Jethro Tull Newcastle City Hall 27 March 2010
Norm, Will and I went to see Jethro Tull at the City Hall last night. We are all long time fans of the band and must have each seen them 15-20 times. The City Hall was, always packed full of ageing rockers to see Ian Anderson and crew. We had a quick look at the support act, but retreated to the bar, saving ourselves for the delights of Tull. They took the stage around 8.40 and started with Ian on a small acoustic guitar playing Dun Ringill from the 1979 Stormwatch album. The set was a mixture of old songs with quite a few from Stand Up. As always the band delivered, with Ian as lively as ever, giving us some great flute playing. His voice isn’t quite as strong as it used to be and he does seem to have difficulty hitting some of the higher notes; but Hey its great to see him still out there doing it (he’s 63!) and long may he do so. A night of some fine rock and great nostalgia for us; roll on next time!
Setlist (something like): Dun Ringill; The water carrier; Life is a long song; Eurology; Nothing is easy; A new day yesterday; Songs from the wood; Fat man; Bouree; Too old to rock n roll; Birthday card at Christmas; A change of horses; Bug: Martin Barre solo; Budapest; Aqualung
Encore: Locomotive breath
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