Jethro Tull announce 2010 tour dates

Rock Radio ^ | 2/6/10 | staff

[pissant]

ethro Tull has announced an eight-city North American run in June. The band will kick off their dates on June 4th at Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheater and wrap things up on June 20th in Highland Park, Illinois at the Martin Theatre At Ravinia. Along the way, Tull will play a two-night Canadian stop on June 18th in Toronto, and June 19th in Windsor, Ontario.

Frontman Ian Anderson says that above all else Tull's shows make for a great night out: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "It's a party atmosphere; people are relaxed. You know, they want to hear the old hits, they want to hear the, you know, new stuff, they just want to have fun. And for us, it's a good opportunity to play them the whole, the whole Jethro Tull history. In a two-hour show, we try and cover all the ground, from the old stuff through to the new songs. And, and we have a lot of fun. You just wouldn't want to shake hands with us afterwards, 'cause we're like bars of soap -- we're so wet with sweat and sticky."

Jethro Tull tour dates (subject to change):

June 4 - Miami, FL - Bayfront Park Amphitheater

June 6 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand At Foxwoods

June 11 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon At Jones Beach Theater

June 12 - Atlantic City, NJ - Caesars Circus Maximus Theatre

June 13 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center

June 15 - Boston, MA - Bank Of America Pavilion

June 18 - Toronto, ON - The Molson Amphitheatre

June 19 - Windsor, ON - Caesars Windsor "The Colosseum"

June 20 - Highland Park, IL - Martin Theatre At Ravinia

[Tigerized]

Can’t be Lucia. She’s actually wearing shoes in the photo...

[bootless]

Oh course! But Shoeless Lucia sure can play, too!

[Mr_Moonlight]

Maybe a bit late for this thread, but just got a pair of tix for the Jones Beach show June 11 :)

Tull was my first *big* concert .. in 1973, "A Passion Play" tour .. since then I've seen them 5 more times over the decades, and am always impressed at how good this band is live, they always put on a great performance and are one of the hardest working 'classic 70's' bands in the business -- touring almost every year in the US and Europe since their 70's heyday -- to smaller audiences and venues now, but touring nonetheless almost every year for a loyal and strong fan base.

And Tull delivers the goods too, maybe a bit older and a bit slower, but delivers 'em just the same .....

-- MM

[June K.]

Tull is a top favorite with me!

I was watching some youtubes of some recent Tull shows just a couple nights ago with a friend. You’re right-they certainly DO still deliver the goods! :)

I have never seen Tull in concert. You’re lucky, Mr-Moonlight!

Junie K

[pissant]

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[MikeD]

“Money” is 7/4, as are the verses to “All You Need Is Love.” Blind Faith’s “Do What You Like” is 5/4. Pink Floyd’s “Mother” switches between 5/8, 3/8, 2/8, and 4/4.

My favorite time signature of all, though, belongs to “Happiness is a Warm Gun,” which runs through 4/4, 3/4, and 5/4, before settling into a section where the guitars and vocals are in 6/8, while Ringo maintains 4/4.

I love oddball time signatures in rock music...

[Dust in the Wind]

Jethro Tull - Teacher

[Captain Beyond]

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[Finny]

THANKS for that post!!! Next time I hear those tunes, I will enjoy them even more because I’ll be paying more attention!

[Captain Beyond]

Teachrer is one of favs from JT. I also like Hymn 43. It just rocks.

Hymn 43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSjpwbf5NUQ

[Moonman62]

You know, they want to hear the old hits, they want to hear the, you know, new stuff, they just want to have fun.

I've seen a couple of classic rock acts. The "new songs" are when everybody goes out to the bathroom.