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Scotsman
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Jethro Tull announce UK tour, tickets on sale from Thursday
Jethro Tull - one of the most unique and groundbreaking progressive rock bands of all time - will be performing in the UK from April 19, 2026 starting in Perth and then weaving their way through the country with 19 concerts of music from much of their 24 album catalogue starting with 1968's 'This Was' through to their acclaimed 'Curious Ruminant' released earlier this year. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Tickets for The Curiosity Tour 2026 go on pre-sale from 9am on May 8 at and on general sale directly from the venues at 9am on 9th May. Ian Anderson presents Christmas With Jethro Tull tickets go on sale at 9am on May 2. As formidable as they are iconic, it would be easy to say that Jethro Tull are merely still enjoying the fruits of their early labour as they announce a tour in what will be their 58th year but this couldn't be further from the truth. 'Curious Ruminant' was released in March 2025 and this was preceded by the release of 2022's 'The Zealot Gene' and 2023's 'RökFlöte'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Add to that over 50 shows a year all over the world, including 'The Seven Decades Tour' in 2024 and it becomes clear that Ian Anderson remains as committed to the creativity of Jethro Tull as he has ever been. Ian Anderson On this tour, Ian will be accompanied by long-standing Tull band musicians David Goodier (bass), John O'Hara (keyboards), Scott Hammond (drums) and new boy Jack Clark (guitar). The show will be enhanced by full-scale video throughout. On announcing the tour Ian Anderson says, 'It was January of 1968 when we began regularly playing at the famous Marquee Club in London. Late in the following year, with growing success, we were able to perform in theatres and concert halls up and down the country much as we do today. 'For me, one advantage of a UK tour is that I can often travel by train much of the time and get to see both countryside and cityscapes alike from the tranquil vantage point of a railway carriage. Michael Portillo with a flute, you might say… Albeit less colourful, since my wardrobe is limited to various shades of grey in order to blend in perfectly with a dank and dreary rainy Monday afternoon at a railway station near you. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Our audiences may have become senior citizens in some cases but, being young at heart, they still venture out to see a bunch of old guys having fun. Which, indeed, we are with our young, nimble and lightning-fast fingers, skittering up and down fretboards and keys with apparent ease and facility. Just don't ask us to put out the recycling or programme the TV controller." Jethro Tull - The Curiosity Tour Jethro Tull - The Curiosity Tour 2026 Tickets available from from 8 May April 2026 19 – Perth, Concert Hall 20 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall 22 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall 23 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall Newcastle 25 - Blackburn , King George's Hall 26 – Salford Quays, The Lowry 28 – Liverpool, Philharmonic 29 – Sheffield, City Hall May 2026 2 - Stoke-on-Trent, Victoria Hall 3 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall 5 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall 6 – London, The London Palladium 8 – Basingstoke, The Anvil 9 – Swansea, Brangwyn Hall 10 – Bristol, Beacon Theatre 12 – Truro, Hall for Cornwall 13 – Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre 15 – Southampton, Guildhall
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson stays curious while he still can with Curious Ruminant
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Curious Ruminant is Jethro Tull's third in the three years since Ian Anderson relaunched the band with 2022's The Zealot Gene. It finds the frontman in a more contemplative lyrical mode than usual. 'Curious Ruminant could refer to a ruminant in the sense of it being an animal, like a cow or a deer or a sheep – but in this case it's applied to humans thinking something through, ruminating on it,' says Anderson. 'And it's 'curious' in the investigative sense, of wanting to find out about something and think about it, rather than curious as in 'weird.'' He began writing the album shortly after finishing work on 2023's RökFlöte. Where that album was inspired by Norse mythology, the follow-up dispenses with any overarching concept or theme. 'If there's an overwhelming notion, it was just to be a little more personal, a little more heart-on-sleeve, rather than being objective and painterly in style,' he says. Musically, the nine-track album evokes Tull's mid-70s output, especially with the 16-plus minute Drink From The Same Well – the longest song they've recorded since 1975's Baker Street Muse. It was written several years ago as a duet with Indian flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, who eventually decided not to participate. Anderson has re-recorded parts of the song, and developed the lyrics. 'It's about the fact that we're all in the same boat – we all breathe the same air; we all reap the same potential doom from climate change; we better be careful to all bail out the boat together, and pee over the side and not into it.' There's definitely a sense, as you get older, that this is not for ever Elsewhere, the spiralling Over Jerusalem looks at the current state of the Middle East from a different perspective. 'It draws a parallel between a bird looking over the city, with all its history and foibles and positives and negatives, and likening it to a military drone,' says Anderson. He first played Israel in the 1980s and has donated profits from shows in the country to NGOs involved in human rights, education and co-operation between the various social and religious factions. 'I definitely tried not to make it a political song,' he explains. 'It's more a feeling of slightly despairing affection.' One of the album's most moving songs is closer Interim Sleep, with spoken-word lyrics based on a poem written for an imagined friend who'd suffered a bereavement. 'It's based on the idea of what happens when you die,' says Anderson. 'I toy with the notion of belief rather than having a firm sense of it, but the idea of there being an ongoing spirit and relationship after death is the basis of several religions, and a matter of comfort to different people of different faiths.' Curious Ruminant marks the continuation of the 77-year-old Anderson's late-career hot streak – something he puts down to a mix of creativity and urgency. 'There's definitely a sense, as you get older, that this is not for ever,' he says. 'You become increasingly aware that it's probably a good idea to get on and do the things you want to do, whether that's travel, or recording a new song. And once you get the bit between your teeth and say, 'I'm writing a new song,' the snowball starts rolling.' He plans to dip into Curious Ruminant when Jethro Tull tour this year, though he doesn't expect there will be any UK dates until 2026. 'We'll certainly be playing a couple of songs from the new album, and we'll continue to play a song from each of the last two albums,' he says. 'But the set list will embrace a few more early Jethro Tull songs which I haven't played for a few years.'
