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JETHRO TULL Announces 'The Seven Decades' Summer/Fall 2023 U.S. Tour

Legendary rock band JETHRO TULL has announced "The Seven Decades" tour. Led by Ian Anderson , the concert will feature a rich collection of the best-known JETHRO TULL repertoire from 1968 to date. Fans will recognize the key songs from various albums — songs which put JETHRO TULL and Ian Anderson on the map during these seven decades. "The Seven Decades" tour will hit the U.S. from August through November, with stops in Indianapolis, San Diego, Los Angeles, Boston, New York City, Albany and more.

Tickets to all shows go on sale Friday, April 21 at 10 a.m. local, with various presales starting Thursday, April 20 at 10 a.m.

Tour dates:

Aug. 18 - Ravinia Festival - Highland Park, IL Aug. 19 - TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park - Indianapolis, IN Aug. 20 - Rose Music Center at The Heights - Huber Heights, OH Aug. 22 - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend - Cincinnati, OH Aug. 24 - Wolf Trap - Vienna, VA Sep. 26 - The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park - San Diego, CA Sep. 27 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA Sep. 29 - Thunder Valley Casino Resort – The Venue at Thunder Valley - Lincoln, CA Sep. 30 - The Mountain Winery - Saratoga, CA Oct. 01 - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts – Ruth Finley Person Theater - Santa Rosa, CA Oct. 27 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton, NH Oct. 28 - MGM Music Hall at Fenway - Boston, MA Oct. 29 – Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT Nov. 01 - Beacon Theatre - New York, NY Nov. 02 - The Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY Nov. 04 - Palace Theatre - Albany, NY

JETHRO TULL will release its 23rd studio album, "RökFlöte" , on April 21 via InsideOut Music . Following 2022's "The Zealot Gene" , the group's first LP in two decades, Anderson and his bandmates are returning with a 12-track record based on the characters and roles of some of the principal gods of the old Norse paganism, and at the same time exploring the "RökFlöte" — rock flute — which JETHRO TULL has made iconic.

"RökFlöte" will be available on several different formats, including two limited deluxe formats that include bonus demo material, extensive liner notes and a Blu-ray featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound, alternative stereo mixes by Bruce Soord ( THE PINEAPPLE THIEF ),as well as a bonus track and in-depth interview with Anderson . The album will also be available digitally in the spatial audio formats Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 RA.

Ian explained the album's title and theme in more detail: "The title of this offering went through a little change or two along the way. I started with the idea of a predominantly instrumental album for rock flute — as in rock music. When the subject material of the album presented itself, I was drawn to the term Ragnarök from Norse mythology — their version of apocalyptic end times or Biblical Armageddon. The 'final showdown' scenario is ubiquitous and inherent in Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, for example. Ragnarök translates as 'destiny of the Gods', the rök part meaning destiny, course, direction. With umlaut firmly in place, courtesy of the Germanic origins of Old Norse, Flute became Flöte in keeping with the spelling. With me so far? I just can't miss the glorious opportunity for a good and legitimate umlaut."

"The Zealot Gene" , released in January 2022, was JETHRO TULL 's 22nd studio album and it garnered critical acclaim across the board. Reaching No. 9 in the U.K. album charts, a feat the band hadn't reached since 1972, it also debuted at No. 4 in Germany, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Austria, No. 8 in Finland, as well as top 10 in the U.S. album charts, Current Album charts and Rock Album charts.

With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, JETHRO TULL are one of the most successful rock bands of all-time with a catalog that contains classics that still resonate today. Led by Anderson , TULL continue to tour throughout the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.

The band consists of:

Ian Anderson - Concert and Alto flutes, Flute d'Amour, Irish whistle and vocals David Goodier - Bass John O'Hara - Piano, keyboards and Hammond Organ Scott Hammond - Drums Joe Parrish-James - Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin

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There is nothing quite like a Jethro Tull performance. The band has been mastering numerous genres of music since their formation playing anything from blues, rock, classical, folk, jazz, and Celtic influenced music.

Ian Anderson is the driving force behind Jethro Tull and makes all the shows interesting with his adept skills at flute playing as well as his eccentric stage presence. The band has great dynamics on stage and often plays in a progressive kind of style. The piano sometimes will gently start off a song playing a very ornate melody, which is then accompanied by a loud distorted guitar blaring a solo. The guitar will then switch to playing a rhythmic pattern throughout the song when Ian Anderson is playing his airy jazz licks on his flute. Ian Anderson is also known for his wide vocal range, which allows him to use a dynamic style of singing by jumping back and forth between different pitches with his voice. The band also has a great sense of rhythm and time playing in unison with one another with their different instruments to create a deep, rich sound. Jethro Tull is also known for their stage presence. At Jethro Tull’s older shows Ian Anderson used to look like a wild maniac with bushy hair and a beard, sporting tattered clothes, and running around stage playing his flute with much energy. Although Ian Anderson has toned down his vibe since his early days of performance, he still has a cartoonish characteristic that allows him to play with much enthusiasm. At a Jethro Tull concert you can expect to see intricate, atmospheric lighting, which creates an entrancing landscape with blends of colorful lights mixed together and laser beams penetrating through the fog that is on stage. Jethro Tull will even sometimes have actors come on stage during the performance to act as props. When he plays songs from the album, Thick as a Brick, you might see a man dressed in a drench coat reading a paper, which is supposed to be used as a visual representation for the song.

There is a reason why Jethro Tull has sold over 60 million albums and has influenced such notable musicians as Geddy Lee, Bruce Dickinson, and Eddie Vedder, and seeing them live will surely convey why Jethro Tull is such a well loved and influential band.

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Jethro Tull still shine musically, and keep in mind: this is their 50th anniversary tour!

They had great sound, and played their instruments almost flawlessly.

All of them are high-level musicians, but a particular mention goes to Florian Opahle at the electric guitar, who performed beautifully and injected new life in many classic pieces with his own playing style and ideas (maybe a hint more of blues and heavy metal than previous guitarists, but very welcome by the crowd!).

Ian Anderson himself still is a great live performer, both physically moving around the stage and when playing the flute. This despite his age (72 years old). That said, even if it saddens me as a Jethro Tull fan, his voice really doesn't hit the right notes anymore.

He was often losing power to the point of inaudibility while singing even short phrases, and was also often off-key, to the point of being embarrassing.

I believe he recognizes the problem, as he had some videos of younger performers "helping him" sing some of the classic pieces, like "Aqualung".

However, for me his singing kinda hampered the whole concert. Combined to it, was the fact that this was a sitting rather than standing experience.

There was a standing ovation on the last two pieces, and as the last song, "Locomotive Breath" everybody rose to their feet. That was an intensely emotional moment.

tl;dr: recommended only to hardcore Jethro Tull fans. The occasional listener better be beware.

IN my mid to late teens I discovered the unique sound of Jethro Tull. I saw the band on Top of the Pops and was fascinated by the look of the group and their musicianship. Of central attention was Ian Anderson. Individual and striking a pose with his flute in outlandish clothes and flowing hair. The band were cool, edgy and blues influenced. I have been a fan ever since. It was such a contrast last night to see Tull in concert for the first time. I missed out when I was a student. It is a truism that you can never go back and that was the disappointment, for me, of the concert last night. The retrospective was a good idea which was ruined by awful video screen footage and overblown renditions of many of my favourite songs. Anderson’s voice had all but lost its depth, range and volume and was hidden behind heavy electric guitar. His antics on stage were, for me, out of place and out of time. I am probably alone in this view but I felt the presence of the band had not survived the intervening years and in my estimation had gone from cool to cringy. Maybe, too old to rock and roll?

I was lucky enough to 'come of age' during the mid to late 1970's and it DEFINATLY was a GREAT DECADE for concerts in NYC and elsewhere!!! I saw Jethro Tull several times, primarily at Madison Square Garden, NYC. At that time, 'Tull' was usually magical to see and hear 'Live". Ian Anderson was at the top of his game and listening to him turn his flute into a 'soaring bird' taking flight was simply AMAZING!!!! I haven't seen them since, but I can only imagine that Anderson has continued to mold into an even better performer.

Sometimes ya just gotta live with the special memories. Concerts today are generally SO OUTRAGOUSLY EXPENSIVE that one has to be picky about which bands are worth dumping $500 to $1000 on, just for a mediocre show.

We thoroughly enjoyed Jethro Tull in such a wonderful setting Ripon Cathedral.

His Christmas mix of songs with his past classics was just fabulous ( not really knowing what to expect !) & Ian could still perform on one leg !

The lighting was atmospheric moody & crisp.

The only slight negative was why on earth did He need Lloyd Grossman singing tame bland punk songs WHICH added absolutely nothing to the overall performance ?? ...if anything it cheapened the whole experience for us being alongside a true global Rock Legend ...…...but never mind We look forward to Jethro Tull live at Ripon again...WE'LL BE THERE !

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Great show as always - however we were a bit disappointed by being pointed out among the audience by the young guitarplayer in the band for taking a short video at the end of the concert.

We have been following Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull since they started 50 years ago, were to our first concert with the band in Odense in 1972 (47 years ago) - this time we came from Denmark to see them. It has never before been a problem to take a picture.

But obviously this young kid had to mark his territory though our taking a picture or a video sequence did not bother anyone. Martin Barre would not ever have done so and I don't think that this is what Ian Anderson wants either.

It was a very mixed experience. The first two/three songs had very bad sound mix but then it worked well. There was a Christmas song in the middle, which turned the whole experience in the middle if the second half down and it was tough for the band to raise the mood before Aqualung and Locomotive Breath.

I personally would have liked more Thick as a Brick and the songs that had one or two extra voices were better mixed in with the music than when Anderson sang alone, and, these voices lifted the experience of Andersons voice. Use more voices on most of the songs - please.

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Loved the show, great mix of new songs with Tull classics. Great job of interacting the video with the live performance. Supporting band members are great and Ian Anderson still rocks out at 68 years old. Favorite part of the show is all the flute playing Anderson displayed throughout the performance. FYI, there is a 15 minute intermission 1/2 way through the show and the total show time, including the break, is 2 1/2 hours. If you're a Tull fan you'll enjoy this show.

I have seen Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull perform in in the 1990s three times. Always a different experience each time but always putting on a great show. His flute playing always takes centre stage. I am a flute player myself. I saw them first at the Anvil, Basingstoke and then a couple of times at Guilfest, awesome!! ❤❤❤

Ian Anderson is always great on stage!

The show was a celebration of 50 years of Jethro Tull and so between some songs there were guests that (via video) announced the next song. Nice.

Strange: attendantd were NOT allower to take ANY kind of photos or records. It seems so trange in 2019...

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No need to be stuck “Living In The Past,” Jethro Tull fans.

For the first time since 2011, the classic rockers are in the U.S. as part of their ongoing ‘Seven Decades Tour.’

At each and every show, they’ll “produce one song from each of the seven decades…to keep the set list varied so the songs don’t fall in the same tempo or key or subject material.” lead singer Ian Anderson told USA Today .

As of now, the jazzy icons have 10 concerts remaining on their 2023 tour schedule.

That includes a trio of gigs in New York.

First up, the “Aqualung” group is scheduled to hit  New York City’s Beacon Theatre  on Nov. 1.

After that, Jethro Tull is scheduled to end their 2023 North American run with stops at  Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre  on Nov. 2 and  Albany’s Palace Theatre  on Nov. 4.

Haven’t picked up tickets yet?

No problem.

As of now, seats are available for all remaining shows .

Some are quite cheap too .

At the time of publication, we found tickets going for as low as $49 before fees on Vivid Seats.

To be far, that is a bit of an outlier.

Most shows have seats starting anywhere from $60 to $170 before fees .

Want to see how much tickets cost at the Jethro Tull show closest to you?

Keep scrolling.

We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Jethro Tull’s ‘Seven Decades Tour’ below.

All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.

Jethro Tull 2023 tour schedule

A complete calendar including all upcoming Jethro Tull North American concert dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.

(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout .)

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Martin Barre solo tour

Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre , who played with the group from 1968 up until 2011, is also touring North America this fall.

That includes a gig at  Westbury, NY’s The Space At Westbury  on Oct. 6.

A complete calendar of his 2023 tour can be found here .

Jethro Tull band members

As expected, when a band is together for 56 years (!), there’s a bit of turnover.

Here’s who’s in the group with frontman Ian Anderson these days:

Ian Anderson  – vocals, flute, acoustic and electric guitar, other instruments (1967–2012, 2017–present) David Goodier  – bass (2007–2012, 2017–present) John O’Hara  – keyboards, accordion, vocals (2007–2012, 2017–present) Scott Hammond  – drums (2017–present) Joe Parrish  – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals (2020–present)

Jethro Tull new music

In 2022, Jethro Tull released  “The Zealot Gene,”  their first official record since 2003’s  “The Jethro Tull Christmas Album.”

And this year, they did it again.

“RökFlöte,” the band’s 23rd studio album dropped in April.

For the record, we can’t stop listening to the hypnotic “Allfather.”

Want to try it out for yourself?

You can check out Tull’s singular brand of chilling, flute jazz prog rock here .

Jethro Tull set list

Although Jethro Tull hasn’t performed in the U.S. since 2011, they’ve been quite prolific overseas.

Here’s what the band has been playing at recent shows courtesy of  Set List FM .

01.) “Nothing Is Easy” 02.) “Cross-Eyed Mary” 03.) “With You There to Help Me”

04.) “Sweet Dream” 05.) “We Used to Know 06.) “Wicked Windows” 07.) “Holly Herald” 08.) “Hammer on Hammer”

09.) “Mine Is the Mountain” 10.) “Bourrée in E minor” (Johann Sebastian Bach cover)

11.) “Heavy Horses” 12.) “The Navigators”

13.) “Warm Sporran” 14.) “Mrs Tibbets” 15.) “Dark Ages” 16.) “Aqualung” Encore:

17.) “Locomotive Breath”

Classic rockers on tour in 2023

Many acts that have been touring since the ’60s are still kicking it today.

Here are just five of our favorite legends that have been around before Woodstock you can see live this year.

•  Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band

•  Peter Gabriel

•  The Eagles

• Aerosmtih

•  Stevie Nicks

Want to see who else is on the road? Check out our list of the  22 biggest classic rockers on tours in 2023 here .

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Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s Past, Present and Future

Ian Anderson via a Zoom interview, May 8, 2023

He’s one of rock’s most distinctive voices, composers and flutists. And in 2023, Ian Anderson, synonymous with Jethro Tull since their debut album arrived in 1968, is seemingly as busy as ever, having just released the band’s second studio album, RökFlöte , in as many years, while also filling their touring calendar into 2024. He reached the milestone age of 75 on August 10, 2022, and told Best Classic Bands, “I certainly don’t think more than a year ahead. That becomes increasingly more foolhardy as you get older.”

We talked to the musician via Zoom about the new album, the demand that the band faced in its first decade with the constant cycle of writing, recording and touring, and his own mortality.

RökFlöte is based on the characters and roles of some of the principal gods of the old Norse paganism, while at the same time exploring the “RökFlöte”—rock flute—which Anderson has made iconic. Of the album’s theme, he says, “The world of scary Norse invaders seems to have captured people’s attention. But I don’t think it really tells the story of who those people were, what they did. Which was a curious mixture of bringing a rather wayward culture to countries at that point that were already, essentially, Christian. But they did dreadful things. They were the equivalent of Putin going into Ukraine. They were really quite awful people.

“There’s no doubt that if the Viking invaders had their hands on hypersonic missiles or some tactical nuclear weapons, they would have used them. Luckily, they didn’t. But they were a bad lot.”

RökFlöte begins and ends with the spoken intro by a woman, who sounds like she’s speaking in the fictional language, Valyrian (like Emilia Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, in Game of Thrones ). Anderson is asked if he watched the series.

“No, I avoided the swashbuckling, dark ethereal worlds, everything from Harry Potter through to the more dark and scary stuff that I’ve never really enjoyed. It seems so heavy-handed as a treatment to glamorize the kind of drama that sits somewhere between science fiction and ancient history. It’s a well-worn trick and having been an avid consumer of science fiction written in the ’50s and ’60s, I decided in the ‘60s what kind of science fiction I liked and didn’t like… anything that smacks of the grandiose worlds that get exploited in blockbuster movies or Netflix series. Compared to the opening of the first three or four minutes of the first episode of Breaking Bad , that had you by the balls straight-away, and you knew that was going to be something special. It’s the same with music. You either get attracted to something or you don’t. And maybe some people, whenever they hear [mimics Beethoven’s 5th Symphony ‘dah dah dah dum…’], just think, ‘Oh, switch it’ because they’re not attracted to something that is such a declamatory and forceful, simple statement. Musically, it’s a bit too in their face and they’re not ready for it. We’re all different, thank goodness.”

RökFlöte follows the 2022 release of The Zealot Gene , following a gap of nearly two decades between Jethro Tull studio albums. And Tull has been playing a pair of songs from each of the new titles during their current tour. “The [new] songs are an unwelcome intrusion to the expectations that [the audience] might have of hearing classic Jethro Tull from the ‘70s,” Anderson admits. “I’m always aware of that. Since 1969, debuting songs from a new album has been tortuous because you know people are not familiar with it. They know you from your previous work. You hope several years down the line people will say, ‘Oh, I know this one. It sounds like an old friend.’ The response to the songs from the last two albums has been generous and positive and that’s the most we can hope for. But I don’t think it has the impact, perhaps, of songs like ‘Aqualung’ or ‘Locomotive Breath’ will have on an audience. I could throw in ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and maybe a couple of Stones songs and they’d be very happy. Except me. (laughs)”

He’s asked if he can close his eyes and imagine himself five, six decades earlier on stage.

“Well, absolutely. The passage of so many years has always been relatively immaterial. When you work with music, it’s not that it rekindles your youth, so much as it is just a reference point that you can immerse yourself in. When you play music, it is a bit timeless. When I play a song that I wrote in 1968 or 1969, it really just feels like I’m just stepping into that pair of shoes that are really well worn. It doesn’t feel like it’s 55 years [later]. I think I’d feel the same if I were a classical musician playing the work of Mozart or Bach or Beethoven. I wouldn’t consciously be thinking, ‘Oh, this is music from the mid-19th century.’ I’d just be dealing with the music as [a] living, permanent [part of] the world of today.”

Related: Our Album Rewind of Tull’s 1972 classic,  Thick As a Brick

Jethro Tull released a new studio album every year from 1968 through 1980. One wonders what that constant cycle of writing, recording, touring, writing, recording, etc., was like.

“It was a very arduous period of constant tours and sometimes things were of relatively short notice,” says Anderson. “Back then, a tour would be booked only three months down the line. And if you were trying to put together time for rehearsals and recording a new album, and you were trying to sandwich this into a schedule that constantly felt like it was changing… I think that sometimes the music suffered in not being able to step back a little bit and take some time. But I feel that the positive side of that scheduling was to really push you to try to achieve things against what seemed to be a lot of odds.”

“But there was no time to take a break. And for 10 years, it certainly affected all of us in the band. We were getting pretty fatigued about touring and the little things that are disagreeable became more and more disagreeable, and we, in many ways, continued to grow apart, because none of us were really like each other. We were all quite different characters in the early days of Jethro Tull. And we really didn’t have a lot in common as people. So we tended not to socialize during the brief days that we might be back home [from the road] or when we weren’t in the studio. We didn’t hang out together really at all. And I think the times we were together were preserved for more creative and mutual benefit in terms of being truly a band…a group of people who worked and largely lived together. But it was getting torturous by the end of the ‘70s and at least three of the band, at that point, decided that they didn’t want to continue. Sadly, one of them was unable to continue because he met an early period of ill health, which resulted in his death so that was, in its own way, a bit of watershed moment, really. But two other guys had had enough and the band was clearly not going to go on the way that it had.”

Ian Anderson, holding his rock flute, with Jethro Tull’s 2023 lineup

These days, Anderson employs a modestly sized touring party, with the band and four key crew members. The lineup consists of Tull veterans David Goodier (bass guitar) and John O’Hara (piano, keyboards and Hammond organ), plus Scott Hammond (drums), and Joe Parrish-James (electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin). They’ll be in the U.K. and Europe through mid-October, with three separate U.S. tours in between and after.

“I take it a few months at a time… up to a year,” Anderson says. “The visa officials say, ‘When will you be back?’ I give the same answer, ‘I have no plans to come back.’ Just as I said many years ago, ‘I have no plans to release another Jethro Tull album.’ (laughs) Because I didn’t. But it doesn’t mean I’m not going to do it. It just means that I have no plans inked in in the date sheet. I think people misconstrue when you say you have no plans that you intend not to do it but that’s not really the case.

“Let’s be honest. At my age, I have every hope that I will be alive and kicking and be able to do some semblance of a working day 10 years from now. But that is, to a degree, slightly wild optimism. The reality is that any time I might get some bad news at one of my annual health checks. It’s gonna happen some day. Will happen. I prefer to take it a year at a time, see how things go. I have to do some degree of planning. I certainly don’t think more than a year ahead. That becomes increasingly more foolhardy as you get older.”

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Les Paul lived 94 glorious years. May Ian and his contemporaries live so long.

It’s tragic to see Anderson, who was once one of THE most talented and amazing singers of any band now reduced to a guy who can barely get the lyrics out, never mind with any real energy or emotion. My big bugaboo about “Jethro Tull” as it stands now was Anderson’s unceremonious dismissal of Martin Barre after so many decades of loyalty and incredible musical contributions. But now, to see what Anderson has come to, I don’t think it really matters any more.

yes Martin was around over a long period. Seems to happen a lot in groups

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Listen: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Talks About New Album and Tour

Legendary rock band Jethro Tull are back with RökFlöte ; an album of songs about Norse gods and pagan rites, and exploring the "RökFlöte" - rock flute - which Jethro Tull has made iconic. Created over a very short period of time in the beginning of 2022, Dave Michaels chats all about it with the band's prolific singer-songwriter, flautist, and fearless leader, Ian Anderson .

Jethro Tull will also be making a stop at The Palace Theatre in Albany on Saturday, November 4th on their "Seven Decades" tour. The concert will feature a rich collection of the best-known Jethro Tull repertoire from 1968 to date. Fans will recognize the key songs from various albums - songs which put Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson on the map during these seven decades.

Jethro Tull leader is just fine without a Rock Hall nod: 'It’s best that they don’t ask me'

Ian Anderson is ensconced in his home office in the English countryside, “where no one can find me.”

It’s a fitting introduction to the dryly witty centerpiece of Jethro Tull who, since the late '60s, has led various incarnations of the British folk-prog-blues rock band.

Their innovative sound, anchored by Anderson’s standout playing of alto and tenor flutes, as well as the Irish whistle, is forever connected to benchmarks “Locomotive Breath,” “Bungle in the Jungle” and “Aqualung” (the namesake album earned Jethro Tull its first American Top 10 album in 1971).

But the group – Anderson, David Goodier (bass), John O’Hara (piano/organ), Scott Hammond (drums) and Joe Parrish-James (guitar/mandolin) – is still progressing.

The 23 rd studio release from Jethro Tull, "RökFlöte," arrived in April, and between Aug. 18 and Nov. 4, Anderson, 76, and his musical mates will play 16 shows around the U.S. during a tour aptly named The Seven Decades.

Anderson, droll and forthright, talked about the longevity of Jethro Tull, the enduring argument about the band’s place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and his appreciation of the umlaut.

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Question: This tour is celebrating seven decades in the industry. At what point did it sink in that success might not be fleeting?

Ian Anderson: I grew up in a period when the music I listened to wasn’t what was popular on radio or TV, but blues and jazz. The folks I listened to as a teenager were old men, so it never struck me as odd since that was the music I preferred. But it was around 1970-71 when I began to think: "This is looking OK. Maybe I will get to be like those old guys I listen to and still be active in recording and performing when I’m in my 70s and 80s."

How are you planning to structure these live shows?

Quaint though it may seem, America is a little isolated pocket of the universe that only thinks of itself. The rest of the world is where I work most of the time, and I’ve been on tour since the summer of 2021. So this is just another outing for me, to jump to the USA . I’m fairly embedded in the current set list, though there are a few little changes. Having performed (in the U.S.) in 2019, we don’t want to replicate too much of the set list from last time around. But the general feeling is to try to produce one song from each of the seven decades and to keep the set list varied so the songs don’t fall in the same tempo or key or subject material.

A lot of veteran artists are in the twilight of their touring careers. Do you feel this type of retrospective tour signifies that for Jethro Tull?

It certainly is the twilight in that there is a growing inevitability that it will come to an end all too soon. But twilight of my enjoyment of it or nature of the performances artistically is, hopefully, not a twilight. So far I’ve been lucky to enjoy reasonably good health and good mental health. It’s very important as you get older to try to keep focused on what it is you’re doing. The day when you find me looking down at an auto cue (teleprompter) to sing the songs is when I should find another job. I do a lot of work and prep for tours. If I’ve been away from the stage for a few days I need to run through the set a few times. There are thousands of words and notes to remember. It’s a lot of songs, a lot of music, a lot of notes to play on the flute.

Does touring still hold any thrill for you, aside from the performances themselves?

In a more abstract way there is a thrill, but when it comes to getting to the airport and getting on a plane, there are too many things to be thinking about. Same as when you’re about to walk on a stage. I don’t feel any thrill or great anticipation. I’m merely preparing for what comes up, like a Formula One racing driver in the minutes before the lights go out or a tennis player at Wimbledon waiting for the next set. It’s a coldhearted thinking through things. I imagine John Glenn sitting with a few hundred tons of rocket fuel under his arse was probably not thinking, “Whoopee, I’m going into space!” He’s thinking about which switches to flip and when. You’re engrossed in what you’re doing rather than enjoying the moment. My job is too complicated to be sitting back and enjoying “the thrill.”

Tell me about the significance of the new album title − "RökFlöte" – especially those well-placed umlauts.

You can’t beat a good umlaut, especially if it has a reason to be there and is grammatically or linguistically correct, unlike Motörhead or Mötley Crüe, who toss them around like some kind of graffiti in the world of billboard advertising. Mine are quite correct. “Rök” in Old Icelandic means destiny and “Flöte" (in the German pronunciation) means the instrument that I play, so they’re both quite correct. The album began with title of “Rock Flute” because I saw it as a rock album with the other guys as a rock band. Not instrumental, but prominent flute playing. That title endured until January 2022 when I was doing my second day of working out the general terms of the new album and decided the subject matter that I’d settled on would justify changing the working title because it seemed to fit.  

You’ve been overseeing reissues of Jethro Tull’s catalog for a while now. How many more are in the works?

The long-awaited big, huge edition of "The Broadsword and the Beast" album from 1982 is now set for Sept. 1 release. Beyond that we have one or two other plans, but this comes at the instigation of Warner Music. They have the copyright to the material, so they have to feel a commercial viability before they will embark on the expensive job of remastering and remixing. It’s really up to them to set the ball rolling, but then I do what I can to aid and abet in the process.

I hear from so many people how it’s criminal that Jethro Tull isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But from what I understand, you don’t really want to be in there?

I think it’s quite wrong for us to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when so many great American acts are being ignored and will be for all time because I suppose they haven’t sold enough records or aren’t that popular to impress the founding fathers of the Rock Hall. I have no idea who they are because I’m not really a music fan and don’t follow that stuff. … But Tull isn’t an example of Americana, and Americana is what the Rock Hall should be about. It’s celebrating American music in an American institution, and I don’t really feel Tull really qualifies in that sense. It’s not that I have any disdain for Americana − that’s what got me into music in the first place − but I don’t feel that’s what I do.

But if you were nominated?

I can confidently predict it will not happen, because I have it on fairly good authority that the folks who make these decisions are not Tull fans and decided a long time ago that we would not be part of it. It takes away the difficulty of sending a polite “no thank you” note because I’m not about to jump on a plane and go to wherever it is just to be part of a celebration. It’s best that they don’t ask me ; then I don’t have that difficulty of sounding like a real old sourpuss and say I’m going to be washing my hair that day. Which really isn’t a plausible excuse any longer. But I have great respect for all of those artists who are part of it.

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All jethro tull 2024 tour dates.

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The legendary British Progressive Rock band Jethro Tull will continue on the road in 2024 led by the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson. The group will be playing many classic songs from their career but also new ones from their two most recent albums “The Zealot Gene” (2022) and “RökFlöte” (2023).

They have scheduled concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Tull is currently formed by Ian Anderson , David Goodier (Bass – Since 2007), John O’Hara (Keyboards, accordion – Since 2007), Scott Hammond (Drums – Since 2017) and Joe Parrish (Guitar – Since 2020).

All Jethro Tull tour dates scheduled for 2024

• 11 – Auditorium Parco Della Musica – Sala Santa Cecilia – Rome, Italy
• 13 – Politeama Rossetti -´Trieste, Italy
• 14 – Gran Teatro Morato – Brescia, Italy
• 15 – Teatro Colosseo – Turin, Italy
• 21 – Teatro Cervantes – Málaga, Spain
• 22 – Palacio Congresos – Granada, Spain
• 24 – Palma Auditorium – Nord De Palma District, Spain
• 6 – Colisseos – Lisbon, Portugal
• 7 – Colisseos – Porto, Portugal
• 16 – Oslo Konserthus – Oslo, Norway
• 20 – Volkshaus – Zürich, Switzerland
• 21 – Musical Theatre – Basel, Switzerland
• 9 – Arena Hall – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• 10 – Araujo Viana – Porto Alegre, Brazil
• 12 – Teatro Positivo – Curitiba, Brazil
• 13 – Vibra – São Paulo, Brazil
• 17 – Beacon – Bristol, United Kingdom
• 19 – Pavilion – Bournemouth, United Kingdom
• 20 – Symphony Hall – Birmingham, United Kingdom
• 22 – The London Palladium – London, United Kingdom
• 23 – The Corn Exchange – Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 29 – Music Hall – Aberdeen, United Kingdom
• 30 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, Scotland
• 2 – The Sage – Gateshead, United Kingdom
• 3 – City Hall – Sheffield, United Kingdom
• 5 – Lowry – Manchester, United Kingdom
• 6 – Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool, Uk
• 24 – Kulturpalast – Dresden, Germany
• 25 – Haus Auensee – Leipzig, Germany
• 19 – Isarphilharmonie – Munich, Germany
• 20 – Ccs Stadtgarten – Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
• 12 – Getec Arena Magdeburg – Magdeburg, Germany

Possible Jethro Tull 2024 setlist

Their setlist for the 2024 tour will probably be similar to the one used in the previous year. A good example is the one from their December 5, 2023 concert in Prague, Czech Republic.

• Cross-Eyed Mary
• With You There to Help Me
• Heavy Horses
• Weathercock
• Sweet Dream
• Holly Herald
• Wolf Unchained
• Mine Is the Mountain
• Bourrée in E minor (Johann Sebastian Bach cover)
• Farm on the Freeway
• The Navigators
• Warm Sporran
• Mrs Tibbets
• Aquadiddley
• Locomotive Breath

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Ian Anderson is understandably pleased Jethro Tull — the pioneering progressive-rock band he founded and has led since 1967 — has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and is now embarked on the aptly named “The Seven Decades Tour.” It includes a Tuesday San Diego concert at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

The veteran flutist, singer, songwriter and guitarist is also pleased Jethro Tull counts a number of high-profile musicians among its fans. They include former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, Nick Cave and members of the bands Midlake and The Decemberists, as well as actress Lisa Lampanelli.

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But Anderson scoffs when asked if he has seen any unlikely fans — a contentious political figure, perhaps — turn up at Jethro Tull’s concerts.

“I have no idea who is in the audience; they are all strangers to me,” he replied, speaking from his home in Wiltshire, England. “But that’s part of the appeal. You are in front of people you don’t know, will never meet, and don’t want to know.

“Concerts give you the opportunity to make some new friends, or some new enemies. Then, after the show, I disappear into my little dressing room and crawl under a rock, because I’m not a social creature.”

Depending on the day and his mood, Anderson can indeed be a prickly character on occasion. He can also be warm, endearing and an insightful commentator on his chosen profession. He is the only member of Jethro Tull who has been in all of its 30-plus lineups.

“Sometimes the people you dread meeting — because of anecdotal, spurious hearsay — turn out to be the nicest people,” Anderson said. “Sadly, the opposite is true, as well. People you think are going to be nice turn out not to be. I guess I’m the same.

“Catch me on the right day and you’re fine. But I’m sure I’ve disappointed some people who were catching me at the wrong moment, when I didn’t want to have to stop — in mid-mouthful in a restaurant — to take a selfie with them.”

Flute first, then and now

The Scottish-born Anderson turned 76 in August, 58 years after Tull — the band long synonymous with his name — was launched as a jazzy blues-rock ensemble.

Its latest album, the 12-song “RökFlöte,” was released this year and boasts lyrics inspired by the polytheistic beliefs of Norse mythology. The band’s 2022 album, “The Zealot Gene,” finds Anderson exploring themes of political fanaticism and using biblical texts to reflect on current events.

With Anderson’s 80th birthday just four years away, how important is it for him to surprise himself when creating new music?

“It’s incredibly important when you’re recording it,” he said. “And I’m pretty pleased with my aspirations to continue making music that we have brought to fruition through good luck and hard work. (It’s like) riding a bike. If you fall off, there’s a danger you might not be able to get back on. So, it’s good not to fall off.”

Jethro Tull’s most popular album, 1971’s “Aqualung,” has sold more than 12 million copies. Tull’s wildly ambitious 1972 concept album, “Thick as a Brick,” made history in at least two ways.

It is the only release to ever top Billboard magazine’s U.S. album charts that consists of just one song — albeit a very extended, complex song that lasts nearly 44 minutes. Moreover, “Brick” was a progressive-rock opus that simultaneously parodied the bombast and self-indulgence of progressive-rock.

Like all of Jethro Tull’s albums before and since, it featured Anderson singing and playing the flute. The instrument had not previously been a focal point of any rock band. But Anderson changed that, starting with Jethro Tull’s 1968 debut album, “This Was.” Nearly every song on it boasts prominent flute work, none more so than the spirited version of jazz sax and flute great Roland Kirk’s vocal-free 1965 classic, “Serenade to a Cuckoo.”

That Jethro Tull was led by a bearded, long-haired, seemingly crazed young musician — who often played flute and sang while perched on one leg — added to the band’s image and appeal.

Anderson discussed his move to the flute in a 1988 San Diego Union-Tribune interview, saying: “I was a not-very-good singer in a not-very-good blues band. And so I started also to play not-very-good harmonica, and ended up playing not-very-good flute. I did it largely because it was different, and because it was there.”

In 1967, the year Tull was formed, only a few rock bands memorably utilized a flute, but not as a lead instrument. One was the American band The Blues Project. The other two were both English: The Moody Blues and Family.

Did any of these bands inspire Anderson as a “not-very-good flutist?” In a word: no.

“What inspired me as a flute player was Eric Clapton, because it was his guitar playing I wanted to emulate,” he said.

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“It was really my determination to do something other than play the ubiquitous electric guitar, which everybody wanted to do — including me — when I was a teenager. I quickly realized Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and (Deep Purple’s) Ritchie Blackmore were the wiz-kid guitar players down in London and were way ahead of me.

“That made me look for something else to play. But I had no idea what to do with the flute once I got a couple of notes out of it. I tried to play the blues and went on from there. Like anything else, you realize there is more to it, so I did listen to a few other players, including — after a few months — Roland Kirk.”

But Kirk, Anderson contends, was not his primary influence.

“One of my favorites as a teen was Mose Allison,” he said. “Mose would mumble and sing along with his piano playing, which was rather endearing. I suspect I picked up on scat-singing (while playing flute) from him and other people in the world of jazz more than from a flute player like Roland Kirk.”

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In the early 1970s, then-still-fledgling Anderson topped the masterful Kirk as the No. 1 flutist in Playboy’s annual jazz and pop poll. Was Anderson flattered, embarrassed, or both, at this turn of events?

“Well,” he answered, “I did actually meet Roland Kirk, who I was terrified of. Because word was that he was a pretty intimidating person and not flattering or kind to other people. We met when I played this jazz festival in 1969 on the East Coast, I don’t remember where.

The Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island?

“Yes, Newport,” Anderson said. “I don’t know why they booked us and Led Zeppelin, which seemed weird. Our manager said: ‘Roland Kirk wants to meet you.’ I thought: ‘Oh, god, what am I going to do?’ Plus, Kirk was blind which made it even more difficult to confront him in a social setting. But he was really kind and nice. Or, at least, he pretended to approve of my rendition of his song because he was getting the mechanical royalties for it!

“Many years later, Kirk’s second wife (Dorothea) showed up at one of our shows in New Jersey, long after he was dead. She said: ‘Thanks. I get a (royalty) check twice a year for your performance of Roland’s song and it’s helped to have that coming in to help pay the bills.”

Nyet to Russian oligarchs

Paying bills has not been a problem for Anderson since Jethro Tull began selling millions of albums and filling arenas in the 1970s. By the 1980s he owned several salmon farms in Scotland. At their peak, they employed 400 people and — in 1997 alone —produced 900 tons of smoked salmon, with annual revenues of $26 million.

Commenting on his fish-fueled entrepreneurship in a 1988 Union-Tribune interview, Anderson said he would rather be remembered for providing hundreds of new jobs than for selling tens of millions of albums.

“I guess I’m a socialist at heart,” he said at the time. “Actually, I’m a communist bastard at heart, but I live in a capitalist world, so I try to be a good capitalist. My kids usually prefer to say: ‘My daddy’s a fish farmer.’ It’s easier to say that than: ‘He plays in an old man’s rock group with these fat, balding fellows!’ ”

By 2003, Anderson had sold his salmon farms and processing plants. His concert tours with Jethro Tull and as a solo artist are a near-constant. And he has the financial liberty of declining performance opportunities as he sees fit.

“There are quite a few offers that have come my way, for large amounts of money,” Anderson acknowledged. “The offers are to do things I feel are quite inappropriate, whether it’s a private party for some Russian oligarch, or a cruise ship tour, or things at big, multi-act festivals. I think I know what I’m worth and there are times I would not do things just for the paycheck. It’s not worth it.”

By his count, Anderson has performed in 55 countries on at least five continents. He recalls first encountering Russian President Vladimir Putin at a 1992 Jethro Tull concert in St. Petersburg. At the time, former KGB agent Putin was the chairman of the city’s External Relations Committee and an assistant to its mayor.

“We were supposed to play in Kyiv last year on a tour that we had to cancel because of the invasion of Ukraine by Putin,” Anderson lamented. “And we canceled our tour of Russia, where I’ve enjoyed playing in the past. Given Putin’s propensity for extremism — and his desire to rebuild the Soviet Union to resemble what it was when he was an officer in the KGB — I don’t expect we’ll ever play again in Russia in my lifetime.”

Earlier in his lifetime — 1969, to be exact — Anderson turned down an offer for Jethro Tull to perform at the now-legendary Woodstock festival, citing the fact that he didn’t “like hippies.” In the 1970s he sometimes berated concertgoers for smoking pot because the smoke impacted his singing and flute-playing.

Yet, in photos of Jethro Tull in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Anderson looked very much like a full-blown hippie.

“Clearly, my personal outlook was very much not aligned with the hippie lifestyle, especially when it came to drugs,” he said. “It wasn’t as individuals — some of them were probably nice people, if they ever had a shower — but the lifestyle seemed synonymous with all the drugs and the ‘free sex’ thing, which I just never got the hang of...

“I didn’t go in that direction, and I‘m glad I didn’t. But in my final years, I might deduce I want to catch up on that. And there’s a 50 percent chance I’ll end my days on a morphine drip.”

He chuckled.

“Of course, at my age there is that element of uncertainty,” said Anderson, who titled Jethro Tull’s 1976 album “Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young to Die.”

“You have to be realistic about longevity, potential ill health and the onset of dementia,” he continued. “Although, theoretically, for people who do what I do there’s a fighting chance of staving that off. Because, playing concerts and making new music, we are so engaged with the process of concentration, performance and remembering things we did last night and 50 years ago.

“Ultimately, nothing will save us but our genes. But, to some extent with music, you can increase your odds of longevity.”

Jethro Tull: The Seven Decades Tour

When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

Where: The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, 222 Marina Park Way, downtown

Tickets: $45-$170

Phone: (619) 235-0804

Online: theshell.org

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Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades Tour: A Timeless Journey Through Prog Rock – 11/4/23 @ Palace Theatre

ALBANY–Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades Tour was a mesmerizing and nostalgic journey through the annals of progressive rock, proving that great music knows no bounds of time.

As I walked into the Palace Theatre in Albany for the SOLD OUT show, I couldn’t help but notice the sea of attendees, predominantly male and over 60, many of them sporting the iconic ponytail. It was a demographic that had aged alongside the music; a testament to the enduring power of Anderson’s artistry.

One unique aspect of the evening was the announcement that the show would be cellphone and camera-free. This bold decision, aimed at reducing distractions for both performers and fans, intrigued me. I expected to see a few defiant blue digital glows throughout the crowd, but to my surprise, the audience wholeheartedly embraced the concept. The only distraction was a stray balloon that an audience member set free at the beginning of the show, but after three songs, another fan carefully stored it under their seat until intermission. It was a refreshing sight in today’s world of smartphone addiction.

(Note: The photos you see published with this piece were taken by the author during the encore, which is the one portion of the show where photography was permitted.)

At the age of 76, my main concern was whether Ian Anderson could still deliver the magic that defined our mutual younger years. However, as soon as he took the stage, any doubts were dispelled. While the high notes might not soar as they did 50 years ago, Anderson’s vocal range and stage presence remained impressive. His energy was infectious, and at times, he resembled the mythical Kokopelli, with a leg up, flute in hand.

The Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades Tour was a tribute to Anderson and Tull’s exceptional career spanning over seven decades, and it featured a talented ensemble of musicians who added depth to the performance. The setlist was a journey through Jethro Tull’s iconic discography, from “Nothing Is Easy” to the timeless “Aqualung.” The addition of classical covers like Faure’s “Pavane in F-Sharp Minor” and Bach’s “Bourree in E Minor” showcased Anderson’s versatility and classical influences.

Today, bandleader Anderson is the only original member of Jethro Tull who’s left, but this is not necessarily a bad thing: The flute virtuoso was joined by longtime bassist David Goodier, veteran pianist/organist John O’Hara, and new(er) additions drummer Scott Hammond and guitarist/mandolin player, Joe Parrish-James.

The visuals accompanying the music were a highlight, with a dazzling light show and immersive graphics that added a contemporary touch to the classic tracks. It was a visual feast for fans, old and new, and complemented the music brilliantly.

In an era where music rapidly evolves, Ian Anderson stands as a beacon of artistic integrity and innovation. His Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades Tour is a must-see for any music lover, offering a glimpse into the indomitable spirit of a rock legend. Despite the passage of time, Anderson’s performance was nothing short of extraordinary, leaving the audience with a renewed appreciation for the magic of progressive rock.

Anderson’s ability to transcend generations and continue to sell-out shows after seven decades is a testament to the timelessness of his music. As a fan who has followed his journey since the late 1960s, I can confidently say that Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades Tour was a musical experience that will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull – The Seven Decades @ The Palace Theatre, Albany, NY – 11/4/23 (Photos by Stephanie J. Bartik)

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Jethro Tull Concert announced

Ian Anderson presents ‘Christmas with Jethro Tull’

Tuesday 19 December 2023, 19.30 – 21.30

We are delighted to be hosting  Christmas with Jethro Tull . Ian Anderson, the band and, hopefully, some special guests will perform a concert featuring a Christmas-themed repertoire as well as the work of Jethro Tull as written and recorded by Ian since 1968. As Ian says, “ Whether your Christmas is a secular affair of gift-giving and family gatherings or a more worshipful recognition of one of the two biggest days in the Christian calendar, join us for some uplifting Christmas spirit, music, readings and maybe even a prayer or two.”

Tickets £10 – £40 here >

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JETHRO TULL Mastermind IAN ANDERSON Talks Recent Studio Album: “To Say Humans Were Made In The Image Of God Is Just All-Too Convenient And Easy” 

Founded by the legendary Ian Anderson , Jethro Tull has entered their seventh decade of music-making with no way to slow down. After a pause over the past couple of decades while Anderson released several albums under his own name, Tull returned as a recording entity with 2022’s “The Zealot Gene” and quickly followed up this year with the the rock-infused “Rök Flöte” . Filled with tales and descriptions of Norse gods, the lyrics are set in a poetic form unlike any other Tull album.

Ian explained the album’s title and theme in more detail: “The title of this offering went through a little change or two along the way. I started with the idea of a predominantly instrumental album for rock flute — as in rock music. When the subject material of the album presented itself, I was drawn to the term Ragnarök from Norse mythology — their version of apocalyptic end times or Biblical Armageddon. The ‘final showdown’ scenario is ubiquitous and inherent in Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, for example. Ragnarök translates as ‘destiny of the Gods’, the rök part meaning destiny, course, direction. With umlaut firmly in place, courtesy of the Germanic origins of Old Norse, Flute became Flöte in keeping with the spelling. With me so far? I just can’t miss the glorious opportunity for a good and legitimate umlaut.”

Sonic Perspectives correspondent Scott Medina chatted with Anderson about the album’s celestial themes, which quickly evolved into an exploration of religion’s shortcomings and promise. Along the way, Anderson provides more insight into the new album’s inspirations and to his current touring schedule which runs through the rest of the year. Join them for this 28 minute chat, and make sure to follow Sonic Perspectives on Facebook , Flipboard and Twitter and  subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified about new interviews and contents we publish on a daily basis.

“RökFlöte” is available on several different formats, including two limited deluxe formats that include bonus demo material, extensive liner notes and a Blu-ray featuring Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound, alternative stereo mixes by Soord , as well as a bonus track and in-depth interview with Anderson . The album will also be available digitally in the spatial audio formats Dolby Atmos & Sony 360 RA. Order it HERE .

“RökFlöte” track-listing:

 1. Voluspo  2. Ginnungagap  3. Allfather  4. The Feathered Consort  5. Hammer On Hammer  6. Wolf Unchained  7. The Perfect One  8. Trickster (And The Mistletoe)  9. Cornucopia 10. The Navigators 11. Guardian’s Watch 12. Ithavoll

“The Zealot Gene” , released in January 2022, was Jethro Tull ‘s 22nd studio album and it garnered critical acclaim across the board. Reaching No. 9 in the U.K. album charts, a feat the band hadn’t reached since 1972, it also debuted at No. 4 in Germany, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 5 in Austria, No. 8 in Finland, as well as top 10 in the U.S. album charts, Current Album charts and Rock Album charts.

With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, Jethro Tull are one of the most successful rock bands of all-time with a catalog that contains classics that still resonate today. Led by Anderson , Tull continue to tour throughout the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.

The band consists of:

• Ian Anderson / Concert and Alto flutes, Flute d’Amour, Irish whistle and vocals
• David Goodier / Bass
• John O’Hara / Piano, keyboards and Hammond Organ
• Scott Hammond / Drums
• Joe Parrish-James / Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin

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Ian Anderson 1973 Albuquerque New Mexico The Pit. I was 18 years of age. Thick as a Brick and I think a year later. Passion Play. I was listening to Jethro Tull I was listening to you guys about 2 years before your tour brought you to Albuquerque. Mr Anderson to say that We are made in the Images of Him is just all to convenient and easy. Don’t you see he knew it would be easy. He made it that way because Satan is 100% the opposite. Jesus paid the price. Ian to this day Jethro Tull is still the best stage show I have ever seen. Thick as a Brick there was about 20 of us budds were there. Even my son would tell you Jethro Tull has and always be my favorite. Jethro Tull takes 2nd to noone . You yourself even said He is the God of Everything He inside you and me. Please accept Him. He doesn’t expect you to be a Holy Roller just because you accept Him.

Ernesto, You are so right my friend . I pray that the Holy Spirit of God would draw him to Jesus and receive him as Savior and Lord. By the way Jethro Tull rocks as well as Ian Anderson. ~

I savour, result in I found just what I used to be having a look for. You have ended my four day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye

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Ian Anderson Writing New Jethro Tull LP for Possible 2023 Release

Jethro Tull ’s Ian Anderson “lost most of two years” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with tour cancellations and thwarted plans becoming the norm. “I’ve really got to try and pick up that lost time,” he says, “and make sure I don’t fall by the wayside.”

That plan involves a new Tull LP — and, no, not the one he’s currently promoting: The Zealot Gene , his first under that moniker since 2003’s The Jethro Tull Christmas   Album . “I started work on a new project at 9:30 on Jan. 1 of this year,” he tells UCR's Matt Wardlaw . “I’m three and a half weeks into that now, [with] most all the essential music done and the first draft of all the lyrics. I’m on the way toward another project, which I hope to be able to send out to the guys in the beginning of March this year.”

He already has a target release date: March 2023. Perhaps that timeline is overly ambitious since he hasn’t finished writing the songs — but at age 74, Anderson feels motivated by the clock. “I can’t hang about," he adds. "Obviously, time is running out at my age, and I’m lucky to be active and mentally and physically able at the moment, but it won’t go on forever.”

Still, time hasn’t slowed down Anderson, the prog-folk band’s lone consistent member since 1968. He tends to trust his instinct and not overthink it — including the underlying concept for The Zealot Gene , drawing on Biblical themes.

“I get on and do it,” he says. “It’s not something to spend too much time [analyzing] why I’m doing it or how I’m doing it — I just trust my native ability to write music and lyrics, and it usually comes fairly quickly.”

Outside of his latest flurry of writing, Anderson eagerly awaits his return to live performance — including an upcoming run in Italy and dates under the banner of “The Prog Years.”

“This year, we’re focusing on some examples of the music that is generally described as 'progressive rock,'” he says. “There’s not much acoustic music — it’s all rock music, and it tends to be examples from several albums of more adventurous music, lyrically or musically. But it still spans the years from 1968 to 2022 — we’ve been playing the title track from The Zealot Gene since 2020 when we did actually manage to do two concerts before the pandemic brought everything to a standstill.”

Jethro Tull are hoping to incorporate “a couple more” new songs into the set list — but given their vast catalog of classic material, Anderson realizes he probably can’t play the whole LP from start to finish.

“I know we did that in years gone by, and we did it even in 2014 — we played all of the album Homo Erraticus on our tours in Europe,” he says.

“But the thing is, when you have so much repertoire, people understandably — whether they’re old fans or new fans — want to hear the landmark pieces of music. And I have enough of those that I can always come up with a set list where I don’t have to play what I was playing last time on the road.”

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As well as O’Hara’s new composition, the CD includes a Latin Magnificat by C.V. Stanford, a Blues Magnificat by Farrington, A Brazilian Psalm, Four Spirituals, Ave Verum Corpus re-imagined by Rodrick Williams and R. Shepherds, Magnificat in C. John wishes to thank the Friends, Adrian, Helen Sims and all at Gloucester Cathedral for there support in making this project possible.

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I’ve just read A Dark Nativity, a new novel by the band’s Field Chaplain for our Christmas cathedral shows, the (occasionally) Reverend George Pitcher. I thoroughly recommend it – it’s narrated by his alter ego, Rev Natalie Cross, who’s quite a gal.

She certainly gets around for a vicar. Of course, I tried to skip the naughty bits… but then there wasn’t much left! So well done to Rev George/Nat for telling it like it really is in the world, holy warts and all. The pic above shows us on a recent visit to Birmingham Cathedral where we came upon this striking Sir Edward Burne-Jones window in a half-lit corner of the cathedral depicting a crib scene. “That’s quite a dark Nativity,” quipped Rev G (never one to miss a promo opportunity).

So we persuaded a passing parson to snap us in front of it. And who knows? If we plan a Christmas concert there one day and you’re kind enough to come along, the cathedral could make enough to clean up those windows. Alas, the same can’t be said for cleaning up Rev G’s novel, but still… if you’d like a proper cassock-ripper of a read buy it here, like I did.

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

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• + A friend in Moscow.
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• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
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