Ian Anderson

Jethro Tull co-founder Ian Anderson says that news about his imminent departure are incorrect.

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Martin Barre of Jethro Tull photo by Ros O'Gorman

Jethro Tull co-founder Martin Barre to perform the music of Tull live in Australia

Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre will perform the music of Jethro Tull on his first solo tour of Australia in November.

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Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Jethro Tull The String Quartets Debuts At No 1 On Billboard Classical Chart

Ian Anderson, one-time winner of a Grammy Award for Best Metal Act has hit another benchmark. Jethro Tull has the number one classical album in the USA this year.

Tagged as: 10s, 60s, 70s, classical, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, rock, The Carducci Quarter, UK

Ian Anderson Reimagines Jethro Tull With A String Quartet

Ian Anderson has recreated his music with Jethro Tull with the Carducci String Quartet but don’t call this project classical.

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Ian Anderson To Perform Jethro Tull Australian Tour Dates

Live Nation has announced Australian dates for Ian Anderson in April but with a more carefully worded announcement than Bluesfest.

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Ian Anderson Presents Jethro Tull The Musical

Last year, Ian Anderson brought his Jethro Tull: The Musical to a number of venues on the east coast of the United States. This October, he brings the presentation to the west.

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Ian Anderson Takes The Jethro Tull Rock Opera To The UK Stage

It isn’t often that I go overboard about live performances but I have to say that if you don’t have a ticket for a show on this tour you need to be out there searching.

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Ian Anderson’s Next Project – Jethro Tull The Rock Opera

Ian Anderson will bring his new production, Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera, to the United States in November.

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Ian Anderson To Perform Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick In Australia

Ian Anderson will perform his classic Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick masterpiece when he tours Australia in December under his own name, not the bands.

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Ian Anderson To Tour Homo Erraticus In USA

Gerald Bostock returned today for the third time through Ian Anderson’s new album Homo Erraticus. The fictional character first saw the light of day in Thick as a Brick and 2012’s Thick as a Brick 2.

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Ian Anderson To Release Deluxe Edition of Homo Erraticus

Ian Anderson’s third instalment of the story of Gerald Bostock ‘Homo Erraticus’ will be available as a limited edition 4 disc set with 60 page hardback book.

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Ian Anderson Revives Gerard Bostock For Homo Erraticus

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull has once again revived his fictional character Gerard Bostock for ‘Homo Erraticus’ (or what appears to be Thick As A Brick III).

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Jethro Tull Upgrade Benefit Album

Jethro Tull’s third album, Benefit, will receive the special edition treatment on October 28 via Chrysalis.

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Ian Anderson, Marillion And Steve Hackett Win Progressive Music Awards

Kew Gardens was once again the idyllic setting for the annual Progressive Music Awards, presented by Orange Amplification. The intimate evening, created by Prog Magazine, was hosted by world-renowned journalist and Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler.

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Westboro Baptist Church Picket Ian Anderson Of Jethro Tull

Those ‘thick as a brick’ loonies at the Westboro Baptist Church are at it again. This time they are protesting Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson.

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Ian Anderson Plays Thick As A Brick At Royal Albert Hall

Ian Anderson has never been a ‘normal’ rock star. His erstwhile band were named after the inventor of the seed drill and he is generally more interested in ‘Country Life’ than sex drugs and Rock & Roll but he is an enormously charismatic performer and his music has always had real depth and meaning.

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Jethro Tull To Release 4-DVD Set

Jethro Tull will release their career-spanning DVD set Around the World Live on June 25 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

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Ian Anderson To Perform One-Off Thick As A Brick Show At Royal Albert Hall

After the enormous success of his 2012 UK tour, Ian Anderson is back for a very special one-off show at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th June.

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Replacements Discs Offered To Purchasers Of Jethro Tull DVD

EMI, Steven Wilson and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull have said that there is a known audio problem on the 5.1 surround sound DVD in the recently issued special edition of Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick and replacements discs are being made available.

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Ian Anderson Allows In Cameras For Brick 2 Sessions

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson allowed cameras into the studio for the very first time for the recording of his ‘Thick As A Brick’ sequel ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.

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Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson To Release Thick As A Brick Sequel

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson has decided to update the story of Gerald Bostock now 40 years on with ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.

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