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Post by prestonplatform on May 16, 2014 10:19:38 GMT
Probably , the least effective of the shows I have seen.
Crowd very subdued during HE. Performance of the band and particularly Ian during the first half of set seemed laboured and tired.
Better second half , but still lots of unforced errors by Ian ...Florian Opahle best performance seen. He seemed to respond to Ian Andersons laboured performance and tried to drag the band with him to compensate ...his Aqualung solo was magnificient ... this was in contrast to Manchester where his solo was the poorest of the shows attended.
. The band made amends during Locomotive breath .... best encore seen though ..absolutely stunning
Glad I caught a number of shows as the best moments from each show would have made this an amazing show. As it was , all shows had their good and bad points ... Liverpool whilst musically flawless had some vocal issues , Birmingham good but with mistakes , Manchester great atmosphere ..less mistakes ....v good performance.
The most negative aspects of the performance seen were the large amounts of noticeable errors that have occurred . At York Anderson totally forgot his cue to sing during Farm on The Freeway , Ryan did the same during Heavy Metals
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Post by Quizz Kid on May 16, 2014 10:37:34 GMT
Hi Preston
Was this the last show in your schedule?
I presume there's been little or no deviation in the second half set list. Ian seems to set these packed tour itineries for himself, I know there must be a financial breakpoint as to how many shows are required to break even or make a profit, but with more smaller venues being chosen over fewer large gigs the touring schedule must be wearing enough for most people let alone Ian who puts heart and soul into every gig. He must get knackered.
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Post by Tulltapes on May 16, 2014 14:27:21 GMT
Thanks Preston. Nice run of shows you had there. I would imagine at his age he is not going to have great night every night. Sorry to say as he is a performer who gave his all for so many years night after night. I can't imagine how he would miss a lyric cue for Farm on the Freeway? I would think he has that one down cold!
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Post by Tulltapes on May 16, 2014 16:02:18 GMT
Review: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson in Concert
by Nick Love on May 16, 2014 Combining new material and classics of old… Ian Anderson and band
Review: Ian Anderson In Concert Venue: Grand Opera House, York, May 15, 2014
Ian Anderson returned to York last night to showcase his latest solo album Homo Erraticus. Many people won’t realise that the iconic rock flautist who played to a packed Grand Opera house has sold over 60 million records and was part of a band that in the Seventies was one of the biggest on the planet – sharing the stage with the likes of the Stones and Led Zeppelin. Anderson first played in York with Jethro Tull on March 8, 1972 when they played their brand of bluesy folk rock to a crowd of students in the University Central Hall. In circumstances stranger than fiction, there was a tepee on stage in which the members of the band made costume changes and during the gig Anderson took a phone call – which was a request for the owner of a horse to move it from out of the foyer as it was causing an obstruction! The only horse action in York yesterday was at the Dante Festival on the Knavesmire, whilst at the Grand Opera House “Tullophiles” enjoyed an accomplished evening of music which included a complete rendition of the solo album and a host of Jethro Tull favourites after the interval. When I interviewed Anderson a couple of months ago about the solo album he hinted that Jethro Tull as a band had run its course. So anyone turning up expecting to hear the unique sound of Martin Barre on lead guitar may well have been disappointed had it not been for the virtuosity of Florian Opahle. No one can recreate the unique Barre-Tull sound but Opahle shone through as a highly accomplished and technically proficient and versatile axeman. His colleagues were equally adept and the band as a whole was tighter than the proverbial Yorkshireman’s purse-strings. Anderson demonstrated that age had not withered his flute playing with several soaring solos that weaved their magic like days of old It is however somewhat sorrowful that the once gloriously unique voice that propelled Tull to stardom in a bygone age has exited stage left and Anderson is now accompanied by in effect a backing singer, Ryan O’Donnell, who takes the higher registers, but who wanders the stage incongruously. This wasn’t helped by some ineffectual mixing which didn’t bring O’Donnell’s vocals to the fore on several notable occasions. The crowd though were willing to overlook these glitches and enjoy the overall performance of the band which was energetic and skillful. The first half was applauded better than you would expect for any new album – where you assume that quite a few people will not have heard it, but given that this is the best work for quite a while from Anderson this was understandable. The real affection was forthcoming in the second half though, as the greatest hits flowed forth mainly in chronological order from 1969 onwards. Classics such as Living In The Past, Too Old To Rock And Roll and Aqualung were dispatched with aplomb as Anderson demonstrated that age had not withered his flute playing with several soaring solos that weaved their magic like days of old. As the encore Locomotive Breath chugged along to its denouement, there was a sense that Ian Anderson still loves playing live as much as ever and still has much to give. Who are we to deny this genuine rock godfather that chance in the coming years?
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Post by prestonplatform on May 19, 2014 18:18:47 GMT
Thanks for posting the review.
York was the last of the shows that I planned to see . Hope that I will get a chance to see I A perform again one day ..but after some 60 odd shows I had a sort of inevitable sorrow and acceptance that this might well be the last.
Some further thoughts on the tour in general ... I wonder if Florian's spoken word parts will be altered for the German audiences ...not sure if that audience will fully appreciate the remarks about sunbeds and ownership.
I also Wonder if the choice of an image of Margaret Thatcher immediately followed by an image of Hitler as the words walking dead were sung in Enter the Uninvited was intentionally thought provoking.
Will this sequence remain for the German shows ?
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Post by Quizz Kid on May 19, 2014 22:41:53 GMT
Preston, if you want to sneak another in on the 25th let me know!
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