Ian Anderson Lines Up Solo Shows

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is hitting the road on his own next September for a series of solo shows.

Ian will be playing Tull acoustic classics, alongside rare and less well-known songs and other re-arranged Tull rock material. In addition, some new material specially written for these tours will make an appearance. Accompanying him will be German guitar virtuoso Florian Opahle and pianist/accordionist/ percussionist John O’Hara.

Anderson says: "I have always wanted to go out in the UK with a small line-up, to play and to restructure the songs and music for a more intimate and personalized performance.  After many years of performing in this way for radio broadcasts in the USA, it seems like fun to bring this approach to the UK fans, old and new, and to make them feel like they are in my living room for an impromptu family concert.”

Tickets for the shows are on sale on Wednesday 1 December at 9am.

Here’s the dates:

September 2011
Sat 3rd Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
Sun 4th Gloucester Guildhall
Mon 5th Northampton The Deco
Tue 6th Bristol St Georges
Wed 7th Exeter Corn Exchange
Fri 9th Hayes The Beck Theatre
Sat 10th London Union Chapel
Sun 11th Camberley Camberley Theatre
Sun 18th Buxton Opera House
Mon 19th Gateshead Sage
Tue 20th York Grand Opera House
Wed 21st Grimsby Central Hall
Thurs 22nd Burnley The Mechanics

And be sure to tune in to Nicky Horne’s show on Friday night when Ian will be dropping by the studio to talk about Tull’s recent Stand Up reissue and, of course, this new solo tour.