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“It was beginning to feel like everyone’s mind wasn’t on the job… a feeling that there should be some hiatus”: Jethro Tull’s saddest, darkest album could have been even darker

Death, dysfunction and ecological disaster surrounded Ian Anderson as his changing world shaped a “forever tainted” record

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“I had this void in front of me. It was intimidating. Then I realised I had total freedom, and it’s been amazing”: When one of prog’s biggest bands shut down, their guitarist bounced back by releasing three albums in two years

Suddenly out of work in 2012, he started to take songwriting seriously and learned to stop feeling intimidated by other musicians

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“He couldn’t stand up so I hit him over the head with my bass. He fell to the floor. I ran away… I didn’t know if he was still alive”: The bassist who survived Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and believing he’d murdered his bandmate on stage

Veteran admits he sailed close to the wind as he taught prog giants to drink – but he learned how much it means to play live with a band

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Martin Barre announces UK book tour dates for November and December

Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre will release his autobiography, A Trick Of The Memory: The Autobiography Of Jethro Tull’s Guitarist, in November

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Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre to release autobiography in November

Martin Barre will be touring the UK in December and in Europe throughout April

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"All he asked for was a six-pack of beer. He was awesome!" How Derek Shulman got Jethro Tull playing with Men Without Hats

How Ian Anderson ended up playing flute on Canadian 80s synth band Men Without Hats 1987 album Pop Goes The World

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“We recorded with him, but the song was demoted to a bonus track. I’ve had to add him to the list of people who’ll never speak to me again”: Dan Hawkins hates how The Darkness treated Ian Anderson

Guitarist says one of the worst days of his life came when a song featuring the Jethro Tull leader was dropped from their 2012 comeback album

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Black Sabbath! The final interview with Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – all yours in the new Guitar World

Plus interviews with Jake E. Lee, Adam Jones, Creed Bratton from The Office, the guys from Goose, former Jethro Tull man Martin Barre, K.K. Downing, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Lzzy Hale, Billy Duffy, Robben Ford and more

Guitar World

“It doesn’t get anywhere close to The Dark Side Of The Moon, but a few years ago it had clocked up 12 million sales. That’s pretty big!”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on the band’s classic album — with the “bloody awful” cover

And no - it's not a concept album!

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“Onstage everything had to be exaggerated. I took that to heart and overdid it… I was like Benny Hill with a flute!” Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s one-legged hammy past – and potential future as a stripped-down four-piece

Latest Jethro Tull album Curious Ruminant has Ian Anderson reflecting on his hammy stage performances of the past, working with William Shatner and Mikael Åkerfeldt, and how the band could have a back-to-basics future

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“Rush fans know Alex Lifeson has moved away from soloing. You probably wouldn’t know it’s him unless you were told”: What happened when Tiles’ Chris Herin gathered Peter Frampton, Martin Barre and others for his first solo album

An Alex Lifeson track worthy of an alternative mix, a digital reunion of former Jethro Tull members and a delightful solo from Peter Frampton colour Chris Herin’s solo album Hiding In Plain Sight

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“In the beginning, I was a terrible rhythm player. I avoided it like the plague”: Martin Barre once distanced himself from rhythm playing – but some Steve Lukather wisdom changed his mind

The former Jethro Tull lead guitarist reassessed his playing priorities after hearing some wise words from the Toto legend

Guitar World

“I parted company with my trusty Fender Strat, previously owned by Lemmy, and part exchanged it for a flute. It just looked nice and shiny!”: How Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson became rock’s leading one-legged flautist

“At first I couldn’t get a note out of it,” he said

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“My wife heard Locomotive Breath on the radio. She said, ‘I wish you played like that now.’ I was a bit upset”: Martin Barre on revisiting Jethro Tull, Leslie West – and the bootleg Les Paul that bent like a banana

We might still have some trouble thinking of Barre as the "former Jethro Tull guitarist" but, here, as he anticipates his solo acoustic tour and looks back on the band's epic legacy, he is okay with it

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Ian Anderson felt ‘desperation’ to create new Jethro Tull album

The Blackpool rock band’s new album, a nine-track record titled Curious Ruminant, will be released on March 7.

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Broadcaster, author and entrepreneur Loyd Grossman awarded knighthood

He maintained a lifelong association with the arts and heritage sectors during his broadcast career.

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“He’s one of the most gifted songwriters that ever lived. What can I say? I’m not worthy!”: The eccentric prog icon who blew Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’s mind

The greatest ever songwriter to stand on one leg!

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Jethro Tull share new 2024 remix of Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow

A five-disc The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – Fresh Snow At Christmas will be released in December

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“I’m glad I took the risk, and I’m glad we have the kind of audiences that not only accept that but revel in it”: Ian Anderson looks back on his six solo albums

Between 1983 and 2014 he released a series of records that took him beyond the confines of Jethro Tull – for a variety of reasons and with a variety of results

Guitar World

“Aqualung was Ian’s riff. The solo was all done on the fly. If I hadn’t got it in two takes then it would have been a flute solo. That’s when Jimmy Page came up to say hello”: Martin Barre on Jethro Tull, the Aqualung sessions –and supporting Hendrix

A signature-shifting collision of bucolic folk and frayed-edge rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is one of the ’70s’ most daring records. Barre takes us on a deep dive back to those fabled sessions, from winging hisparts to snubbing Jimmy Page

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“I was truly terrified. In the first few months, I was on the same stage as every one of my heroes: Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix”: Martin Barre explains why his early days with Jethro Tull were a trial by fire

Jethro Tull went on tour with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge right after Barre joined the band

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Former Jethro Tull members Martin Barre and Doane Perry guest on new Chris Herin single

Tiles guitarist Chris Herin will release his star-studded debut solo album Hiding In Plain Sight in November

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"He was definitely a component part of what informed the vocals of Robert Plant and Ian Gillan": Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers

Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoidedblues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics,influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts

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"It feels like a dream." Opeth reveal new concept album The Last Will And Testament will be released in October

Opeth's The Last Will And Testament features guest appearances from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Europe's Joey Tempest

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“It marked Jethro Tull as being quite different to most bands… Led Zeppelin didn’t do comedy. Well, not intentionally”: Ian Anderson kept up the silly and sarcastic on solo album Homo Erraticus

2014 title featured another outing for Gerald Bostock, and indulged the band leader’s passion for being an “amateur flute player”

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