Jethro’s Rock Opera

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Ian Anderson back on the road

Progressive Rock pioneer Ian Anderson recently announced 6 dates of a 2015 UK tour, titled ‘Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera’. The shows will take place in September.

“Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera’ honours that 18th Century English agriculturalist after which the band was named back in 1968.

The shows tell the story of the original Jethro Tull’s life, reimagined as if in the near future and illustrated with Anderson’s best-known material from the repertoire of the rock band Jethro Tull

The set list will include many songs that Anderson found to be natural parallels with Tull’s life story: Wind Up, Heavy Horses, Aqualung, Back to the Family, Farm on the Freeway and Songs from the Wood to name a few. Some songs have been incorporated with slightly revised lyrics and five newly written songs have also been added to the mix.

Performing with Ian Anderson will be David Goodier on bass, John O’Hara on keyboards, Florian Opahle on guitar, Scott Hammond on drums plus some ‘virtual guests’ on a big HD video screen.

Anderson explains: “Instead of spoken introductions to the songs in the show, there will be the use of that operatic device, the “recitative”, where the links are made by short sung vocal segments in a usually-simple musical backdrop, making it a little easier and more entertaining for non-English-speaking audiences.”

Full Dates are:

DATE               CITY                            VENUE                                                 BOX OFFICE  

          September

 

8th                    Basingstoke             Anvil                                                                01256 84424

10th                 London                     O2 Shepherds Bush Empire                           0844 477 2000

11th                 Birmingham              Symphony Hall                                                0121 345 0493

12th                 York                          Barbican                                                          0844 854 2757

13th                 Gateshead               Sage Theatre                                                   0191 443 4661

14th                 Salford                     Lowry Theatre                                                  0843 208 6000

Tickets are priced £28 and £32, except in Birmingham £27.50-£32.50. Doors open at 18:30. There is no support. Show starts at 19:30, with a brief interval at 20:30, and ends at 22:00.

 www.jethrotull.com

 

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