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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...

Some people ask me, usually vehement liberal Americans, how I could count amongst my few real friends, an arch-Republican spokesman for the Bush administration. Well, Tony and I disagreed on most things political and came to robust verbal blows on the subject of climate change but that’s the charm of friendship. Life would indeed be a bore if all of your buddies agreed with everything you said and tap-danced to the same tired riff. I like to think that Tony was a professional journalist and political commentator first and White House spokesman second. He could, I rather think, have filled...

Wow. Just saw Jethro Tull in concert in Jacksonville, FL last night. Ian Anderson sounded horrible. He can still play the flute like he did in the 70's, but his singing was downright horrible. His stage antics were OK, but this is the first time I saw them in concert. I love Jethro Tull, but was disappointed that the set omitted Bungle in the Jungle and The Whistler. Any other Freepers see them in 2007? If so, any thoughts?

Jethro Tull's soloist: Show must go on Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull's soloist and flutist, is still planning to come to Israel. 'I don’t think any of us should succumb to terror, I am afraid of coming to Israel but I am also afraid to cross the street' Sagie Ben Nun Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull's soloist and flutist since 1967, is due to appear in Israel on October 16th, 2006 for the fifth time. Anderson will be playing in concert with the Raanana Symphony Orchestra set to take place at the city's famed amphitheatre. As of now, it doesn’t appear as...

It may be a 50 Cent, hip-hop world at most American high schools today, but Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull still rule at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County. At least they do when the school's wildly popular Classic Rock Appreciation Club convenes its weekly meetings. The club's second year began with a bang and a wheeze yesterday when, speak of the devil, a very special musical guest came calling: Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, 58, the flutist, singer and guitarist who has led the band through 21 studio albums and countless tours...

A "grieving" mother who used her dead son's casket as a soap box and a professional race-baiting huckster like Jesse Jackson. Two individuals from two different worlds, one white and one black, two "useful idiots", two tools, one willingly and one unwittingly. It is about now, as the fog of her bereavement lifts and her celebrity status wanes that Cindy Sheehan is perhaps coming to the bitter realization that she has become nothing more than a "tool" of something much more cold and cruel than she could have ever imagined. Now abandoned by all those who once loved her, Cindy...

That we would have a scale virtually unique to that flute (possibly matching some other obscure scale in some parts of the world, but not matching any known historically widespread scale in use). The problem with this non-conclusion is that since the hole-spacings discussed in this essay have only a one-in-hundreds chance to match a pattern of 4 notes in the diatonic major/minor scales, then this conclusion would require accepting a remarkable against-the-odds coincidence of spacings.

A former member of legendary Seventies band Jethro Tull has had a sex-change operation and become a woman called Dee. Keyboard player David Palmer has shed the beard seen during the band's most successful years, and now has long blonde hair, along with make-up and black leggings. Palmer, 66, a former soldier in the Royal Horse Guards and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, is now set to embark on a solo career. She said: "I want to be judged on my musical ability alone, and nothing else." Her desire to change sex had been an "open secret" in...

THE RED, WHITE & BLUEJethro Tull sorry for bashing flagLead singer apologizes after WND publishes anti-U.S. comments globally Posted: November 17, 20035:36 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Ian Anderson, front man for British rock bank Jethro Tull, has apologized for comments he made blasting American patriotism. Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson "In an interview with a U.S. newspaper, I expressed my concerns regarding the 'flag-waving' mind-set – not only of some Americans – but across the world," Anderson wrote on the band's website. "I now regret the tone of these statements and offer my belated apologies to those offended by any perceived slur...

The frontman of Jethro Tull has apologised for remarks made in a newspaper interview that seemingly criticised displays of the American flag. In a posting on Jethro Tull's Web site, Ian Anderson further explained what he meant when he told the Asbury Park Press newspaper in New Jersey that "I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area." Anderson said his concern was not specifically displays of the US flag but "the flag-waving mind-set" across the world. He said he regretted the tone...

Jethro Tull singer remarks irk fans DAVE SOMMERS , Staff Writer 11/13/2003 Is he really "Thick as a Brick," or as classic rock lovers insist, just suffering from "Locomotive Breath?" Whatever song they choose, Jethro Tull fans across the state are boiling mad at the band’s lead singer Ian Anderson, and are planning some type of payback for remarks he made to the Asbury Park Press recently in which he claimed Americans should in essence be ashamed to fly their country’s flag. In fact, classic rock station 94.5-FM "The Hawk" has not only stopped playing all Jethro Tull songs, they...

TONIGHT ON RADIO FR: At 6pm pacific/9pm Eastern TULL's TAWKIN: Special guest, Ralph Sarchie, an eighteen-year NYPD veteran, works out of the 46th Precinct in New York's South Bronx. But it is his other job that he calls "the Work" that I find interestering. Ralph, under the direction of the Catholic Church, investigates cases of demonic possession. Original thread is HERE and also At 7pm pacific/10pm eastern: INS WHISTLEBLOWER RICK RAMIREZ GUEST ON SPECIAL EDITION "BANANA REPUBLICAN RADIO HOUR" Original thread HERE LISTEN LIVE HERE SCHEDULE is HERE Call in at 1-866-RADIOFR RadioFR is sponsored by the FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK...

Are there any freeper fans of Jethro Tull out here? If so, Jethro Tull will be appearing live on Rockline tonight, taking calls and answering questions. Listeners in the U.S. can call 1-800-344-ROCK (1-800-344-7625) and talk to that night's guest. Questions can also be e-mailed to rocklineradio@aol.com. Jethro Tull kicked off their latest American tour yesterday. They have performed over 2500 concerts. I guess they are not yet Too old to Rock'n Roll, Too Young to Die... Rockline web page Rockline affiliates Show details Rockline affiliate links which carry tonights show over the internet