Tull are on their 40th anniversary tour this year, playing lots of shows around the UK. They have a couple of US dates, but are obviously focusing their tour on the UK. As I looked at their web page, many of the cities were complete mysteries to me.
However, I bought a pair of tickets to see them in Brighton, which is a beach town about an hour or so SE of London. I've learned through experience not to buy tix too early, as business travel has forced me to sell more than 1 set. But I took a chance on a Friday show and grabbed best available tickets.
Come to find out, we were stage right, close enough you could throw the program and hit Ian Anderson on stage. Great, great venue. Small, very nice, wonderful acoustics and a great crowd.
I'd never seen Tull, and Diana had barely heard of them, but she's pretty game about things like this. All I can say is they were great! They focused a lot on their early stuff, with a lot of jazzy tunes, etc. Gradually going through time to end the show with Aqualung, and a Locomotive Breath encore. Ian Anderson is into his 60s but still scampers around the stage with lots of energy, and tells some hilarious stories in the process.
All in all, well worth the money. Besides we had a great weekend in Brighton, but that's a story for a different blog entry.
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