Post by Gerrald Bostock on Apr 27, 2014 11:25:35 GMT
Long Beach Press Telegram
Steve Smith
Ian Anderson finally confirms that Tull is done
Jethro Tull haven’t been active the past three years, and the brains behind the band finally confirmed to Billboard that after 47 years Jethro Tull is indeed no more. Anderson announced that from here on out all his albums and tours will be exclusively under his own name.
The announcement confirms what many Tull fans already believed. A couple years ago, guitarist Martin Barre, who joined the band in 1969 and played on every Tull album from the second, “Stand Up,” released that year through “The Jethro Tull Christmas Album” in 2003, said that after Tull’s last tour Anderson met backstage with him and longtime drummer Doane Perry (who joined in 1984) and informed them that he decided to disband the group; that would be no more Tull albums or tours. Anderson explained that this action was a long time coming, “It came, more or less, to an end during the last ten years or so.”
Anderson’s new album, “Homo Erraticus,” the second sequel to his classic 1972 Jethro Tull concept album, “Thick as a Brick” (“TAAB2’ came out in 2012), was just released, debuting at No. 14 on the British pop album chart, making it his most successful solo album. Anderson and his veteran solo band begin their world tour this week in Brighton, England. The new album will be performed in its entirety. The tour stops Sep. 18 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall.
Jethro Tull haven’t been active the past three years, and the brains behind the band finally confirmed to Billboard that after 47 years Jethro Tull is indeed no more. Anderson announced that from here on out all his albums and tours will be exclusively under his own name.
The announcement confirms what many Tull fans already believed. A couple years ago, guitarist Martin Barre, who joined the band in 1969 and played on every Tull album from the second, “Stand Up,” released that year through “The Jethro Tull Christmas Album” in 2003, said that after Tull’s last tour Anderson met backstage with him and longtime drummer Doane Perry (who joined in 1984) and informed them that he decided to disband the group; that would be no more Tull albums or tours. Anderson explained that this action was a long time coming, “It came, more or less, to an end during the last ten years or so.”
Anderson’s new album, “Homo Erraticus,” the second sequel to his classic 1972 Jethro Tull concept album, “Thick as a Brick” (“TAAB2’ came out in 2012), was just released, debuting at No. 14 on the British pop album chart, making it his most successful solo album. Anderson and his veteran solo band begin their world tour this week in Brighton, England. The new album will be performed in its entirety. The tour stops Sep. 18 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall.
www.presstelegram.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140425/steve-smith-coasters-inducted-to-doo-wop-hall-of-fame-health-update-on-debbie-gibson-and-others
Steve Smith
Ian Anderson finally confirms that Tull is done
Jethro Tull haven’t been active the past three years, and the brains behind the band finally confirmed to Billboard that after 47 years Jethro Tull is indeed no more. Anderson announced that from here on out all his albums and tours will be exclusively under his own name.
The announcement confirms what many Tull fans already believed. A couple years ago, guitarist Martin Barre, who joined the band in 1969 and played on every Tull album from the second, “Stand Up,” released that year through “The Jethro Tull Christmas Album” in 2003, said that after Tull’s last tour Anderson met backstage with him and longtime drummer Doane Perry (who joined in 1984) and informed them that he decided to disband the group; that would be no more Tull albums or tours. Anderson explained that this action was a long time coming, “It came, more or less, to an end during the last ten years or so.”
Anderson’s new album, “Homo Erraticus,” the second sequel to his classic 1972 Jethro Tull concept album, “Thick as a Brick” (“TAAB2’ came out in 2012), was just released, debuting at No. 14 on the British pop album chart, making it his most successful solo album. Anderson and his veteran solo band begin their world tour this week in Brighton, England. The new album will be performed in its entirety. The tour stops Sep. 18 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall.
Jethro Tull haven’t been active the past three years, and the brains behind the band finally confirmed to Billboard that after 47 years Jethro Tull is indeed no more. Anderson announced that from here on out all his albums and tours will be exclusively under his own name.
The announcement confirms what many Tull fans already believed. A couple years ago, guitarist Martin Barre, who joined the band in 1969 and played on every Tull album from the second, “Stand Up,” released that year through “The Jethro Tull Christmas Album” in 2003, said that after Tull’s last tour Anderson met backstage with him and longtime drummer Doane Perry (who joined in 1984) and informed them that he decided to disband the group; that would be no more Tull albums or tours. Anderson explained that this action was a long time coming, “It came, more or less, to an end during the last ten years or so.”
Anderson’s new album, “Homo Erraticus,” the second sequel to his classic 1972 Jethro Tull concept album, “Thick as a Brick” (“TAAB2’ came out in 2012), was just released, debuting at No. 14 on the British pop album chart, making it his most successful solo album. Anderson and his veteran solo band begin their world tour this week in Brighton, England. The new album will be performed in its entirety. The tour stops Sep. 18 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall.
www.presstelegram.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140425/steve-smith-coasters-inducted-to-doo-wop-hall-of-fame-health-update-on-debbie-gibson-and-others