If it's not Barriemore, it's not drumming.

Paul Diana We Will see Ian in London in April!!

Anthony Cerniglia have you seen them before this 50th anniversary tour ,either Ian's Tull or Jethro tull

Is it really any surprise coming from Ian Anderson, a cheapskate for The Ages?

Ma che dici? Sono in Italia a luglio. Per esempio il 19 luglio, sono a Roma. Sarà credo l'ottava volta che vado a vedere i Jethro Tull e/o Ian Anderson dal vivo. Se esistesse un abbonamento a Zio Ian lo farei!

Gianluca Gemelli si lo so l'ho visto solo dopo il commento anch'io ho visto già due volte Ian so che vengono sempre in Italia è solo che quando scritto il commento non c'erano ancora le date sul sito..... A chi lo dici io sarei il primo a fare un abbonamento per vederli ogni volta, ho scritto perché ero preoccupato che per il 50º non venissero da noi visto che le date le hanno messe ritardo

Oltretutto il prezzo non è mai alto... anche se ho visto che c'è Roger Waters a Lucca e ci stavo facendo un pensiero, sono giovane, ho 17 anni potrebbe essere una delle ultime volte per me di vederlo, è un'occasione rara per me!

Se puoi vacci, è un grande spettacolo. La voce di Ian è lontana dai fasti di 40 anni fa, ma i pezzi vecchi li ha trasformati in duetti e così riesce a cantarli alla grande, e i nuovi sono grandissima musica.

Ah, ma tu intendevi RW. Non mi ero reso conto che Ian l'hai già visto dal vivo. Beh sì, Roger è un mito, se puoi, insomma, vai a tutti e due. Io ho visto i Pink Floyd nel 1994, ma senza RW :-( Però l'11 luglio a Lucca non ci posso andare: a Roma ho appuntamento con Ringo Starr!!!

Martin's busy doing his own thing, touring heavily and beginning to work on his seventh solo album. He has little interest in returning to Tull. See his website for details.

“I always hate to hear, ‘Oh, you’ve left Jethro Tull.’ I haven’t - Ian wanted to finish Jethro Tull, wanted to stop the band completely. It was a big personal shock to finish. Essentially the floor was pulled from underneath me, and I had a month to start from the beginning again.” “Now there is not a Jethro Tull. Maybe there will be in five or 10 years, but probably not. It’s sad, because I see bands like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Toto out there having very successful tours. They’re very special bands, and they’re enjoying a resurgence of interest from that era. But unfortunately we’re not part of that.” I can see on his website that he's busy Dave. I can't find anything about not wanting more Tull?

I'm aware of this and similar quotes, but he's also spoken about how happy he is with what he's doing now and is pleased that he's got the opportunity. Ian and Martin together again is not impossible, it'll be interesting to see what happens. Martin's 50th anniversary tour sounds more exciting than Ian's, since it will feature real guests, rather than "virtual" ones!

Cheers Dave. Oh, the 50th anniversary tour sounds cool! If only MB was coming to Sydney Australia. I'm a huge MB fan.

@@qdaveq6597 Yeah glad Martin's happy but it doesn't make Ian's treatment of Martin and Doane any better. If you listen to Ian tell it, he and Martin were growing apart and the split was mutual...but the way Martin tells it, he had every intention of continuing on as Tull's guitarist but was blindsided by Ian's decision to end Tull and go solo...then a few years later Ian is calling his backup band Jethro Tull...seems kinda crummy of Ian.

Yeah, as a long term fan also, I agree.

Whatever... you're right but folks have been complaining about the voice since the eighties.

The voice is non existent now, the 80's was far stronger than thesedays, Ians making a fool of himself