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“All the faders had been moved and knobs turned, despite the studio being locked and alarmed. Somebody – something – had moved everything”: Jethro Tull’s early 80s featured a haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby, and a tasteless stage trick

Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy

Louder

“We didn’t know if people were going to like it. Jethro Tull was a blues band, and they were like, ‘What’s happened to you?’” Martin Barre on the making of the Jethro Tull album that signaled their shift to prog – even if critics called it “lame and dumb”

It was 1970. The British prog institution was in transition, full of inspiration, and ready to do what it takes. No-one saw what came next

Guitar World

“John Lydon had had a few beers. He was being completely over the top, saying how much he loved Aqualung”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson quizzed by Yes, Genesis, ELP stars and others

Discover his thoughts on three-fingered guitar playing, a rock icon asking for his autograph, hot chillis, abandoned rabbit suits, never learning to drive, retirement, the 70s codpiece – and why he took up flute in the first place

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Opeth's prog metal majesty is a triumph at only UK gig of 2026: "It looks like they've opened a portal to another dimension."

Opeth, Paradise Lost and Katatonia in God's Own Country on Yorkshire Day? It's a match made in heaven

Metal Hammer

‘We didn’t care what the client wanted!’: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on their art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles

Their eye-popping designs burst out of Sheffield in 1986, making them the toast of the music scene. Founder Ian Anderson reveals why some fans think his art is worth remortgaging the house for

The Guardian - UK

"Here was Jimmy Page, waving like mad, and I'm thinking, 'I can't wave back or I'm going to blow the solo!'" How Jethro Tull took a difficult subject and created one of the all-time great prog anthems

"It's about our reaction of guilt, distaste, awkwardness and confusion, all these things that we feel when we’re confronted with the reality of the homeless"

Louder

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson names the legendary punk singer who asked him for an autograph: “It’s not for me, it’s for my mother”

Not one but two punk icons outed themselves to Ian Anderson as secret Jethro Tull fans

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“I decided to give up the guitar when I heard Eric Clapton, the way people are put off playing tennis when they watch Roger Federer”: Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson on why he plays the flute – and why Ritchie Blackmore is ‘definitely not mad’

“I found the flute gave me something very interesting melodically”

MusicRadar

Jethro Tull's M.U. The Best Of... to be reissued as a limited edition half-speed vinyl remaster in July

The new remasrer of M.U. The Best Of Jethro Tull has been overseen by Ian Anderson and cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road

Louder

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is on the cover of the new, gift-packed issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Yes, Steve Hogarth, Exploring Birdsong, The Paradox Twin, Franck Carducci. Tarja, Liminal Sky, A.A. Williams, MONO, Burning Shed and loads more...

Louder

“I suspect they’ve had a lesser impact on the music world due to the complexity of their music”: No-Man’s Tim Bowness on his prog hero, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson

They collaborated on Bowness’ 2017 album Lost In The Ghost Light, but his appreciation for the rock flute icon goes back to Tull’s early trilogies

Louder

"It was an experiment, and not everyone was ready for that kind of change!" Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps

Jethro Tull's Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition brings together the band's 1984 album and Ian Anderson's 1983 debut solo album, Walk Into Light

Louder

“In the 70s the support band had to blow the main act offstage. I thought it was distasteful. There’s room for everybody”: Jethro Tull ex Martin Barre insists he’s not underrated, and explains why he has no time for egos

Guitarist reveals what he learned from one of his band’s opening acts, names a guitarist who’s a “real yardstick” of brilliance – and touches on what he misses about being in Ian Anderson’s band

Louder

“We could hold our own with any company. It didn’t bother us if we were put on the bill with Crimson or Zeppelin. Nothing phased us”: Remembering the late Mick Abrahams, co-founder of Jethro Tull and purveyor of “good, honest music”

A powerful, lyrical bluesman, the founding Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist always played music his way – even when it hurt his career

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“I said, ‘Just start again. It would be good for you.’ He persuaded me to stay. I never felt good about it”: Martin Barre tried to quit Jethro Tull in 1980, but Ian Anderson wouldn’t have it

Their musical partnership finally ended after 43 years – but the guitarist says he wanted to break it up decades earlier

Louder

“It’s no good saying, ‘I’ll be dead by the time this becomes a crisis.’ We are the generation who created the problem. We owe it to the generations to come to clear it up. If it hasn’t gone too far”: Jethro Tull – a warning from history

Ian Anderson believes he has a duty to tackle global issues, and argues it’s a very folky thing to do

Guitar World

“If you have a 16-bar guitar solo, please don’t turn into Yngwie Malmsteen orJoe Satriani”: Ian Anderson had some soloing advice for Jethro Tull’s new guitarist

No Arpeggios From Hell!? Denied! What the hopping flautist with the wild-eyed stare told Jack Clark when it came time to track leads for Jethro Tull's latest album, Curious Ruminant

Louder

“I wrote it on a piece of paper somewhere on tour, and I thought, ‘That’s an album!’” A glimpse of how Ian Anderson creates Jethro Tull lyrics

He recalled the spark that ignited Thick As A Brick when he decided to publish a lyric book – which he admitted nobody needed, and feared would be a cringe experience

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"If you have a sixteen-bar guitar solo, please don't turn into Yngwie Malmsteen or Joe Satriani": Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull, the right kind of guitarist, and forgetting what he's done

Ian Anderson talks about Jethro Tull’s latest album Curious Ruminant and ponders the itch to make another

Louder

Prog's Tracks Of The Week! Awesome new proggy sounds from Opeth, NMB, Myrkur and more...

There's cool new proggy sounds from Esthesis, worriedaboutsatan, Holosoil, JeGong and more in this week's Tracks Of The week

Metal Hammer

"We all had that feeling that nobody had ever heard anything like this before": How Iron Maiden got their man and made the album that sent them stratospheric

An exclusive extract from Iron Maiden – Infinite Dreams: The Official Visual History

Evening Standard

Mick Abrahams dead: Jethro Tull star dies aged 82 as band shares heartbreaking tribute

Abrahams, who was a founding member of Jethro Tull and a guitarist in Blodwyn Pig, died after years of ‘worsening ill health’

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Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson won't retire

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, 78, hopes he will still keep performing and recording for at least a few years.

Louder

“He was unable to write something with delight in it. Suffering battle fatigue, he wrote of asking what it’s like back home. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album with Jethro Tull, Yes and King Crimson alumni

The Star Trek icon gets silly and serious in turns as he discusses what the season means to him, the secret to living long and prospering, and the presents Kirk and Spock might give each other

Louder

“When we did Top Of The Pops we were introduced as being avant-garde. It would have been closer to call us ‘aven’t-a-clue!” Fired from his own band Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull co-founder Mick Abrahams could only regret the wasted potential

Unable to perform towards the end of his life, the singer and guitarist maintained a philosophical viewpoint, and was proud of making “good, honest music without prejudice”

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