The Jethro Tull Thread

[Youghal Exile]

Great band.All there albums are great apart from Rock Island and Catfish Rising.They reached there peak though when they released the Stormwatch album in 1979.

[Duff Man]

JethroTull Rocks YoughalY

[Youghal Exile]

Did anyone see them here in Ireland last March?Only 500 people showed up at there Castlebar concert and that was a venue with a capacity of 500 people.There a very underrated band imo.

[Duff Man]

Did anyone see them here in Ireland last March?Only 500 people showed up at there Castlebar concert and that was a venue with a capacity of 500 people.There a very underrated band imo.

Did they play in Castlbar? I wonder how the hell they decided they should play in Mayo.
Does Jethro Tull have a big fanbase in Mayo.

[Youghal Exile]

Did anyone see them here in Ireland last March?Only 500 people showed up at there Castlebar concert and that was a venue with a capacity of 500 people.There a very underrated band imo.

Did they play in Castlbar? I wonder how the hell they decided they should play in Mayo.
Does Jethro Tull have a big fanbase in Mayo.

Not really to be honest i was surprised they wen't there.If the half full arena was anything to go by i don't think they'll be going back there in a hurry.If it wasn't for some die hard fan's coming over from England it could have just been myself at the concert.

[Waspface]

Did anyone see them here in Ireland last March?Only 500 people showed up at there Castlebar concert and that was a venue with a capacity of 500 people.There a very underrated band imo.

i was there. great gig. did you see them in the city hall a couple of years ago?

[Waspface]

actually, that was a fair few more years than a couple ago. man, i'm getting old.

[Youghal Exile]

Did anyone see them here in Ireland last March?Only 500 people showed up at there Castlebar concert and that was a venue with a capacity of 500 people.There a very underrated band imo.

i was there. great gig. did you see them in the city hall a couple of years ago?

Sadly no is that when they had that tool Jonathon Noyce playing bass for them?Martin Barre and Doane Perry are taking the year off and The Thick As A Brick Tour will be going under the name Ian Anderson.That fella they had instead of Doanne on the drums in this years Irish tour was awesome.

[Waspface]

Sadly no is that when they had that tool Jonathon Noyce playing bass for them?

couldn't tell you, to be honest. they were fantastic that night though.

i used to have a t shirt from the aqualung tour, but herself washed it with some cheap black thing and it came out all manky. it was like losing a child.

[Youghal Exile]

It look's like Ian Anderson and Martin Barre are going their separate way's.

Martin Barre, the 65-year-old guitarist for British legends, Jethro Tull, since 1969, said his band may be done. During an interview with Classic Rock Revisited to discuss the 40th anniversary of the classic, "Aqualung" album, he "shocked" CRR staffers by saying that no further Tull albums or concerts are planned. When asked if Jethro Tull was no more, he replied, "I don't know."*

So, Barre has formed a band and is set to tour Britain and Europe playing songs from his four solo albums. He also put together a different band for the purpose of undertaking a world tour that will focus exclusively on the music of Jethro Tull.

Barre recently wrote a song, "Outer Circle," that was named after the main bus route in his hometown, Birmingham, England. So to celebrate this achievement, Barre hopped on an Outer Circle bus, guitar in hand, and played the song for his fellow travelers, notes the Birmingham Mail. He also played Tull's 1972 hit "Locomotive Breath" and Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay."

Said Barre, "It's my favorite bus in the whole world. I did everything on the Outer Circle; went to school, saw my girlfriend, went to work. Even doing gigs, I'd take the bus. It seemed my whole life was spent on the Outer Circle. It's brilliant."

Meanwhile, Tull mastermind Ian Anderson, 64, has his own world tour planned for next year, during which he and his band will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Anderson's epic album-long composition, "Thick as a Brick." Anderson will be playing "Brick" in its entirety for the first time since 1972.

[daecentskin]

I bet you're glad you went to that Mayo gig now Youghaly. Might not be many more opportunities from now on.

[Youghal Exile]

I bet you're glad you went to that Mayo gig now Youghaly. Might not be many more opportunities from now on.

They will still be playing Tull music.Ian will be doing a more acustic set and Martin will be concentrating on the heavier material.