What's it been, about 15 years since Tull were last there?" Jeff
Nah, 2005 luckily.
Geoff
In an email, Toby thinks: "Would be interested in seeing the boys again. I miss the Giddings/Noyce line up though. Maybe Evans, Barlow and Hammond join Ian and Martin"
Yeah, right Toby, wish on!!! ;D
|
|
|
Post by Coolraven on Nov 29, 2010 11:49:49 GMT -5
Ian Anderson shows 2011I have it on very good authority that you ought to keep a look out on the official board towards the end of the week as we about to get details of a September 2011 Ian Anderson UK tour. It will be around 13 shows with Ian plus Florian and John. Very intimate with rare songs. I also hear that there will be news of some Australian shows in April as well. and......very possibly ...... The Waterfront Belfast are advertising a JT gig on 19th March, good news indeed for us on this benighted island these last few weeks . Off to Befast this Wednesday, weather permitting, for a much looked- forward- to Horslips gig.
|
|
|
Post by coldflamer on Nov 29, 2010 14:25:13 GMT -5
Just found the tour dates for Ian's acoustic tour next year. Sat 3 Sep 2011 Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Sun 4 Sep 2011 Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester Mon 5 Sep 2011 The Deco, Northampton Tue 6 Sep 2011 St George's Bristol, Bristol Wed 7 Sep 2011 Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter Fri 9 Sep 2011 Beck Theatre, Hayes Sat 10 Sep 2011 Union Chapel, London Sun 11 Sep 2011 The Camberley Theatre, Camberley Sun 18 Sep 2011 Buxton Opera House, Buxton Mon 19 Sep 2011 The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead Tue 20 Sep 2011 Grand Opera House, York Wed 21 Sep 2011 Grimsby Central Hall, Grimsby Thu 22 Sep 2011 Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Burnley Just bought my tickets for the Buxton Opera House one...front row of course ;D
|
|
Stormmonkey
One of the Youngest of the Family
Posts: 90
|
Post by Stormmonkey on Nov 29, 2010 19:00:05 GMT -5
Coolraven, truly excellent news about the concert here in Belfast.
I wish I'd known about that Horslips concert earlier. Hope you get up to see the show ok.
Brian.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2010 3:30:54 GMT -5
Just found the tour dates for Ian's acoustic tour next year. Sat 3 Sep 2011 Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Sun 4 Sep 2011 Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester Mon 5 Sep 2011 The Deco, Northampton Tue 6 Sep 2011 St George's Bristol, Bristol Wed 7 Sep 2011 Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter Fri 9 Sep 2011 Beck Theatre, Hayes Sat 10 Sep 2011 Union Chapel, London Sun 11 Sep 2011 The Camberley Theatre, Camberley Sun 18 Sep 2011 Buxton Opera House, Buxton Mon 19 Sep 2011 The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead Tue 20 Sep 2011 Grand Opera House, York Wed 21 Sep 2011 Grimsby Central Hall, Grimsby Thu 22 Sep 2011 Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Burnley Just bought my tickets for the Buxton Opera House one...front row of course ;D Yep, as we exclusively announced a week ago the tour is on, some nice venues and the promise of something different, with the hope of some more gig news soon. Thanks for posting the dates though, much appreciated. There's also a link to the dates and some publicity blurb at: www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/tulls-ian-anderson-announces-solo-acoustic-tour/But, If you're a UK fan it's a long time until next September and we don't want you to rely on your Tull fix by waiting on some distant tour dates. No Sireee! So, we've got more great exclusive stuff coming soon to this board. For those of you in the cold and wintery UK who have to wait until next year, ignore the snow, cozy up in front of the fire [with laptop] and keep 'tuned in' to the board, catch up on the recent US shows, [nice to know so many of you enjoyed 'up to me' and the other tracks], enjoy all the exclusives we have in the pipeline as well as those we are planning to keep you amused through the cold months ahead. If you're in sunnier climes then just enjoy what we have while you tan yourselves......you lucky, lucky buggers. Even I'm looking forward to what we have planned..... We live in interesting times indeed! The grey, London 'winter snowscape' today, 2010 from the top of 'the hill'....
|
|
|
Post by Nonfatman on Nov 30, 2010 11:47:55 GMT -5
Lucky for you, P.J., to be seeing Horslips in Belfast in December followed by Tull in Belfast in March! Enjoy the show tomorrow night, and naturally we'd love to get your review.
Unfortunately, I've never seen Horslips in concert. In 1977 and/or 1978, they did play a few dates on Long Island (at a club called My Father's Place, I believe, and possibly one or two others), but it was only a few, and for some reason, I either wasn't able to go, or perhaps didn't know about it.
Jeff
|
|
|
Post by Coolraven on Nov 30, 2010 12:41:01 GMT -5
Lucky for you, P.J., to be seeing Horslips in Belfast in December followed by Tull in Belfast in March! Enjoy the show tomorrow night, and naturally we'd love to get your review. Unfortunately, I've never seen Horslips in concert. In 1977 and/or 1978, they did play a few dates on Long Island (at a club called My Father's Place, I believe, and possibly one or two others), but it was only a few, and for some reason, I either wasn't able to go, or perhaps didn't know about it. Jeff I must ask them if they remember the Long Island shows. I know there are a few bootleg gigs from that period knocking around. They have just released the dvd of the O2 gig from last year. All the vocalists still in excellent voice after the long lay off, guitarist Johnny Fean still burning the paint of the walls ! I asked IA one time (on Q@A on another board) does he remember Horslips, he said they supported him in the early days. Not true, he had them mixed up with Tir Na Nog, still a good band but not a patch on Horslips
|
|
|
Post by Coolraven on Nov 30, 2010 12:50:01 GMT -5
Coolraven, truly excellent news about the concert here in Belfast. I wish I'd known about that Horslips concert earlier. Hope you get up to see the show ok. Brian. Brian, I wish I had let the forum know sooner as well. We had a grrreat time last year ar the O2 in Belfast, that was their first show in over thirty years. They ere in the O2 Dublin this Saturday night, we have a few free tickets so if you want to make the trip ......
|
|
|
Post by tootull on Nov 30, 2010 13:27:14 GMT -5
Good for Belfast. I moved on from Belfast because I knew that I would see more of Tull in Toronto. I knew. www.soundspike.com/news/tour/1131-ian_anderson_tour_jethmro_tull_frontman_ian_anderson_bridges.htmlJethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson bridges the generation gap with classic rockStory by Christina Fuoco-Karasinski SoundSpike Contributor Published November 30, 2010 05:16 AM Flute-wielding Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who recently wrapped up a U.S. jaunt, lovingly anticipates hitting the road. Next up on his itinerary is a series of dates in Italy with the Sturcz Quartet and a Christmas show at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England. // Tour dates at SoundSpike Flute-wielding Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who recently wrapped up a U.S. jaunt, lovingly anticipates hitting the road. Next up on his itinerary is a series of dates in Italy with the Sturcz Quartet and a Christmas show at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England. "I'm always looking forward to tours and it's always kind of fun to be on the eve of departure and have that thrill of preparing yourself, whether it's just packing a suitcase or checking in online to get on an airplane," Anderson told SoundSpike. " planning the shows. If you haven't done it for a few days, which I haven't, you rekindle that excitement and spirit and energy in preparation for another tour. I suppose if you catch me on a Wednesday night in the middle of a long tour, I might not be as enthusiastic or friendly."
At his concerts, fans can expect a blend of music from his solo career and years with Jethro Tull, who are responsible for the ubiquitous classic rock tracks "Aqualung," "Bungle in the Jungle" and "Locomotive Breath." He calls the set a mixture of some obvious and some much less obvious music from him.
"A lot of it -- I guess about 80 percent of it -- is Jethro Tull repertoire, but not necessarily the best-known repertoire," Anderson said. "Some of it is more obscure stuff that rarely gets played live on stage."
The shows will also feature four or five new tracks that he has penned. Anderson explained he prefers to road test material to give it a chance to marinate before the recording process.
"It's a good thing to do, road testing material in that way, giving the opportunity to modify, refine it and bring it to the audience, who in the way kind of shapes the way that it goes," he said. "I think you learn in the process of bringing the music live. It's a lot more enjoyable than rehearsing it endlessly in a recording studio."
Anderson sees in those performances generations of fans, which he finds thrilling.
"I think there are generations -- particularly in countries other than the U.S.A. -- which are really a new generation of fans that are hearing the music and revering the music of people from their parents' generation," Anderson said. "It's nice to know you're having that impact on people. I hope that in their turn they pass it on to their children too."
As for 2011, Anderson is working on a number of tours in South America, Australia and the Western United States. He is also planning to continue his holiday shows, such as the one scheduled at Canterbury Cathedral.
"I'll also be doing some Christmas shows, concerts in some cathedrals in the U.K.," Anderson said. "I tend to support the restoration funds of our great religious establishments--not that that makes me a Christian. I'm not a Christian. I just like old buildings that smell funny."
...meanwhile back in the year 2010 tour dates and tickets December 2010 9 - Bergamo, Italy - Palacreberg (with Sturcz Quartet) 10 - Vicenza - Italy - Teatro Comunale (with Sturcz Quartet) 11 - Bolzano, Italy - Palasport (with Sturcz Quartet) 18 - Canterbury, England - Canterbury Cathedral ("The Christmas Jethro Tull" with Ian Anderson and Friends) tour dates and tickets
meanwhile back in the year One
|
|