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LeGendarY Band In TenerIFe

Jethro Tull to play in MayFans of 1970s rock music in south Tenerife should eagerly pencil May 20 into their gig-going diaries following the con-firmation that Jethro Tull have been signed to appear in Playa de Las Américas.The band features in the Live Legends season of concerts which will see a total of six groups and solo singers fly in to Tenerife for one-off shows at the 1,500-seater arona Pyra-mid auditorium.Tickets are priced at €45 upwards and are already on sale for the event, which is attracting considerable inter-est among the expat commu-nity in Tenerife.Legends Live kicks off in the Pyramid in March with uB40 on the 18th of the month, with alan Parsons sched-uled for april. The organis-ers say that 70 per cent of the tickets for the concerts

have already been snapped up. Jethro Tull is a British rock group formed in Luton in 1967. Initially playing blues-rock, the band’s sound soon incorporated elements of folk music and harder rock to forge

a progressive rock style. The band is led by flamboyant vocalist, flautist and guitarist, Ian anderson. other signifi-cant members include guitar-ist Martin Barre, keyboardist John evan, drummers Clive

Bunker and Barriemore Bar-low, and bassists Glenn Cor-nick and dave Pegg.The group achieved first com-mercial success in 1969, with the folk-blues album Stand Up, which reached number

one in the uK charts. They then went on to regularly tour in the uK and the us. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with the albums Aqualung, Thick as a Brick and A Pas-sion Play, and returned to hard rock mixed with folk elements for Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses.Jethro Tull has sold over 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five plati-num albums among them. They have been described by Rolling Stone magazine as “one of the most commer-cially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands.”Jethro Tull’s music has been referenced in popular cul-ture, appearing in many mov-ies, TV series and commer-cials. They have influenced countless musicians includ-ing Iron Maiden’s steve Harris

and Bruce dickinson, Blind Guardian’s Marcus siepen and Joe Bonamassa, and the folk doom metal band Blood Ceremony. Geddy Lee of rush said: “I was a massive Tull fan from very young and I hope that reflects in rush. I was mes-merised by Ian anderson. His presentation was simply magi-cal and he delivered it with such a sense of humour and great style.”Bands that have covered songs from Jethro Tull include Iron Maiden, who recorded their own version of Cross Eyed Mary; the folk band Turisas recorded Broadsword; Finn-ish heavy metal band north-ern Kings recorded Fallen on Hard Times; and Rainbow Blues was covered by Black-more’s night.see: www.ticketbell.com for tickets. n

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