"Jethro Tull" in Iceland

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Jethro Tull announce dates in Iceland

Fans of British prog-rock group Jethro Tull will again have a chance to see the flute playing maestro when his band performs in Iceland in June. Tickets go on sale on April 10th.

In honour of the fortieth anniversary of the release of their seminal album Aqualung, the band have been touring and appearing worldwide in selected appearances. Three dates have been scheduled in Iceland; appearing in Akureyri on June 7th, followed by a concert in the Westman Islands on June 8th and finally at Harpa in Reykjavík on June 9th.

The concert will feature a ‘best of selection’ from their 45 year career with well known hits such as Aqualung, Thick as a brick and Locomotive breath, among others.

Jethro Tull have previously played in Iceland more than four time, most recently in 2012. But with the members, including founders Ian Anderson and Martin Barre, close to retirement this could be their last appearance.

In recent years the band has been replaced on tour by Martin Barre and his band while Anderson announced in 2012 that he planned to release Thick as a Brick 2, largely a solo album. The Iceland tour is part of a promotional tour.

www.icenews.is/2013/04/08/jethro-tull-announce-dates-in-iceland/

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Apr 8, 2013 21:52:14 GMT -5 TM said:

Jethro Tull announce dates in Iceland

Fans of British prog-rock group Jethro Tull will again have a chance to see the flute playing maestro when his band performs in Iceland in June. Tickets go on sale on April 10th.

In honour of the fortieth anniversary of the release of their seminal album Aqualung, the band have been touring and appearing worldwide in selected appearances. Three dates have been scheduled in Iceland; appearing in Akureyri on June 7th, followed by a concert in the Westman Islands on June 8th and finally at Harpa in Reykjavík on June 9th.

The concert will feature a ‘best of selection’ from their 45 year career with well known hits such as Aqualung, Thick as a brick and Locomotive breath, among others.

Jethro Tull have previously played in Iceland more than four time, most recently in 2012. But with the members, including founders Ian Anderson and Martin Barre, close to retirement this could be their last appearance.

In recent years the band has been replaced on tour by Martin Barre and his band while Anderson announced in 2012 that he planned to release Thick as a Brick 2, largely a solo album. The Iceland tour is part of a promotional tour.

www.icenews.is/2013/04/08/jethro-tull-announce-dates-in-iceland/

After all this.. and now Martin's back! ;D
Doubt it!

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A few people have recently asked me if I know what has happened to the possible release of the Icelandic TV show filmed and broadcast during the recent TaaB 1 and 2 tour and querying whether has any official release been jeopardised by the issue of the bootleg versions that are circulating in various quarters. Personally, I don't think it would help in any future offical release, but bootleggers don't worry about the impact of their actions.

The Iceland footage was filmed in Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland in June 22th 2012 by RUV TV and has made its way onto YouTube and is being offered for sale by some less generous fans, I am reliably informed that there may still be an ofifcial release in the new year, if the DVD company trying to pull it together can make the edit work.

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Sadly, we know that is the case through direct experience.

I believe the bootlegged releases must have some impact on any official decsion to release any pro-shot video or even audio [whether it is of excellent quality multi-camera HD or even low quality one camera staandard resolution] since the market is already being undermined/saturated.

The turnaround time to produce videos is too long and the lack of action or sanctions against bootleggers who make money from this stuff allows them free reign to do as they please.

While Tull/Ian has a solid enough market, it is [by age], a diminishing market and there must be a reducing opportunity to maximise any return on any product in the audio and video fields. Why leave stuff in the vault [if there is any] or why not run an official kickstarter campaign to pay any fees to release locked up video, while there's still enough fans out there to do it.